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Howard Nemerov Quotes

Howard Nemerov quotes

American Poet February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991

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The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem..."
Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it."
Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it. Howard Nemerov
Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new..."
When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all. 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. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "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
Howard Nemerov quote: "I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier."
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "I have a plot, but not much happens."
I have a plot, but not much happens. Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov quote: "When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the..."
When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. Howard Nemerov

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