Author: Karl Shapiro

Quotes

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

- Karl Shapiro

The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

- Karl Shapiro

The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

- Karl Shapiro

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

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

- Karl Shapiro

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