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 soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time.
It wastes its time.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“It was not dying: everybody died.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“The blind date that has stood you up: your life.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“We died like aunts of pets or foreigners.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“But really no one is exceptional,
No one has anything, I’m anybody,
I stand beside my grave
Confused with my life, that is commonplace and solitary.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)