Top 6 Quotes by Lorine Niedecker

Strange—we are always inhabiting more than one realm of existence—but they all fit in if the art is right.

Art, Strange, Fit

Lorine Niedecker (2013). “Lake Superior”, p.52, Wave Books

I rose from marsh mud algae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisy birds and frogs.

Sweet, Rose, Bird

Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy (2002). “Collected Works”, p.415, Univ of California Press

What would they say if they knew I sit for two months on six lines of poetry?

Two, Lines, Months

Lorine Niedecker (2002). “Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works”, p.143, Univ of California Press

Popcorn-can cover / screwed to the wall / over a hole / so the cold / can't mouse in.

Wall, Winter, Popcorn

Lorine Niedecker (2002). “Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works”, p.218, Univ of California Press

Smile / to see the lake / lay / the still sky / And / out for an easy / make / the dragonfly.

Nature, Lakes, Sky

Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy (2002). “Collected Works”, p.242, Univ of California Press

Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.

Poetry, Grandfather, Desks

Lorine Niedecker, Jenny Lynn Penberthy (2002). “Collected Works”, p.194, Univ of California Press

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