The nice thing about the Bible is it doesn't give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened.
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 NemerovObvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?
Howard NemerovIt 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 Nemerov