poetry
“The brain is wider than the sky—”
“My life closed twice before its close—”
“I dwell in Possibility—”
“Because I could not stop for Death—He kindly stopped for me—”
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant—”
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—”
“i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart).”
“always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.”
“Advice is like snow—the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”
“Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.”
“Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote—”
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
“In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.”
“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
“Excess of sorrow laughs; excess of joy weeps.”
“To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
“Time will say nothing but I told you so.”
“You shall love your crooked neighbor with your crooked heart.”
“Poetry makes nothing happen: it survives in the valley of its making.”