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John Ciardi

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Noun1.John Ciardi - United States poet and critic (1916-1986)


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For new readers, it may be better to start with the fine translations of John Ciardi or Allen Mandelbaum.
John Ciardi summed it up so well: "Who could believe an ant in theory?
I have quoted him on his need not to destroy the beauty of his work through philosophizing, which might be less than universal; the poet John Ciardi, for whom beauty was in league with clear thought, may have felt a different need in its place.
 
 
 
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