Karl Shapiro Quotes

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We too are ashes as we watch and hear The psalm, the sorrow, and the simple praise...

By Karl Shapiro

We ask for no statistics of the killed, For nothing political impinges on...

By Karl Shapiro

One day beside some flowers near his nose He will be thinking, When will I look at it?...

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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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However others calculate the cost, To us the final aggregate is one,...

By Karl Shapiro

He shall eat flowers, Chew honey and spit out gall. They shall all smile...

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Give me the free and poor inheritance Of our own kind, not furniture...

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As groceries in a pantry gleam and smile Because they are important weights...

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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.

By Karl Shapiro