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 NemerovThat 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 NemerovI 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