Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate.
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“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
“It was not dying: everybody died.”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
“The blind date that has stood you up: your life.”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
“And yet somewhere there must be
Something thats different from everything.
All that Ive never thought ofthink of me!”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
“I wrung from the darknessthat the darkness flung me
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness
And we call it wisdom. It is pain.”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)