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Peter Meinke is an American poet born in 1932. His poetry is known for its concise language and profound emotional expression, which has won him a wide audience.

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All Ifs Born Chance Enough Formal Good Chance Hardened Heaven Hooked Humming

Famous Peter Meinke Quotes

“Every poem, formal or free, has an ideal shape, and the job of the poet is to find it.”

Jobs Poet Shapes Ideals Formal

Author:Peter Meinke

“The trick is, to treat your days as if each one may be your last.”

Ifs May Lasts Treats Tricks

Author:Peter Meinke

“If you're hooked on the physical act of writing, there's a good chance of your hanging in there long enough to say what you were born to say.”

Ifs Writing Long Enough Born Chance Hooked Good Chance

Author:Peter Meinke

“I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny teeth burst into song and I fell on the ground before her while the sky hardened and she laughed and turned me down softly, I was so young.”

Young Song Heaven Stars Sky Moon Moved Tiny Teeth Laughed Hardened Humming

Book:Liquid paper: new and selected poems

Source: Liquid paper: new and selected poems

About the Author

Born: 1932
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 4

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