• It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

    Howard Nemerov: It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.
    Howard Nemerov (1978). “Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays”