Nicodemus

Howard Nemerov

1950

I

I went under cover of night

By back streets and alleyways,

Not as one secret and ashamed

But with a natural discretion.

I passed by a boy and a girl

Embraced against the white wall

In parts of shadow, parts of light,

But though I turned my eyes away, my mind shook

Whether with dryness or their driving blood;

And a dog howled once in a stone…

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Howard Nemerov

1920–1991

Born and raised in New York City, Howard Nemerov was the U.S. poet laureate from 1988 to 1990. A distinguished poet and novelist, as well as the author of criticism, short stories, and nonfiction, he was a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. Nemerov’s writing received many major awards, including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Bollingen Prize, and the National Medal of the Arts.

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