Eve Merriam Quotes

• I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

  Eve Merriam

  Mother, Dream, Veterans Day

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• Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.

  Eve Merriam

  Morning, Writing, Paper

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• When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.

  Eve Merriam

  Beautiful, Poetry, Terrible

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• It's just an old alley cat that has followed us all the way home. It hasn't a star on its forehead, or a silky satiny coat. No proud tiger stripes, no dainty tread, no elegant velvet throat. It's a splotchy, blotchy city cat, not a pretty cat, a rough little bag of old bones. 'Beauty,' we shall call you. 'Beauty' come in.

  Eve Merriam

  Stars, Home, Cat

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• ...a good poem contains both meaning and music

  Eve Merriam

  Writing

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• whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.

  Eve Merriam

  Book, Reading, Way

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• Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall.

  Eve Merriam

  Wall, Scratches, Wailing

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• Don't be polite.
  Bite in.
  Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
  It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
  You do not need a knife or fork or spoon.
  For there is no core
  or stem
  or rind
  or pit
  or seed
  or skin
  to throw away.

  Eve Merriam

  Running, Knives, Skins

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