Author: Howard Nemerov

Quotes

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

- Howard Nemerov

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

- Howard Nemerov

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

- Howard Nemerov

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

- Howard Nemerov

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

- Howard Nemerov

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

- Howard Nemerov

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

- Howard Nemerov

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

- Howard Nemerov

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

- Howard Nemerov

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