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11 quotes by Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro Born (1913-11-10)November 10, 1913 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Died May 14, 2000(2000-05-14) (aged 86) New York City, New York, USA Occupation Poet, essayist Nationality United States Alma mater University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University Notable awards Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1945) Bollingen Prize in Poetry (1969) Spouse Evalyn Katz (1945–1967) Teri Kovach (m. 1967) Sophie Wilkins Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 –...
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Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes... →

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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

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Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?

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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.

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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

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The doctor punched my vein, the captain called me Cain, upon my belly sat the sow of fear.

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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you... →

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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.

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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

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The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

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