RANDALL JARRELL

Randall Jarrell was 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.
Notable works:     The Woman at the Washington Zoo, The Lost World, and Pictures from an Institution. 

"A POET IS A MAN  WHO MANAGES, 
IN A LIFETIME OF STANDING OUT IN 
THUNDERSTORMS, TO BE STRUCK BY 
LIGHTNING FIVE OR SIX TIMES.

IT IS BETTER TO ENTERTAIN 
AN IDEA THAN TO TAKE IT 
HOME TO LIVE WITH YOU 
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A GOLDEN 
AGE USUALLY GO AROUND COMPLAINING 
HOW YELLOW EVERYTHING LOOKS."

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