What did Karl Shapiro mean by: Poetry is not a way of saying things; it’s a way of seeing things. 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
