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.… — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
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… — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
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… — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry. — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it. — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?" — Eve Merriam Copy Share Image
