Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerov
Howard Nemerovwas an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. For The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov, he won the National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and Bollingen Prize...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth29 February 1920
CountryUnited States of America
butler great william
When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.
travel science journey
Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.
teacher retirement say-anything
A teacher is a person who never says anything once.
students lord knows
[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).
writing should knows
Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
writing dying way
The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present -henceforth?- the subject to which you are condemned.
happens accidents
A lot happens by accident in poetry.
jobs wife secret
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.
mind purpose firsts
Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?
literature rhyming rhyme
Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.
facts responsible cases
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.
writing literature yeats
When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.
funny life writing
I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.
plot happens
I have a plot, but not much happens.