From Whitman to the Beats and beyond — the voice of the New World.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
— Robert Frost
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
I dwell in Possibility — a fairer House than Prose.
— Emily Dickinson
"I dwell in Possibility — a fairer House than Prose."
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids …
— Sylvia Plath
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born agai..."
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
Nothing gold can stay.
"Nothing gold can stay."
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit …
— Maya Angelou
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has g..."
I, too, sing America.
— Langston Hughes
"I, too, sing America."
I contain multitudes.
— Walt Whitman
"I contain multitudes."
We loved with a love that was more than love.
— Edgar Allan Poe
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to..."
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the dif…
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that ..."
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