Famous quotes containing the word nemerov:
“The ordinary night was graced
For them by the swift tide of blood
That silently they took at flood,
And for a little time they prized
Themselves emparadised.”
—Howard Nemerov (b. 1920)
“I’ve never read a political poem that’s accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.”
—Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
“It was a wide and moony grin
Together peaceful and obscene;”
—Howard Nemerov (b. 1920)