--- title: "10 Lorine Niedecker Quotes - Famous Poet (North central)" description: "Lorine Faith Niedecker was an American poet. Her poetry is known for its spareness, its focus on the natural landscapes of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwe..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lorine-niedecker-61223.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lorine-niedecker-61223.jpg) # Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970) Poet United States **10** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lorine Niedecker was a poet from the United States, best known for *North central*. ## Quick Facts About Lorine Niedecker Born May 12, 1903 Died December 31, 1970 Nationality United States Profession Poet Notable works North central ## About Lorine Niedecker Lorine Faith Niedecker was an American poet. Her poetry is known for its spareness, its focus on the natural landscapes of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest, its philosophical materialism, its mise-en-page experimentation, and its surrealism. She is regarded as a major figure in the history of American regional poetry, the Objectivist poetic movement, and the mid-20th-century American poetic avant-garde. ## Quotes by Lorine Niedecker > [“Poet's Work" Grandfather advised me: Learn a trade I learned to sit at desk and condense No layoffs from this condensery”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/poet-s-work-grandfather-advised-me-learn-a-trade-i-learned-to-sit-at/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/lorine-niedecker-42137_poetry_poet-s-work-grandfather-advised-me-learn_911469.jpg) > [Smile / to see the lake / lay / the still sky / And / out for an easy / make / the dragonfly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/smile-to-see-the-lake-lay-the-still-sky-and-out-for-an-easy-make-the/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Dragonflies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dragonflies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/lorine-niedecker-42137_dragonflies_smile-to-see-the-lake-lay-the-still-sky_3075694.jpg) > [What would they say if they knew I sit for two months on six lines of poetry?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/what-would-they-say-if-they-knew-i-sit-for-two-months-on-six-lines-of/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Lines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/lorine-niedecker-42137_lines_what-would-they-say-if-they-knew-i-sit-f_757426.jpg) > [I rose from marsh mud algae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisy birds and frogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/i-rose-from-marsh-mud-algae-equisetum-willows-sweet-green-noisy-birds/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Algae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/algae/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/lorine-niedecker-42137_algae_i-rose-from-marsh-mud-algae-equisetum-wi_2686825.jpg) > [Grandfather / advised me: / Learn a trade / I learned / to sit at desk / and condense / No layoff / from this / condensery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/grandfather-advised-me-learn-a-trade-i-learned-to-sit-at-desk-and/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Desks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/lorine-niedecker-42137_desks_grandfather-advised-me-learn-a-trade-i-l_11118.jpg) > [Strange—we are always inhabiting more than one realm of existence—but they all fit in if the art is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/strange-we-are-always-inhabiting-more-than-one-realm-of-existence-but/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/lorine-niedecker-42137_art_strange-we-are-always-inhabiting-more-th_3071687.jpg) > [Popcorn-can cover / screwed to the wall / over a hole / so the cold / can't mouse in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/popcorn-can-cover-screwed-to-the-wall-over-a-hole-so-the-cold-can-t/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Cold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/lorine-niedecker-42137_cold_popcorn-can-cover-screwed-to-the-wall-ov_2237682.jpg) > [“I was the solitary plover a pencil for a wing-bone From the secret notes I must tilt upon the pressure execute and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/i-was-the-solitary-plover-a-pencil-for-a-wing-bone-from-the-secret/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Poetry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/lorine-niedecker-42137_poetry_i-was-the-solitary-plover-a-pencil-for-a_1913178.jpg) > [“Can knowledge be conveyed that isn't felt? But if transport's the problem - they tell me get a job and earn yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/can-knowledge-be-conveyed-that-isn-t-felt-but-if-transport-s-the/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Conveyed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conveyed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/lorine-niedecker-42137_conveyed_can-knowledge-be-conveyed-that-isn-t-fel_276818.jpg) > [“In the great snowfall before the bomb" In the great snowfall before the bomb colored yule tree lights windows, the only glow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorine-niedecker/in-the-great-snowfall-before-the-bomb-in-the-great-snowfall-before/) [Lorine Niedecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorine-niedecker/) [Clean house](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-house/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/lorine-niedecker-42137_clean-house_in-the-great-snowfall-before-the-bomb-in_1870414.jpg) ```json { "@context": 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