Quote by Howard Nemerov
A lot happens by accident in poetry. - Howard Nemerov

A lot happens by accident in poetry. – Howard Nemerov

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Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadows speed. – Howard Nemerov

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Science
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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. – Howard Nemerov

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History
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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. – Howard Nemerov

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Freedom
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Poetry
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I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesnt seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago. – James Laughlin

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Poetry

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry

But for me, being an editor Ive been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most. – Peter Davison

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Poetry

Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream – they go together. – Nikki Giovanni

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Poetry

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The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore. – Author Unknown

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Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner

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Religion

Character is much easier kept than recovered. – Thomas Paine

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Integrity

You shouldnt be afraid of failure – when something fails, you think, What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time. Then kill that project and move on to the next. Dont get disappointed. – Niklas Zennstrom

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Experience