← Randall JarrellThe Complete Poemsby Randall JarrellComplete poems spanning Jarrell's career from war to domesticityFind on Amazon↗About the authorRandall JarrellAmerican poet and critic whose war poems including The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner are among the finest from World War II. His essays in Poetry and the Age are the wittiest and sharpest American criticism of his era.More by Randall JarrellBlood for a Stranger→Little Friend Little FriendPoems about soldiers and the human cost of World War II→LossesWar poems on loss, grief, and the fate of soldiers→The Woman at the Washington ZooDramatic monologue of a woman at the Washington Zoo→