Poem

Famous quotes containing the word poem:

“A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.”
—Kristin Hunter (b. 1931)

“Although those notes, in conformity with custom, come after the poem, the reader is advised to consult them first and then study the poem with their help, rereading them of course as he goes through its text, and perhaps after having done with the poem consulting them a third time so as to complete the picture.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)