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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 quotes: Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?

Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?

Karl Shapiro quotes: Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say.

Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.

Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.

Karl Shapiro quotes: A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an adultery.

A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an adultery.

Karl Shapiro quotes: In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.

In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.

Karl Shapiro quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

Poetry is not a way of saying things; it's a way of seeing things.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems.

Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems.

Karl Shapiro quotes: My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.

My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane.

Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane.

Karl Shapiro quotes: Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.

Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.

Karl Shapiro quotes: The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.

The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.

Karl Shapiro quotes: The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.