John Hollander Quotes

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Each of my pots is quite unusable,
Even for contemplating as an object Of gross unuse. In its own mode of being Useless, though, each of them remains unique,
Subject to nothing, and themselves unseeing,
Stronger by virtue of what makes them weak.

John Hollander

When Adam found his rib was gone
He cursed and sighed and cried and swore
And looked with cold resentment on
The creature God has used it for.

John Hollander

To understand
The signs that stars compose, we need depend
Only on stars that are entirely there
And the apparent space between them. There
Never need be lines between them, puzzling
Our sense of what is what.

John Hollander

John Hollander

John Hollander

Born: October 28, 1929

Died: August 17, 2013 (aged 83)

Bio: John Hollander was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.

Known for:

Rhyme's reason (1981)
The Work of Poetry (1997)
A crackling of thorns (1958)
Reflections on espionage (1976)
A Draft of Light (2008)

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