To make the child in your o... by Karl Shapiro, an American Poet

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“To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.”

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Karl Shapiro

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Name: Karl Shapiro

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Nov 10, 1913

Date of Death: May 14, 2000

Profession: Poet

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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.

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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

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Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die.

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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

Karl Shapiro

55% of people like this quote

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