Poetry is not a way of saying things; it’s a way of seeing things. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Artistry, Expression, Perception, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Bias, Clarity, Perspective, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Connection, Love, Reversal, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Identity, Nature, Struggle, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Knowledge, Sanity, Self-awareness, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Karl Shapiro, Ethics, Innocence, Mortality, 0 Karl Shapiro Copy
I do not wish to shed a drop of blood, but ‘I must fight the course.’ Tis all that’s left to me. John Wilkes Booth Actor
I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I’ve also seen a whole lot of pain. Giada De Laurentiis
