Eve Merriam Quotes & Sayings

Whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it. — Eve Merriam

Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on. — Eve Merriam

Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall. — Eve Merriam

The touch of
your fingers
grazing mine
delicate as
a single drop of wine
in a crystal goblet.
Rolling it round,
I savor it on my tongue,
try to
make it last
forever.

The words
I
love
you
form
in the air
and melt.

Your palm
against
my cheek,
light as
a snowflake. — Eve Merriam

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

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

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask,
Mother, what was war? — Eve Merriam

A good poem contains both meaning and music — Eve Merriam