Karl Shapiro Quotes
Top 18 wise famous quotes and sayings by Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Karl Shapiro on Wise Famous 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.
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.
A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an adultery.
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 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?
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
Every war is its own excuse. That's why they're all surrounded with ideals. That's why they're all crusades.
The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.