If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

Quote by Emily Dickinson

Topics: Poetry Quotes

Nature is a haunted house..but Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

Nature is a haunted house..but Art is a house that tries to be haunted.

When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing, Chin to knee on...

When I sound the fairy call, gather here in silent meeiing, Chin to knee on...

Saying nothing...sometimes says the most.

Saying nothing...sometimes says the most.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

The heart wants what it wants or else it does not care.

The heart wants what it wants or else it does not care.

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie...True Poems...

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie...True Poems...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in...

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land...

Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land...

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to...

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to...

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany