It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.
Howard NemerovWhy are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.
Howard NemerovHistory is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.
Howard Nemerov