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Karl Shapiro

Born in 1913 / Died in 2000 / United States / English

Karl Shapiro poet from United States was born in 1913, had 87 years and died in 2000. Poems were written mainly in English language. Dominant movement is prevalent form.

Top ten poems Karl Shapiro

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A Garden In Chicago

... Takes her first whiskey of the afternoon--Ah! It is like a breath of country air ...

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Manhole Covers

... Like Mayan calendar stones, unliftable, indecipherable, ...

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The Olive Tree

... Now on the lawn ...

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The Fly

... At your approach the great horse stomps and paws ...

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Aside

...   There is proof of the End and the lights and the bow at the curtain, ...

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Conscription Camp

... Through the long school of day, absent in heart, ...

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Going to School

... These are the lines that only poets have learned, ...

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Buick

... But how alien you are from the booming belts of your birth and the smoke ...

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Love for a Hand

... The sweetness of the fruit, his hand eats hers ...

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I Am An Atheist Who Says His Prayers

... A physical coward, I take on all intellectuals, established poets, popes, rabbis, chiefs of staff ...

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