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Karl Shapiro Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Lawyers love paper. They eat, sleep and dream paper. They turn paper into gold, and their files are colorful and their language neoclassical and calli-graphically bewigged Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique Picture Quote #1

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 hate each other Picture Quote #1

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How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers and writers and especially poets Picture Quote #1

A man’s house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an adultery Picture Quote #1

The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every war is its own excuse. That’s why they’re all surrounded with ideals. That’s why they’re all crusades Picture Quote #1

In the tight belly of the dead, burrow with hungry head, and inlay maggots like a jewel Picture Quote #1

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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name Picture Quote #1

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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 (Karl Shapiro Quotes) 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 (Karl Shapiro Quotes) Lawyers love paper. They eat, sleep and dream paper. They turn paper into gold, and their files are colorful and their language neoclassical and calli-graphically bewigged (Karl Shapiro Quotes) 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 Quotes) Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique (Karl Shapiro Quotes) 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 hate each other (Karl Shapiro Quotes) How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers and writers and especially poets (Karl Shapiro Quotes) A man’s house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an adultery (Karl Shapiro Quotes) The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers (Karl Shapiro Quotes) 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 (Karl Shapiro Quotes) Every war is its own excuse. That’s why they’re all surrounded with ideals. That’s why they’re all crusades (Karl Shapiro Quotes) In the tight belly of the dead, burrow with hungry head, and inlay maggots like a jewel (Karl Shapiro Quotes) Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name (Karl Shapiro Quotes)