[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students). Howard Nemerov More Quotes by Howard Nemerov More Quotes From Howard Nemerov Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree. Howard Nemerov fake-people real thinking I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. Howard Nemerov writing life funny Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around. Howard Nemerov logic language sensual Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose? Howard Nemerov purpose mind firsts 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 innovation literature thinking Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it. Howard Nemerov rhyme rhyming literature The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case. Howard Nemerov responsible cases facts I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. Howard Nemerov political literature want When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats. Howard Nemerov yeats literature writing I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones. Howard Nemerov my-children ugly children I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem. Howard Nemerov hypnosis beautiful years For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. Howard Nemerov serious literature class History is where tensions were. Howard Nemerov tension Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to have a dominant part in any war that is going or contemplated. Howard Nemerov religious war science That so much of our experience, or the stereotype which passes for it should be dealt with by means of the short story is perhaps a symptom not unnoticeable elsewhere in the public domain of an unlovely cynicism about human character. Howard Nemerov stories character mean Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it. Howard Nemerov verses poetic literature We think about sex obsessively except during the act, when our minds tend to wander. Howard Nemerov mind sex thinking Short stories amount for the most part to parlour tricks, party favours with built-in snappers, gadgets for including recognition and reversals Howard Nemerov gadgets party stories Children, to be illustrious is sad. Howard Nemerov children Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads. Howard Nemerov president power kings
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