"In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow……" — Karl Shapiro
"In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel."
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23 Quotes by Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro has 23 quotes on this site.
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The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of…
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Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems.
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Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and…
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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the…
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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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Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold…
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The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What…
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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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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The…
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How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers…
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A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a…
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More Belly Quotes
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see…
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
— Francis Bacon
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I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into…
— Kevin Bacon
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
— Georges Bernanos
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Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
— Theodor Adorno
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Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the…
— Elayne Boosler
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What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies…
— Anthony Bourdain
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People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly…
— Sandra Bullock
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I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and…
— Margaret Cho
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I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
— Ty Cobb
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There's something that just happens to you when you have a baby, and you look at their little eyes for…
— Hilary Duff
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