Poetry Quote by John Donne — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“True and false fears let us refrain,”

“I am two fools, I know,”

“The day breaks not: it is my heart.”

“Love's mysteries in souls do grow,”

“If our two loves be one, or, thou and I”

“Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation's tears in shoulder blades.”

“Connubial”

“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.”

“McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry.”

“In the wet starlight and on the wet ground.”

“My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.”