“Both poet and painter want to reach the silence behind the language, the silence within the language. Both painter and poet want their work to shine not only in daylight but (by whatever illusionist magic) from within.” WantScienceReligionLanguageBehindsSilenceMagicPoetShiningPainterSilence IsDaylightIllusionists Book:Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays Source: Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays
“I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.” WantHappensPoliticalLiteraturePoetThings HappenAccomplishedMake Things Happen Author:Howard Nemerov
“When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.” LiteratureKnownAlivePoetEnglandFrostNew EnglandIcy Author:Howard Nemerov
“I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because, though they say you have to read poems twice, he found he could handle mine in one try.” TryingKidsFoundLiteratureTermModernMinesPoetPaperHandleDoing MeTerm Paper Author:Howard Nemerov
