Appointed Poet Laureate

Famous quotes containing the words appointed and/or poet:

“Mud unto mud!—Death eddies near—
Not here the appointed End, not here!
But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
Is wetter water, slimier slime!”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

“I’ve never read a political poem that’s accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.”
—Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)