Quotes by : Howard Nemerov

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

I have a plot, but not much happens.

It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above....

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

Language cares.