Quote by Howard Nemerov
Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetr

Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. – Howard Nemerov

Other quotes by Howard Nemerov

The nice thing about the Bible is it doesnt give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened. – Howard Nemerov

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Freedom
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History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. Its one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldnt live without. – Howard Nemerov

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History
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Poetry
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Poetic talent doesnt operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Poetry

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine. – Jack Prelutsky

Category:
Poetry

Poetry: the best words in the best order. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Poetry

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know. – Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest

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Poetry

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A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive – especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages. – Herman Kahn

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Flattery is a form of hatred. – Bible

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