John Frederick Nims (November 20, 1913 Muskegon, Michigan - January 13, 1999 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American poet and academic.
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“For should your hands drop white and empty
All the toys of the world would break.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)
“How soon I may ride the whole world about;
And at the third question thou must not shrink,
But tell me here truly what I do think.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 3032)
“Its a pity you didnt know when you started your game of murder, that I was playing, too.”
—Robb White, and William Castle. Frederick Loren (Vincent Price)
“The refugee uncertain at the door
You make at home; deftly you steady
The drunk clambering on his undulant floor.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)