Carl Rakosi Quotes

United States, Poet
November 6, 1903 – June, 25, 2004.

Carl Rakosi was 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.

Friends are not made, but recognized.

Carl Rakosi
- Friends
- Made
- Recognized
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.

Carl Rakosi
- Time
- Job
- Thought

I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.

Carl Rakosi
- Work
- Love
- Poet
... 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.

Carl Rakosi
- World
- History
- Small
George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what he sees, it's because you haven't sat still long enough and looked as he has. The things he sees feel like the gnarled bark of a tree. The tree is there too. You can put your weight against it. It won't give.

Carl Rakosi
- Bird
- Sees
- George Oppen