Quotes of Karl Shapiro - somelinesforyou

“ The doctor punched my vein,The captain called me Cain, Upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ We ask for no statistics of the killed, For nothing political impinges on This single casualty, or all those gone, Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed, Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ He shall eat flowers, Chew honey and spit out gall. They shall all smile, and love and pity him. His death shall be by drowning. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ He shall eat flowers, Chew honey and spit out gall. They shall all smile, and love and pity him. His death shall be by drowning. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ We ask for no statistics of the killed, For nothing political impinges on This single casualty, or all those gone, Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed, Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Oh, it is I, Incredibly skinny, stooped, and neat as pie, Ignorant as dirt, erotic as an ape, Dreamy as puberty - with dirty hair! ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ O hideous little bat, the size of snot, With polyhedral eye and shabby clothes. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ 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

“ In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Oh, it is I, Incredibly skinny, stooped, and neat as pie, Ignorant as dirt, erotic as an ape, Dreamy as puberty - with dirty hair! ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ We ask for no statistics of the killed, For nothing political impinges on This single casualty, or all those gone, Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed, Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ The doctor punched my vein,The captain called me Cain, Upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ O hideous little bat, the size of snot, With polyhedral eye and shabby clothes. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ Oh, it is I, Incredibly skinny, stooped, and neat as pie, Ignorant as dirt, erotic as an ape, Dreamy as puberty - with dirty hair! ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ 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

“ The doctor punched my vein,The captain called me Cain, Upon my belly sat the sow of fear. ”

- Karl Shapiro

“ 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

“ 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
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