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Randall Jarrell
(1914 - 1965 / Nashville / United States)
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25 poems of Randall Jarrell
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—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go ba...
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. 90 North (l. 9-14). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus an...
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I wrung from the darkness—that the darkness flung me—
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness
And w...
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. 90 North (l. 30-33). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus a...
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''A filmy trash
Litters the black woods with the death
Of men; and one last breath
Curls from the monstrous chimney. . . .''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Camp in the Prussian Forest (l. 30-33). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1...
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''One year
They sent a million here:
Here men were drunk like water, burnt like wood.
The fat of good
And evil, the breast's star of hope
Were rendered into soap.''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Camp in the Prussian Forest (l. 15-20). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1...
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''The soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time.
It wastes its time.''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Girl in a Library (l. 33-35). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farra...
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''The blind date that has stood you up: your life.''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet. A Girl in a Library (l. 87). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus a...
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''The firelight of a long, blind, dreaming story
Lingers upon your lips; and I have seen
Firm, fixed forever in your closing eyes,
The Corn King beckoning to his Spring Queen.''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Girl in a Library (l. 104-107). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Far...
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''These calves, grown muscular with certainties;
This nose, three medium-sized pink strawberries''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Girl in a Library (l. 9-10). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar...
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''An object among dreams, you sit here with your shoes off
And curl your legs up under you;''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Girl in a Library (l. 1-2). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar,...
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''bars of that strange speech
In which each sound sets out to seek each other,
Murders its own father, marries its own mother,
And ends as one grand transcendental vowel.''
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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), U.S. poet, critic. A Girl in a Library (l. 13-16). . .
The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farra...
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