Which line hits you right in the heart?

A great poem tends to have at least one line that jumps off the page — we call it the Gemstone. Read on. Is there a line that hits you right in the heart? That poem is calling to you.

50 lines

No line catches that — try another word.

Thomas, the Head Librarian

Ask me anything about the Library

A few of these lines stopped me — how do I choose between them?

Don't choose with your head. Read the ones you saved aloud, slowly — the line that catches in your throat is the one. The whole poem usually lives up to its Gemstone.

Tell me which line tugged at you and I'll show you the poem it came from — and two others in the same key.

Quote a line, or tell me what moved you…

Torn between a few lines? Read them to me and I'll help you choose…

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