Poetry Quote by John Green

“It was like the time her sister suggested she read Emily Dickinson to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Once certain thoughts got into your…

— Sarah Dunn

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

— Ice T

“don't get too close, i'll turn you into poetry”

— Orion Carloto

“Don't be afraid of poetry.”

— Clifton Fadiman

“skies— —Emily Dickinson”

— Laura McBride

Even the best critical writing on Emily Dickinson underestimates her. She is frightening. To come to her directly from Dante, Spenser, Blake, and Baudelaire…

— Camille Paglia

“Starting with a melody, she'll lead you far away down passages of poetry where dreamers often play.”

— Susan Waterwyk

No, I don't know any Emily Dickinson poems!

— Andy Richter

“We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch…

— Laura McBride

“Sometimes poets expect me to think far deeper than I'm willing to dig.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“In my poetry a rhyme Would seem to me almost insolent. Inside me contend Delight at the apple tree in blossom And horror at…

— Bertolt Brecht

[Emily] Dickinson, our supreme poet of inwardness.

— Joyce Carol Oates