“The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
When I was 3, I recited a poem at a festival in Passaic, New Jersey. The applause was tremendous, and it hit… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
“I made her go because I knew she could do better and now I wonder if I should have just been better.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
“I have to find a place to hide An island in the sea Surrounded by a racing tide Where I can live… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“Words fail to describe what i feel anymore. Let me be numb for a while, let me be sore.” — Anjum Choudhary Copy Share Image
Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of… — James Merrill Copy Share Image
“You once told me You wanted to find Yourself in the world - And I told you to First apply within, To… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“This separation happened for a reason, this esason is for our own good; God is just positioning us.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“Give winter nothing; hold; and let the flake Poise or dissolve along your upheld arms. All flawless hexagons may melt and break;… — James Wright Copy Share Image
“Rising and falling of the sun confirm Your kingship and Your rulership.” — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“Loving you is no more a beautiful memory, but now just a pain, I cry and weep every time I walk down… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ONE WORD One word — one stone in a cold river. One more stone— I'll need many stones if I'm going to… — Olav H. Hauge Copy Share Image
“When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk enough in the poet's company… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“When Great Trees Fall When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“A voice, a tone, a feeling Deep inside, growing bigger and brighter. Shining against the dark area in my soul. Telling everyone… — Marcus J. King Copy Share Image
Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“Give me one more night to taste the dark When wolves imitate a lone dog's bark Let those secrets remain unspoken Fallen… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“OLYMPICS 2012 Great Britain be proud, be blessed, be bold! Your time has come to be the host of the Massive event… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, quaking with will, on heron legs, and… — Barbara Blatner Copy Share Image
“But how conceive a God supremely good/ Who heaps his favours on the sons he loves,/ Yet scatters evil with as large… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
“You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew” — Charlotte Mew Copy Share Image
Imagine writing a poem with a sweating, worried-looking boy handing you a different pencil at the end of every word. My golf,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
