"Of asphodel, that greeny flower," ..... William Carlos Williams - from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
"Of asphodel, that greeny flower," ..... William Carlos Williams - from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
I'll confess, I have no idea! It is in my very excellent anthology by Bloodaxe called 'Staying Alive'.Originally Posted by firefangled
Pick a card, any card - Tyranny of Choice (Elizabeth Garrett) (ace poem!)
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I could only think of Lionel Richie for Q.
Stuck on Q
I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't choose
Guess it's back to A...
May we use titles and/or first lines for Q and X? Being presumtuous, he writes:
"Questions Are Remarks".....Title by Wallace Stevens: Questions Are Remarks: "In the weed of summer comes this green sprout why."
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^^^ That works for me!(Z might be interesting too)
"Russia and America circle each other;" ..... Ted Hughes, A Woman Unconscious
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
"Smudges of moon in the morning -" Preparation for the big emptiness (Kapka Kassabova)
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"This chair was once a student of Euclid."...Charles Simic...The Chair
Trying to find a V. Managed to find a Z though!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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"Very bitter were the sorrows..." Randall Jarrell, Lament of the Children of Israel in Rome (from the Complete Poems, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
It's a long one and I couldn't find it on line and I am a horrible typist. I would die typing this, but it is very good.
"Wait till the Majesty of Death" ..... Emily Dickinson, Wait till the Majesty of Death
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
"X had the funds, the friends, the plan."...James Merrill, Snow Jobs (Alfred Knopf, 2001) It is political, having mention of recent scandals.
Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum. The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle. - Dylan
you think about the time in Malibu - late, late poem (Charles Bukowki - who else?!)
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"Zealously my muse doth salute all thee"-First line of one of John Donnes Verse letters to Mr.R.W
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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"A young spring-tender girl" ...... Spike Milligan, Mirror Mirror
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"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
"But now secure the painted vessel glides,"-Canto II Alexander Pope
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
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