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Randall Jarrell

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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    “Bunched upside down, they sleep in air.
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    Are dull and slow and mild.
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    “Now that I’m old, my wish
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