More From Howard Nemerov
- "A lot happens by accident in poetry."
- "I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early."
- "I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks."
More In Poetry
- "The crown of literature is poetry."― W. Somerset Maugham
- "No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?"― John Barton
- "With President Obama, there’s a feeling that he gets it. He has women in his life. He knows that our health care is important, that it’s important able to get access to the care that we need when we need it. That’s what translates. Women hear that when they hear him speak about these issues. He will be a champion and will defend us when we need it."― Sandra Fluke