Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrellwas an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 May 1914
CountryUnited States of America
wish our-lives
We can't tell our life from our wish
believe poetry poet
It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.
men six lightning
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
children facts forgotten
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
reality want
Reality is what we want it to be or what we do not want it to be, but it is not our wanting or our not wanting that makes it so.
home ideas rest-of-your-life
It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life.
home ideas rest-of-your-life
It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life.
crafts narrative length
The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.
crafts narrative length
The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.
time real war
The real war poets are always war poets, peace or any time.