Karl Shapiro

Karl Shapiro

Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

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Famous quotes by karl shapiro:

    Already old, the question Who shall die?
    Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)

    Sunday at noon through hyaline thin air
    Sees down the street,
    And in the camera of my eye depicts
    Row-houses and row-lives:
    Glass after glass, door after door the same,
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)