Paul Engle Quotes

Paul Engle — American Poet died on December 30, 1991

Paul Engle, noted American poet, editor, teacher, literary critic, novelist, and playwright. He is perhaps best remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and as founder of the International Writing Program, both at the University of Iowa... (wikipedia)

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.

The way to praise a poet is to write a poem.

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.