As an avid Seinfeld viewer and poetry reader, I enjoy when the two inexplicably coalesce in my mind. The more I considered it, the more I realized that several Seinfeld quotes could have been uttered or written by famous poets. If you know your Seinfeld and your poetry, you’ll understand why I paired each specific Seinfeld quote with a particular poet.

• “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Robert Frost #roadnottaken
• “I can’t go to a bad movie by myself. What, am I gonna make sarcastic remarks to strangers?” – Dorothy Parker #acidtongue
•  “I’ve never heard of a relationship being affected by punctuation.” E.E. Cummings #modernistpoet
• “Actually it was in gym class. I was trying to climb the ropes and Jerry was spotting me. I kept slipping and burning my thighs and then finally I slipped and fell on Jerry’s head. We’ve been close ever since.” – Allen Ginsberg #howl
• “The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.” – Stevie Smith #notwavingbutdrowning
• “You have the chicken, the hen, and the rooster. The chicken goes with the hen… So who is having sex with the rooster?” – William Carlos Williams #redwheelbarrow
• “Y’know I remember when I was a kid growing up, kids would make fun of my name like you wouldn’t believe – ‘Jerry Jerry Dingleberry’, ‘Seinsmelled.’”- Shel Silverstein #sidewalkends
• “I’m not a lesbian. I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian.” – Anne Sexton #herkind
• “Do you ever get down on your knees and thank God you know me and have access to my dementia?” – Edgar Allan Poe #darknessilluminated
• “This woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her.” Charles Bukowski #misogynisticlove
• “Do you have any idea how much time I waste in this apartment?” – Emily Dickinson #aloneintheattic
• “I couldn’t raise a kid? C’mon, I love bossing people around.” – Gertrude Stein #mentor?
•  “Man, it’s the nineties… It’s Hammer time!” – Frank O’Hara #celebritypoems
• “I’ve always been a stall man.” – T.S. Eliot #uptight