Alphabetical Poem First Lines

[Danik 2016]

#170- I was kidding. The symbols were so familiar, though I think, the Keats sequence is different from the spam sequences. No, no real spam.
#180- Thanks! Usually editing is not possible. One presses the edit button and there appears a blank page. But there is a trick that may work. When the blank page appears I press "Go Advanced". The page will protest that the message is to short, but if one goes one step back one can now edit the post. At the end one will have the post in unedited and edited version. But that is easy to mend.

"like the beginnings — o odales o adagios — of islands" Guanahani, 11 by Kamau Brathwaite (loved this page. So many contemporaneous poets!)

[Dark Muse]

In these hot days where I live I do not personally find the sun a friend, but I found the line delightful.

My friend the Sun-like all my friends - A Western Voyage by James Elroy Flecker

https://englishverse.com/poems/a_western_voyage

[tailor STATELY]

• Enjoyed the 2nd line "from under the clouds where I write the first poem" of Guanahani, 11.

lol... I liked the ending of A Western Voyage "I'll wait the day when darkness kills/My brother and good friend, the Sun."

"Not the music." - Lorna Crozier Not the Music...
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/not-music

[Danik 2016]

Very original poem.... Liked particularly the end: "everything shrinking/to the smallest/thinnest letter/I."
"Often, when the sun is sinking", A Summer Evening Scene in Chateaugua by W. M. MacKeracher

[Dark Muse]

I just thought this sounded lovely

Pale beech and pine so blue - In a Wood by Thomas Hardy

https://www.bartleby.com/121/39.html

[tailor STATELY]

A Summer Evening Scene in Chateauguay: very serene, vivid imagery... https://www.poetry.com/poem/56894/a-...in-chateauguay

39. In a Wood: Quite a surprise; turning nature on her head

"And Now for Something Completely Different":

Q-Tips raised! Their storm approaches. - ConnectHook Take a Tip... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2750629/take-a-tip/

[Danik 2016]

Aiaiai! Q-Tips is fitting poem for these times!

"i(Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!)"To The Rose Upon The Road Of Time by William Butler Yeats

[tailor STATELY]

Lovely poem

"Solace of mine hours of anguish," - John Kendall To An Elephant On His Tonic Qualities...
https://www.tercul.com/en/works/to-a...5-c1c41b7cc835

[Danik 2016]

Original and beautiful! But I hope all is well, family all recovered.

"they say we are a family that is good at death / i make a decision to" Family Affair by Faith Arkorful
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/...ir?language=fr

[Dark Muse]

Original and beautiful! But I hope all is well, family all recovered.

"they say we are a family that is good at death / i make a decision to" Family Affair by Faith Arkorful
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/...ir?language=fr

Interesting poem, that first line is definitely catching.

Unhoused in deserts of accepted thought - My Heaven by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

http://www.ellawheelerwilcox.org/poems/pmyheave.htm

[tailor STATELY]

Family Affair: Wow... so much comes to mind as the poem unfolds and questions remain unanswered re: Uncles/Police the dead/the living.

My Heaven: Such a tender poem - Incredible poet; wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox yet another seeker who journeyed to California's Rosicrucian society for solace.

"Vovchsafe to grace these rude vnpolish'd rymes," - Michael Drayton To The Deere Chyld Of The Muses, And His Euer Kind MecæNas, Ma. Anthony Cooke, Esquire...
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...-esquire-14437

[Danik 2016]

My Heaven: Liked specially the last strophe.

Lol!Much enjoyed "To The Deere Chyld Of The Muses..." I know now to what verse recur when starting a new poem:
"Vovchsafe to grace these rude vnpolish'd rymes,". Also this other verse can come in handy: 'I am no Pickpurse of anothers wit.'

"Who I am" Enigma by Andrea Thompson
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/enigma

[tailor STATELY]

Another wonderful poem. I like especially: "My mind tries it on, pins it / itchy like a label on my lapel"

"Xerxes, when the Three Hundred he beheld" - Capel Lofft
Albuera
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...7/albuera.html

[Danik 2016]

Recovered Albuera:https://www.bartleby.com/270/6/19.html. Enjoyed the historical poem!
I don´t know if it is a location problem. When I open the link above, there appears a map.

"You’d have to pay us". You’d Have to Pay Me Could You Pay Me Enough by Sara Peters
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/...-pay-me-enough

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, this poetry anthology source adds a map to locate where poems are/were referenced for context (haven't checked very many).

"you'd have to pay us" had me off balance so I checked for more info: "If you have a poem in our anthology what inspired you to write it?:" “You'd Have to Pay Me Could You Pay Me Enough”] was the second last poem I wrote for my book. I was thinking about a nameless group of people being held hostage. I was also imagining a powerfully manipulative female leader." - from the same website... https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/poets/sara-peters ... eeesh !

"Zodiac signs have failed to tell" - Jana Chehab Mar 2020
49 light years away... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/3758470...ht-years-away/