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graceMi53214820: Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.,Howard Nemerov,Travel, Light, Universe ,

n_j_dames: Howard Nemerov, on reading Proust for the first time as an RCAF trainee pilot in 1942

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

poemtoday: Knowledge Not living for each other’s sake, Mind and the world will rarely rime; The raindrops aiming at the lake Are right on target every time.

MayaCPopa: Howard Nemerov for your Monday:

Multion4496: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.,Howard Nemerov,humor, knowledge, literature, writing,

Anthony1Howell: Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov

HistoricalMemo3: 1930s High School Yearbook w/ poet HOWARD NEMEROV ~ Inscribed and Signed ~ ++++

KLNenstiel: March 1st, 1920, is the birthday of former U.S. Poet Laureate Howard Nemerov, who once wrote: “The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.”

BLCKDGRD: Gravity's Rainbow, Howard Nemerov, my brother's, Chopin's birthdays

KSRdeNuevo: Howard Nemerov: "Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal..."

cjsarett: Howard Nemerov, “Holding the Mirror Up to Nature” — “Some shapes cannot be seen in a glass/those are the ones the heart breaks at.”

TravelInStyle8: "Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed." - Howard Nemerov

adair_mark: ‘Taking what is, and seeing it as it is, Pretending to no heroic stances or gestures, Keeping it simple; being in love with light And the marvelous things that light is able to do, How beautiful!…’ Howard Nemerov - from Vermeer

ekstasis: Howard Nemerov, Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry

Godgift64107811: I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem. -Howard Nemerov kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. -Howard Nemerov kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Godgift64107811: A lot happens by accident in poetry. -Howard Nemerov kalim~ SUMBUL GRACING BB16 FINALE

Bloomhunmai: NIMRIT DESERVES TROPHY Language cares. - Howard Nemerov..

b2l_Literature: Howard Nemerov - American Writers 70 was first published in 1968. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota...

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

YoungerHegelian: Alexander is the son of the official US poet-laureate Howard Nemerov, nephew of the famous photographer Diane Arbus, & was Yale’s most popular lecturer in the prelapsarian days before the reverse apotheosis of Timothy Snyder (to tell a truth in jest)…

Ialwaysliked: Poet Howard Nemerov's "Learning by Doing" (1967) captures the folly of experts "There's some mean-spirited moral point in that As well: you learn to bury your mistakes,..."

Quotes2RemindU: I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. -Howard Nemerov

nimrit_bb16: NIMRIT YOU ROCK Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.:-Howard Nemerov..

Nimrit0: NIMRIT YOU ROCK The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.:-Howard Nemerov..

Nimrit0: NIMRIT YOU ROCK I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.:-Howard Nemerov..

_nimrit_: STAY RESILIENT NIMRIT The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. - Howard Nemerov..

_nimrit_: STAY RESILIENT NIMRIT Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.:-Howard Nemerov..

yalereview: "The fast and faint and temporary star, Dragging the streak of tail that in our comic books Is the artist's way of representing speed" —Howard Nemerov

yalereview: "Words fail us, and The Word, that failed before." From "A Christmas Card of Halley's Comet" by Howard Nemerov:

yalereview: "the field Of royal blue darkness with some specks of stars, Where, absent the beasts, the shepherds, and the kings, The unmanned universe remains" —Howard Nemerov, "A Christmas Card of Halley's Comet"

EyauukArt: I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow. - Howard Nemerov

CarlinoDustin: "Sparrows were feeding in a freezing drizzle That while you watched turned to pieces of snow Riding a gradient invisible From silver aslant to random, white, and slow. There came a moment that you couldn’t tell. And then they clearly flew instead of fell." - Howard Nemerov

missconstrude: Fiction by Howard Nemerov The people in the elevator all Face front, they all keep still, they all Look up with the rapt and stupid look of saints In paintings at the numbers that light up By turn and turn to tell them where they are. They are doing the dance...

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...or something like that

PechayNiGail: 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 TuloyNa22loyNa RALPHGAIL

kalxplaylist: 09:14am Thanksgrieving - Howard Nemerov - 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks (Words of Wisdom Records)

lupinisadog: “write what you howl that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov... *tilts head

poemtoday: Nemerov was a master of the brief poem. Some examples here:-

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...or something like that

PaulVermeersch: The visual transformation from sparrows to snow and back again in this short lyric bu Howard Nemerov is simply masterful.

LIASediting: It’s Monday, arguably the hardest day of the week. To get you motivated, we wanted to share this writing quote: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” ― Howard Nemerov

_QuotesBot_: The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. - Howard Nemerov.

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...but i could be wrong

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...or something like that

L3Mve1: Two universes mosey down the street Connected by love and a leash and nothing else. Mostly I look at lamplight through the leaves While he mooches along with tail up and snout down, Getting a secret knowledge through the nose Almost entirely hidden from my sight. ~Howard Nemerov

RandomQ85433955: The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. ~ Howard Nemerov

lapsedheretic: wisps of an idea for a poem…………nothing forming…………going to read some howard nemerov

consertum: In one consent, and neither to rain nor to wind But as though to time alone: the golden and green Leaves litter the lawn today, that yesterday Had spread aloft their fluttering fans of light. The Consent / Howard Nemerov

CityoftheMighty: "A teacher is a person who never says anything once." ~Howard Nemerov

McelreaTerry: "A teacher is a person who never says anything once." Howard Nemerov

poemtoday: A Sacrificed Author ‘Father’, he cried, after the critics’ chewing, ‘Forgive them, for they know not what I’m doing.’ Howard Nemerov

poemtoday: Two poems by Howard Nemerov ....

KelliAgodon: "What use to learn the lessons taught by time. If a star at any time may tell us: Now" Howard Nemerov

FreeHit__: I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. -Howard Nemerov JANTA LOVES SHIV THAKARE ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

AB_MISSING17: I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. -Howard Nemerov JANTA LOVES SHIV THAKARE ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov... *tilts head

TitasofRobxine: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov ROBXINE TCO KASABWAT

KimJone67276953: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” ― Howard Nemerov

lupinisadog: “write what you howl that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...but i could be wrong

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...or something like that

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...maybe

ItsxLioness: Absolute power corrupts absolutely;. - Howard Nemerov

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...but i could be wrong

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov... *tilts head

lupinisadog: “write what you woof that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...maybe

PierceLilholt: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” A Quote From: Howard Nemerov

ALablab88: A teacher is a person who never says anything once. -Howard Nemerov SATURYAY PIEGAILINGAN

lupinisadog: “write what you howl that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...but i could be wrong

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov... *tilts head

MJSoniWrites: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” ― Howard Nemerov

AnAimlessJoy: Diane Arbus and Howard Nemerov were siblings?

JervieDavid: I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier. - Howard Nemerov

YoungerHegelian: Now at Stanford, Nemerov, who is the son of the former poet laureate Howard Nemerov and nephew of the photographer Diane Arbus, was previously the most popular lecturer at Yale.

amrelkhooly: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

Aplm888Alana: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. ~ Howard Nemerov

alibabakhel: A teacher is a person who never says anything once. Howard Nemerov

UnIambic: there's a great recording of him reading it here.

UnIambic: "Poetry is a way of getting something right in language, poetry is language doing itself right." Howard Nemerov

Julmo_Notion: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

lupinisadog: “write what you bark that should leave you with a lot of free time.” - Howard Nemerov...but i could be wrong

WiseReaderRecs: Very much appreciated Terry Eagleton's CRITICAL REVOLUTIONARIES. Have never forgotten these figures (I believe Richards was a huge influence on my college prof Howard Nemerov, for example). Appreciated getting to wander within these concepts/ideas again + see how

plmanseau: ...My child has disappeared Behind the schoolroom door. And should I live To see his coming forth, a life away, I know my hope, but do not know its form... --Howard Nemerov

QuoteDelight: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. ―Howard Nemerov

ancywax: “Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.” ― Howard Nemerov

LIncompleta: The selected poems of Howard Nemerov, Swallow Press

nevslin: Diane Arbus (photographer, great aunt). Howard Nemerov (poet laureate, great uncle). Bernard Evslin (playwright and mythologist, grandfather).

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

VQR: “Why should it have happened to so many talented men and women, in poetry, in the novel...to put such an exclusive emphasis upon sensing?” Read Howard Nemerov’s essay “Poetry and History” from our Spring 1975 issue:

quotesnail: 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

fluxologist: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. - Howard Nemerov

MacCocktail: "The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me." ― Howard Nemerov (died July 5, 1991)

welfordwrites: Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. Howard Nemerov

poemtoday: There is scarcely another poet who can show us so well how futile and ridiculous we are. Anthony Hecht on Howard Nemerov

kesskoppel: Shadow world "Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed." - Howard Nemerov - "What I am fleeing from pursues me like my shadow when sprinting in the midday sun." - Andreas Tenzer

carlsewall: I think about this two-line poem by Howard Nemerov a lot.

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