--- title: "3 Tom Hennen Quotes - Famous Poet" description: "American poet... Browse 3 Tom Hennen quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-tom-hennen-85282.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tom Hennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-tom-hennen-85282.jpg) # Tom Hennen (1941) Poet **3** quotes in **4** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tom Hennen is a poet. ## Quick Facts About Tom Hennen Born November 30, 1941 Profession Poet ## About Tom Hennen American poet... ## Quotes by Tom Hennen > [“Smelling A Stone In The Middle Of Winter I can't remember What gravel and weeds look like. This little stone becomes important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hennen/smelling-a-stone-in-the-middle-of-winter-i-can-t-remember-what-gravel/) [Tom Hennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hennen/) [Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/tom-hennen-85282_talking-nonsense_smelling-a-stone-in-the-middle-of-winter_702702.jpg) > [“We examine each day before us with barely a glance and say, no, this isn't the one I've been looking for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hennen/we-examine-each-day-before-us-with-barely-a-glance-and-say-no-this/) [Tom Hennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hennen/) [Looking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/tom-hennen-85282_quote_we-examine-each-day-before-us-with-barel_1174711.jpg) > [“Help me to be in the world for no purpose at all except for the joy of sunlight and rain. Keep me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hennen/help-me-to-be-in-the-world-for-no-purpose-at-all-except-for-the-joy/) [Tom Hennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hennen/) [Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/joy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/tom-hennen-85282_joy_help-me-to-be-in-the-world-for-no-purpos_2220710.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hennen/#itemlist", "name": "Tom Hennen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Smelling A Stone In The Middle Of Winter I can't remember What gravel and weeds look like. This little stone becomes important And starts to act big. I expect it to orbit the kitchen stove Any minute now. Near my nose It gets Bigger and bigger Until it's a mountain I'm lost on. This stone is different Than the stone that grinds me down All day At work. 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