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

Poems by Karl Shapiro

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The Piano Tuner’s Wife

... She sits on the sofa reading a book she has brought, ...

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The Intellectual

... Do something! die in Spain or paint a green ...

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The Dome Of Sunday

... no diagonal With melting shadow falls across the curb: ...

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Sunday: New Guinea

...   Books and thin plates and flowers and shining spoons, ...