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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    Its quick silver bell beating, beating
    And down the dark one ruby flare
    Pulsing out red light like an artery,
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)