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"Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley."

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About Charles Simic

Charles Simic was a Serbian American poet known for concise, surreal imagery and dark humor. He served as U.S. Poet Laureate and won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

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