Louis Simpson

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''Like the shark, it contains a shoe.
It must swim for miles through the desert
Uttering cries that are almost human.''
Louis Simpson (b. 1923), U.S. poet. American Poetry (l. 4-6). . . Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds....
''In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup
And talk of the old country—mud and boards,
Poverty,
The snow falling down and necks of lovers.''
Louis Simpson (b. 1923), U.S. poet. A Story about Chicken Soup (l. 1-4). . . Poetry in English; an Anthology. M. L. Rosenthal, general ed. (1987) ...
''The sun is shining.
The shadows of the lovers have disappeared.
They are all eyes; they have some demand on me—
They want me to be more serious than I want to be.''
Louis Simpson (b. 1923), U.S. poet. A Story about Chicken Soup (l. 23-26). . . Poetry in English; an Anthology. M. L. Rosenthal, general ed. (1987...
''The watchers in their leopard suits
Waited till it was time,
And aimed between the belt and boot
And let the barrel climb.''
Louis Simpson (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Carentan O Carentan (l. 21-24). . . New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford...