We think about sex obsessively except during the act, when our minds tend to wander. — Howard Nemerov
[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students). — Howard Nemerov
Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, — Howard Nemerov
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to — Howard Nemerov
This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student — Howard Nemerov
I liked the kid who wrote me that he had to do a term paper on a modern poet and he was doing me because — Howard Nemerov
I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That’s one of the things you learn not to know. — Howard Nemerov
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
I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early. — Howard Nemerov