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 bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane. - Karl Shapiro
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane.
- Karl Shapiro
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… - Karl Shapiro
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…
Poets of course are even more unpredictable than other writers, overwhelmed as they are by the moment they inhabit and finding it difficult to connec… - 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 connec…
Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? - Karl Shapiro
Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. - Karl Shapiro
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
Lawyers love paper. They eat, sleep and dream paper. They turn paper into gold, and their files are colorful and their language neoclassical and call… - Karl Shapiro
Lawyers love paper. They eat, sleep and dream paper. They turn paper into gold, and their files are colorful and their language neoclassical and call…
Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs. - Karl Shapiro
Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.
The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race. - Karl Shapiro
The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things. - Karl Shapiro
Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.
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