William Jay Smith (born 22 April 1918) is an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
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“When did your sparkle turn to fire and your warmth become desire?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)
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Who sees, who steps, means nothing and this is pretty.”
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