I Am An Atheist Who Says His Prayers (Karl Shapiro Poems)
I am an atheist who says his prayers.I am an anarchist, and a full professor at that. I take the ...
Karl Shapiro Poems on Books (7 Poems)
The Intellectual (Karl Shapiro Poems)
What should the wars do with these jigging fools?The man behind the book may not be man,His own man or ...
Editing (Karl Shapiro Poems)
Next to my office where I edit poems ("Can poems be edited?") there is the Chicago Models club. All day ...
Sunday: New Guinea (Karl Shapiro Poems)
The bugle sounds the measured call to prayers, The band starts bravely with a clarion hymn, From every side, singly, in groups, ...
The Alphabet (Karl Shapiro Poems)
The letters of the Jews as strict as flamesOr little terrible flowers leanStubbornly upwards through the perfect ages,Singing through solid ...
Going to School (Karl Shapiro Poems)
What shall I teach in the vivid afternoonWith the sun warming the blackboard and a slipOf cloud catching my eye?Only ...
The Piano Tuner’s Wife (Karl Shapiro Poems)
That note comes clear, like water running clear,Then the next higher note, and up and upAnd more and more, with ...