"Poets of course are even more unpredictable than……" — Karl Shapiro
"Poets of course are even more unpredictable than other writers, overwhelmed as they are by the moment they inhabit and finding it difficult to connect yesterday with tomorrow."
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23 Quotes by Karl Shapiro
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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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