Quote by: Karl Shapiro

In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.


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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