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# Peter Meinke

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Peter Meinke is an American poet and author. He has published 18 books of poems and short stories. The Piano Tuner, won the 1986 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. His poetry has received many awards, including two NEA Fellowships and three prizes from the Poetry Society of America. His work

##  Quotes by Peter Meinke

> [Every poem, formal or free, has an ideal shape, and the job of the poet is to find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-meinke/every-poem-formal-or-free-has-an-ideal-shape-and-the-job-of-the-poet/)

[Peter Meinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-meinke/)

[Formal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/formal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/peter-meinke-66698_formal_every-poem-formal-or-free-has-an-ideal-s_262661.jpg)

> [If you're hooked on the physical act of writing, there's a good chance of your hanging in there long enough to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-meinke/if-you-re-hooked-on-the-physical-act-of-writing-there-s-a-good-chance/)

[Peter Meinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-meinke/)

[Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/peter-meinke-66698_born_if-you-re-hooked-on-the-physical-act-of_382894.jpg)

> [I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-meinke/i-loved-a-woman-whose-beauty-like-the-moon-moved-all-the-humming/)

[Peter Meinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-meinke/)

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/peter-meinke-66698_beauty_i-loved-a-woman-whose-beauty-like-the-mo_2220951.jpg)

> [The trick is, to treat your days as if each one may be your last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-meinke/the-trick-is-to-treat-your-days-as-if-each-one-may-be-your-last/)

[Peter Meinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-meinke/)

[Days](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/days/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/peter-meinke-66698_days_the-trick-is-to-treat-your-days-as-if-ea_2407267.jpg)

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