Top 7 Eve Merriam Quotes
#1. 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
#2. I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask,
Mother, what was war?
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#3. Whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.
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#4. Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall.
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#5. A good poem contains both meaning and music
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#6. Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.
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#7. When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.
Eve Merriam
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