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Randall Jarrell Quote
 | Source/Notes: A Girl in a Library, line 92 - The Seven-League Crutches (1951) |
| “A bat is born Naked and blind and pale. His mother makes a pocket of her tail And catches him. He clings to her long fur By his thumbs and toes and teeth. And then the mother dances through the night Doubling and looping, soaring, somersaulting — Her baby hangs on underneath.” ―Randall Jarrell Source/Notes: A bat is born, lines 1-31; reprinted as Bats in The Lost World (1965) - The Bat-Poet (1964) |
| “Be, as you have been, my happiness; Let me sleep beside you, each night, like a spoon.” ―Randall Jarrell Source/Notes: Woman, lines 170-171 - The Lost World (1965) |
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Randall Jarrell
Born: May 6, 1914
Died: October 14, 1965 (aged 51)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Poet, critic
Bio: 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.
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