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:

    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 (b. 1913)

    Flouncing your skirts, you blueness of joy, you flirt of
    politeness,
    You leap, you intelligence, essence of wheelness with silvery nose,
    And your platinum clocks of excitement stir like the hairs of a
    fern.
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)

    O hideous little bat, the size of snot,
    With polyhedral eye and shabby clothes,
    Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)