Jack Gilbert
Poet
Jack Gilbert (1925–2012) was a celebrated American poet, known for his 2005 book Refusing Heaven, whose many plaudits included the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Stanley Kunitz Prize, and the American Poetry Review Prize.
By Jack Gilbert:
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Poem: A Brief for the Defense
Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With…
