Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro

Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

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Famous quotes by karl shapiro:

    Sunday at noon through hyaline thin air
    Sees down the street,
    And in the camera of my eye depicts
    Row-houses and row-lives:
    Glass after glass, door after door the same,
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)

    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.
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)