Quote by: Karl Shapiro

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?


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Author Bio


  • NameKarl Shapiro
  • DescriptionPoet, essayist
  • BornNovember 10, 1913
  • DiedMay 14, 2000
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Bollingen Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry