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.
Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on. - Eve Merriam
Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.
- Eve Merriam
When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry. - Eve Merriam
When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.
Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall. - Eve Merriam
Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall.
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. … - Eve Merriam
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. …
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, n… - Eve Merriam
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, n…
...a good poem contains both meaning and music - Eve Merriam
...a good poem contains both meaning and music
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?" - Eve Merriam
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"
whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it. - Eve Merriam
whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.
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