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Randall Jarrell Poems | Quotes | Articles

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Randall Jarrell Biography.... American poet literary critic children's author essayist novelist; US Poet Laureate

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Quote Left A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times. Quote Right
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Quote Left One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left In bombers named for girls, we burned The cities we had learned about in school—... Quote Right
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Quote Left I wrung from the darkness—that the darkness flung me— Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,... Quote Right
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Quote Left But really no one is exceptional, No one has anything, I'm anybody,... Quote Right
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