Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Jasspon Kunitzwas an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth29 July 1905
CityWorcester, MA
american-poet bottom heroes represent sleeping waiting wisdom
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
dart eyes single sound sudden
A single glance: a sudden dart of painstitching her eyes before she made a sound . . .
begins life scarcely till wait
I can scarcely wait till tomorrowwhen a new life begins for me,as it does each day,as it does each way.
quiver whole universe
The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.
be-careful careful
You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin.
yesterday light world
When they shall paint our sockets gray And light us like a stinking fuse, Remember that we once could say, Yesterday we had a world to lose.
poetry language poetry-is
Poetry is language surprised in the act of changing into meaning.
longing buried
A longing for the dance stirs in the buried life.
layers next-chapter
Live in the layers, not on the litter.
mars mail
Forward my mail to Mars.