Carl Rakosi
Carl Rakosi
Carl Rakosiwas the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric Objectivist. He was still publishing and performing his poetry well into his 90s...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 November 1903
CountryGermany
Carl Rakosi quotes about
social-work poet social
I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.
made
Friends are not made, but recognized.
jobs names factory-workers
At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name.
kindness men connections
... Kindness, sweetest of the small notes in the world's ache, most modest & gentle of the elements entered man before history and became his daily connection, let no man tell you otherwise.