From: Connie Ann Kirk <connieannkirk>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:07:30 -0400

My apologies if this definition has been quoted before, but I can never consider the definition of poetry without hearing Emily Dickinson's run through my mind:

"If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire ever can warm me I know _that_ is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know _that_ is poetry. These are the only way I know it. Is there any other way."

my best,

~Connie



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connie Ann Kirk, Ph. D. Author/Independent Scholar http://www.connieannkirk.com connieannkirk at hotmail.com
_Emily Dickinson: A Biography_ (Greenwood, 2004)
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