Author: Howard Nemerov

Quotes

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

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

- Howard Nemerov

A lot happens by accident in poetry.

A lot happens by accident in poetry.

- Howard Nemerov

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

- Howard Nemerov

I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.

I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.

- 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

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

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

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

- Howard Nemerov

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