Alphabetical Poem First Lines

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Enjoyed :) One analysis said this was no "Treasure Island," (lol). City life traded for the country life: "Return to reap and sing."

"Do nothing and everything will be done," - John Brehm; Layabout... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/layabout/

[Danik 2016]

Lol!
"Layabout..." enjoyed this poem so much!

"Everyone suddenly burst out singing;"."Everyone Sang" by Siegfried Sassoon
https://www.poemine.com/Siegfried-Sassoon/Everyone-Sang.html
https://poemanalysis.com/siegfried-sassoon/everyone-sang/

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A poem of great rejoicing now that the terror was gone - Wonderful sentiment, perchance the end of a battle or war... and then your linked summary confirmed the fact: the end of WWI... enjoyed :)

"Four winds blowing through the sky," - Sara Teasdale; Four Winds... https://allpoetry.com/Four-Winds

[Danik 2016]

Four Winds‐harsh truth, beautiful images.

"Gloomy grammarians in golden gowns,"."On The Manner Of Addressing Clouds" by Wallace Stevens
https://allpoetry.com/On-The-Manner-Of-Addressing-Clouds

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"Eliciting the still sustaining pomps / Of speech which are like music so profound / They seem an exaltation without sound." Enjoyed :)

"He that goes back does, since he goes, advance," - Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; Sonnet XXXIII... https://www.poetrycat.com/fernando-antonio-nogueira-pessoa/sonnet-xxxiii

[Danik 2016]

Fernando Pessoa! :) :) :)

One more by the same poet

"I'm herdsman of a flock."."The Herdsman" by Fernando Pessoa.
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330338-The-Herdsman-by-Fernando-Pessoa

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Love this poem by Pessoa... reminded me of the parable of the Lost Sheep :)

"J was once a jar of jam," - anonymous/teachific; Jj... https://www.teachific.com.au/view/249/poems-j-was-once-a-jar-of-jam-k-2

[Danik 2016]

Jj- Charming didactics poem.


"Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,"."Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties," by Hilaire Belloc
https://www.poemine.com/Hilaire-Belloc/Kings-live-in-Palaces-and-Pigs-in-sties.html

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"And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise."... brief and to the point... enjoyed :)

"Lay by the harp, sing not that song," - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; Glencoe... https://www.litscape.com/author/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon/Glencoe.html

[Danik 2016]

Very romantic poem about bliss, love and destruction. Enjoyed!

"My daughter plays on the floor"."Spelling" by Margareth Atwood
https://www.poetrycat.com/margaret-atwood/spelling

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A rather macabre poem on spelling and spells and... enjoyed :)

"Now Glaucus, with a lover's haste, bounds o'er" - Ovid; Metamorphoses: Book The Fourteenth... https://www.poetrycat.com/ovid/metamorphoses-book-the-fourteenth

[Danik 2016]

Yes, the poem might have come out of a witch cauldron
Found this as context and analysis of Book 14 of Ovid's Methamorphose.

"of all the blessings which to man"."of all the blessings which to man" by e e cummings
https://allpoetry.com/of-all-the-blessings-which-to-man

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AI Overview of Book 14 of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" primarily focuses on the story of Aeneas, the Trojan hero, culminating in his apotheosis (transformation into a god) after his valiant deeds in battle, signifying the lineage of Rome's founding fathers and their divine connection; this book also features interwoven tales like the story of Picus and Canens, where Circe plays a role, and explores themes of love, transformation, and the power of the gods, often with a focus on the Roman narrative and its origins"

e.e. - almost a normal poem... the word "worth" caught me off guard, expecting "worse"... Enjoyed the poem and analysis :)

"People that I meet and pass" - Sara Teasdale; Faces... https://eliteskills.com/c/897

[Danik 2016]

re Ovid: Just saw that I forgot to include the link about book 14 of Ovid´s Metamorphosis, sorry. But you found it or a similar one. AI is ok as long as it doesn´t invent things on it´s own.

re e e: lol! I agree!

"Faces"- Beautiful poem about the fleeting impressions transmitted by the faces passing on the streets. It reminded me of this poem by Baudelaire (French and three translations into English):https://fleursdumal.org/poem/224

"QUITE a proud and happy man is Finn the Packer"."The Tin-Pot Mill" by Edward Dyson
https://allpoetry.com/The-Tin-Pot-Mill

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"... I drank / From her eyes" - from translation #1 of Baudelaire's poem :)
"A gleam... then night! O fleeting beauty, / Your glance has given me sudden rebirth, / Shall I see you again only in eternity?" - from translation #4 :)

Lol! What a wonderfully descriptive poem about an infernal Tin Pot Mill... Enjoyed very much :)

"Remember me as I was then;" - Sara Teasdale; Change... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504271-Change-by-Sara-Teasdale

[Danik 2016]

"Change"-Enjoyed this nostalgic poem. I like Sara Teasdale very much!

"sail on,"."sail on" by W. Jude Aher
https://www.poemine.com/W-Jude-Aher/sail-on.html

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Touching poem from one who will never give up... sail on Jude ! Enjoyed :)

"The sky puts on the darkening blue coat" - Rainer Maria Rilke; Evening... https://symbolreader.net/2014/10/10/evening-by-reiner-maria-rilke-in-two-translations/

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful Rilke poem about humans torn between the stars and the earth.

"Uncertain lease—develops lustre"."Uncertain lease -- develops lustre" by Emily Dickinson
https://allpoetry.com/Uncertain-leasedevelops-lustre

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Thank heavens for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Violets! -- deep-blue violets!" - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Violet... https://www.litscape.com/author/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon/The-Violet.html

[Danik 2016]

Charming flower poem!

"Was, Is, And Yet-To-Be"."Was, Is, And Yet-To-Be" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
ps://
www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/Was_Is_And_Yet_To_Be.html

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I'm in the Yet-to-be camp: "And gazed far off into misty space / With a wrapt expression upon her face. // Such wonderful pleasures are coming to me, / Such glory, such honour, said Yet-to-be."... enjoyed :)

"Xenophobia lies very thinly under the surface" - Robert43041; Xenophobia... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17935064-Xenophobia-by-Robert43041

[Danik 2016]

re: Corrected the link of the poem. Am currently in the Is camp.

"Xenophobia", true poem. Enjoyed!

"Your pen needs but a ruffle"."Rhymes for Gloriana - III. On Receiving One of Gloriana's Letters" by Vachel Lindsay
https://www.poetrycat.com/vachel-lindsay/rhymes-for-gloriana---iii--on-receiving-one-of-glorianas-letters

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Wonderful poem lauding a friend; found this for elucidation... https://allpoetry.com/Rhymes-For-Gloriana Enjoyed :)

"Zebra was reading up on other foods" - PinkFaerie5; Zebra the Herbivore... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17477587-Zebra-the-Herbivore--by-PinkFaerie5

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed that funny Zebra poem! :)

"A human being is here". "A human being is here" by Jon Fosse

https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-17534_A-HUMAN-BEING-IS-HERE

https://www.studocu.com/es-ar/document/instituto-superior-de-formacion-docente-no-51/sujeto-con-discapacidad-intelectual/jon-fosse-a-human-being-is-here/95953362

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I had a sense of the poem when I read it, but the summary really helped. Very deep... Enjoyed :)

"Between going and staying the day wavers," - Octavio Paz; Between Going And Staying... https://www.poetrycat.com/octavio-paz/between-going-and-staying

[Danik 2016]

Loved this Paz poem!


"Come, spread your wings, as I spread mine,"."After A Lecture On Wordsworth" by Oliver Wendell Holmes
https://www.poetrycat.com/oliver-wendell-holmes/after-a-lecture-on-wordsworth

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Wonderful nature poem... enjoyed :)

"Dear yesterday, glide not so fast;" - Helen Hunt Jackson; Gondolieds... https://www.litscape.com/author/Helen_Hunt_Jackson/Gondolieds.html

[Danik 2016]

Time nostalgia, enjoyed!

"Especially when the October wind "."Especially When The October Wind" by Dylan Thomas
https://www.poemine.com/Dylan-Thomas/Especially-When-The-October-Wind.html

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Wonderful use of language: "By the sea's side hear the dark-vowelled birds."... Enjoyed :)

"Fair lake, thy lovely and thy haunted shore" - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Castle Of Chillon... https://www.litscape.com/author/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon/The-Castle-Of-Chillon.html

[Danik 2016]

The Castle of Chillon-Sad nostalgia!

"Genius, like gold and precious stones,"."Genius" by Mark Twain
https://www.poemine.com/Mark-Twain/Genius.html

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Lol, I'm halfway there... Enjoyed :)

"How did they learn that their ways were small?" - Mary Mapes Dodge; Jean And Kitty... https://www.litscape.com/author/Mary_Mapes_Dodge/Jean_And_Kitty.html

[Danik 2016]

There is a saying in German: "If one listens behind the wall, one hears one owns shame".

"I wept until my tears were dry"."Jerusalem" by Nizar Qabbani
https://www.poetrycat.com/nizar-qabbani/jerusalem

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Enjoyed the poem very much :) . Interesting poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_Qabbani "And his verses would remain popular after his death, and put to song by Arab pop-music stars such as Kazem al-Saher and Latifa.[15] However, such songs were introduced after filtering the original poems."...

"John Keats" - J.D. Salinger; John Keats... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2006/01/19/john-keats-by-j-d-salinger/

[Danik 2016]

"John Keats"-Lol!

"Knock with tremor --"Knock with tremor --" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Knock-with-tremor.html

https://www.scribd.com/doc/218903367/1325-KnockWithTremor?language_settings_changed=English

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Enjoyed both the poem and the analysis :)

"Less than the cloud to the wind," - Sara Teasdale; Less Than The Cloud To The Wind... https://allpoetry.com/Less-Than-The-Cloud-To-The-Wind

[Danik 2016]

re"Less than the cloud to the wind," - Interesting poem, but I think the AI analysis is not complete. The poem in fact compares the scant love the poet receives from his/her beloved with his/her own superlative feeling.

"My Grandpapa lives in a wonderful house"."The Painted Ceiling" by Amy Lowell
https://allpoetry.com/The-Painted-Ceiling

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I see.

The magical musings of a child... Enjoyed very much :)

"Now like the Lady of Shalott," - Elizabeth Stoddard; Before The Mirror... https://www.litscape.com/author/Elizabeth_Stoddard/Before_The_Mirror.html

[Danik 2016]

Follows the original Lady of Shaliot, a favourite poem of mine, which starts with O:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45359/the-lady-of-shalott-1832 and the song which is also beautiful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77PR0JA0gU. Stoddard's poem seems to maintain the sadness and the loneliness of the original poem without the heroic part. Enjoyed!

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Lovely poem & song :)

[Danik 2016]

:) As the poem coincidentally starts with O I also used it as the next contribution. Sorry if this was a bit confusing.
Awaiting now your offering of a "P" poem

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Oh, sorry, I'm not the brightest bulb in the forest...

"Poor, sweet Piccola! Did you hear" - Celia Thaxter;
Piccola... https://www.litscape.com/author/Celia_Thaxter/Piccola.html

[Danik 2016]

Loved "Piccola"

"Quiet, Lord, my froward heart,"."Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart" by John Newton

https://www.poemine.com/John-Newton/Quiet-Lord-My-Froward-Heart.html

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"Make me teachable and mild;"... please; enjoyed :)

"Pupil and master together," - Celia Thaxter; Gold Locks And Silver Locks... https://www.litscape.com/author/Celia_Thaxter/Gold_Locks_And_Silver_Locks.html

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"Gold Locks and Silver Locks ". Ai! What a tender poem!

"Quick! quick!"."Quick! quick!" by Anonymous
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42906/quick-quick-

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Ewwwww... but, it's about kitties so it gets a pass :)

"Read, sweet, how others strove," - Emily Dickinson; The Book Of Martyrs... https://www.litscape.com/author/Emily_Dickinson/The_Book_Of_Martyrs.html

[Danik 2016]

re: I know. Silliest poem ever posted in this thread. But it´s what I came up with after one hour of frantic search after a "Q" poem.

"The Book Of Martyrs" beautiful poem and much more easy to understand than most of ED's poems
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2012/08/normal-0-0-1-219-1249-10-2-1533-11.html

"Some men there are who find in nature all"."Summer" by Amy Lowell
https://www.poemine.com/Amy-Lowell/Summer.html

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Lol.

Enjoyed ED's summary immensely... hurtful to know our ancestors did such things.

A very rosy tone in Amy's poem of man and nature, almost an exultation... enjoyed :)

"The river turns," - Theodore Roethke; The Pike... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330717-The-Pike-by-Theodore-Roethke

[Danik 2016]

re: Didn’t know pike as a fish. Enjoyed the contrasts in this poem.

"Unto the Whole -- how add?". "Unto the Whole -- how add?" by Emily Dickinson

https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Unto-the-Whole-how-add.html
https://poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com/2011/10/whole-and-its-parts.html

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Pike: I've seen some videos... they're like a freshwater <barracuda<

Enjoyed the "Poetry with Mathematics" :) Emily at her best in conjecture -
Google AI: ""Oh, subsidy of balm!" is a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson that implies that happiness is experienced rather than thought about:
Meaning: The line refers to a feeling of fullness and suggests that happiness is lived rather than contemplated." 4-lines of gold... Enjoyed :)

"Vast was the wealth I carried in life's pack --" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; The Suicide... https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/The_Suicide.html

[Danik 2016]

Dark poem, but as it is against suicide, enjoyed it.


"What kind of God would He be"."What Kind Of God" by Kabir
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326999-What-Kind-Of-God--by-Kabir

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A beautiful translation of an Indian poem extolling God and His love... Enjoyed :)

"Xenophobia does not help" - Robert43041; Xenophobia... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17616503-Xenophobia-by-Robert43041

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re Xenophobia: True.

"A hundred years hence".""A hundred years hence" by Rabindranat Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/A-Hundred-Years-Hence--English-Translation

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Tagore seems to be speaking to you: "I send my tidings of joy of this spring." Enjoyed :)

"Birdsong brings relief" - Rumi; Birdsong brings relief... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-24402

[Danik 2016]

"Birdsong" - Lovely and powerful poem!

"Come to me, O ye children!"."Children" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poemine.com/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow/Children.html

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Melancholy poem of the silver-haired inspired by children: "For ye are living poems,"... Enjoyed :)

"Damp day's light is quenched: damp night's darkness" - Alexander Pushkin; Jealousy... https://www.litscape.com/author/Alexander_Pushkin/Jealousy.html

[Danik 2016]

I love Pushkin's stories, first poem by him I read. Enjoyed specially the end of the poem.

"Each small gleam was a voice,'"."Each small gleam was a voice,"by Stephen Crane
https://www.poemine.com/Stephen-Crane/Each-small-gleam-was-a-voice.html

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A synesthesia poem... Enjoyed :)

"Fan me with these lilies fair," - Elizabeth Stoddard; "Fan Me With These Lilies Fair... https://www.litscape.com/author/Elizabeth_Stoddard/Fan_Me_With_These_Lilies_Fair.html

[Danik 2016]

" Fan Me With The Lilies Fair".Lol! A somewhat violent non love poem! Enjoyed the flower images.

"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;"The Night Ride" by Kenneth Slessor
https://allpoetry.com/The-Night-Ride

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Enjoyed the poem and summary :)

"High and dry upon the shingle lies the fisher's boat to-night;" - Richard Rowe; Soul Ferry... https://www.poemine.com/Richard-Rowe/Soul-Ferry.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this ghostly version of Charon!

"I cannot say"."plum blossom" by Izumi Shikibu
https://allpoetry.com/plum-blossom

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Another Spring poem ! Enjoyed :)

"Just look at him! there he stands," - Heinrich Hoffmann; Shock-headed Peter... https://www.poemine.com/Heinrich-Hoffmann/Shock-headed-Peter.html

[Danik 2016]

Lol! That is the Struwwellpeter, a character to frighten young children into good behavior. But in fact he probably was the first hippie.Here you are:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter


"kumrads die because they're told)"."kumrads die because they're told by e.e. cummings

https://www.poemine.com/Edward-Estlin-Cummings/kumrads-die-because-they-re-told.html

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"Der Struwwelpeter is known for introducing the villainous character of the Tailor (or Scissorman) to Western literature."... Lololololol !

Cold War sentiment in a comic way... enjoyed :)

"Like to a ship that storms urge on its course," - Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; Sonnet XI... https://www.poetrycat.com/fernando-antonio-nogueira-pessoa/sonnet-xi

[Danik 2016]

re Struwwelpeter. Well, yes. When I was a kid, I got cards with the illustrations of the book. I hated it. I still remember the blood dripping down from the cut thumbs of the boys.

Love the Fernando Pessoa poem! Wasn't successful in finding the Portuguese Original.

"Minnow, go to sleep and dream,"."Lullaby For The Cat" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://www.poetrycat.com/elizabeth-bishop/lullaby-for-the-cat

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Sorry... I can only imagine the psychological impact of those images.

Deceptive poem of a much loved cat ! https://allpoetry.com/Lullaby-For-the-Cat Enjoyed! :)

"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch," -
Theodore Roethke; Root Cellar... https://allpoetry.com/Root-Cellar

[Danik 2016]

re: I think today they seem vastly. exaggerated. But then there weren't any tv monsters. And the idea was to emphasize the punishments for bad behavior so the stories are a sort of nightmares.

"Root Cellar"-Decay and Survival enjoyed "Nothing would give up life:"

"O 'Melia, my dear, this does everything crown!". "The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy
https://allpoetry.com/The-Ruined-Maid

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Social intricacies; thanx for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Poet, not popular applause shalt thou prize!" - Alexander Pushkin; To the Poet... https://ruverses.com/alexander-pushkin/to-the-poet/4093/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed Pushkin's poem and enjoyed to learn the word poet in Russian: "Поэт".

"Quiet summer night.".The Faithful Dreamer, "All Is Quiet"
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/

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"Поэт" Pi omicron epsilon tau ? interesting; tau: the principal, the path, the way according to my echo :)

Cute modernistic (love?) poem... Loved the postscript: "Essentially a continuation of the previous poem, "An Appalling Lack of Glow-in-the-Dark Stars"." Lol. Enjoyed :)

"Palette paint arranged in reds" - Jan Turner; A Painter’s Daydream... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/75trochee.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the palette.

Another "Q" poem.

"Quiet crickets." "Quiet" by Sharde' Fultz
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/

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Ooops! Congrats on the 2nd "Q" poem; enjoyed :)

"Reason says, “ I will beguile him with the tongue.”; Love says," - Rumi; Reason says love says... https://allpoetry.com/Reason-says-love-says

[Danik 2016]

:)
Wise Rumi poem!

"Success is counted sweetest". "Success is counted sweetest" by Emily Dickinson

https://allpoetry.com/Success-is-counted-Sweetest

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Enjoyed :) "Not one of all the purple Host / Who took the Flag to-day / Can tell the definition / So clear, of Victory" - this passage would have a different connotation nowadays what with red vs. blue and purples on the fence.

"'There's a footstep coming: look out and see,'" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; The Ghost's Petition... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/the-ghost-s-petition-55957143408

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re:I get somewhat confused with this color business. In Brazil and other countries, red is the color of left parties. But in US it seems to be the far right.
Enjoyed the ghost poem!


"Under the crescent moon's faint glow".Under the moon'" by Li Po
https://www.poemine.com/Li-Po/Under-the-Moon.html

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Yes, in USA: red is far right, blue is far left... purple middle of the road.

A poem of longing... enjoyed :)

"Venus, most histories agree," - George Keate; To a Lady Going to Bathe in the Sea... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o4986-w0170.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Mostly liked the playfulness of the Venus poem.

"WHEN the Millennium comes"."WHEN the Millennium comes" by Katharine Lee Bates
https://allpoetry.com/When-The-Millennium-Comes

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Enjoyed this poem of the Millennium... and peace :)

"xs and os trickle down to me" - Casey Ann; x/o... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1360316/xo/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this different "X" poem!

"You nor I nor nobody knows"."You nor I nor nobody knows" by Adelaide Crapsey
https://allpoetry.com/You-Nor-I-Nor-Nobody-Knows

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Breathless... Enjoyed :)

"Zoning.." - Ziggy Deedee Charshawn; Full Circle... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/775082/full-circle/

[Danik 2016]

"Zoning"- Lol!Enjoyed this play with the alphabet.

"A girl sang a song in the temple's chorus,"."A girl Sang a Song" by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14328941-A-Girl-Sang-A-Song-by-Aleksandr-Aleksandrovich-Blok

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A song of grief: "Because none of them will be ever returned." Enjoyed :)

"A light is gone from yonder sky," - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Lost Star... https://www.litscape.com/author/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon/The-Lost-Star.html

[Danik 2016]

The Lost Star-so sad!

"Brookong station lay half-asleep"."Featherstonhaugh" by Barcroft Henry Boake
https://www.poetrycat.com/barcroft-henry-boake/featherstonhaugh

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A rollicking time in Australia's past... enjoyed :)

"Change is the order of the universe." - Hanford Lennox Gordon; Change... https://www.poetrycat.com/hanford-lennox-gordon/change

[Danik 2016]

"Change" Beautiful images, sad end!

"Days that cannot bring you near"."Argument" by Elisabeth Bishop
https://kristenengle.blogspot.com/2013/04/response-to-argument-by-elizabeth-bishop.html

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Complex poem... thank heavens for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Evening! as slow thy placid shades descend," - William Lisle Bowles; Evening... https://allpoetry.com/Sonnet-VI.-Evening,-as-slow-thy-placid-shades-descend...

[Danik 2016]

Evening. Enjoyed the sweet images.

"From all these mounds, though day blows fresh and warm,"."From all these mounds, though day blows fresh and warm," by Anne Whitney
https://www.litscape.com/author/Anne_Whitney/From_All_These_Mounds_Though_Day_Blows_Fresh_And_W arm.html

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Sorry. Corrected the link of mine above; Litnet truncated the "..." part as non-essential.

Delightful poem: "The wasting snow of this snow-haunted spring / Marks out her nameless hillock; lingering" Enjoyed :)

"Goodbye, my friend, goodbye" - Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin; "Goodbye, my friend, goodbye"... https://allpoetry.com/-Goodbye,-my-friend,-goodbye-

[Danik 2016]

re : No problem! Acessed it with Google. :)

"Goodbye...".:( zero goodbye. Remember please that you are full two months younger than me and I don't keep goodbying!
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"He thought he saw an Elephant,"."A Strange Wild Song" by Lewis Carroll
https://www.poetrycat.com/lewis-carroll/a-strange-wild-song

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My bad... fully admonished; note to self: no goodbye poems.

Whimsical poem by Lewis Carroll... enjoyed :)

"If I when my wife is sleeping" - William Carlos Williams; Danse Russe... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/danse-russe/

[Danik 2016]

:)

Danse Russe-Lol! Enjoyed!


"Just look, ’tis quarter past six, love—"."The Coming Woman" by Mary Weston Fordham
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-coming-woman/

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"Dear me, ‘what a slow, poky man!’" an admonishment by the "progressive wife"... Enjoyed the poem and most enlightening bio :)

"Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief" - Robert Burns; Lines On Mrs. Kemble... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/lines-on-mrs-kemble-15584154333

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the epigram! Some little, very little background information on Mrs Kemble:
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/who-new-woman-burns-life-and-what-was-their-secret

And "Burns was also friends with Elizabeth and Stephen Kemble, two of the most prominent actors of the time who held both radical and abolitionist views. He attended a performance of the anti-slavery play, Inkle and Yarico, at the Globe theatre in Dumfries on 21 October 1794.50 Indeed, he wrote an epigram, On Seeing Mrs Kemble in Inkle and Yarico51 to the actress in praise of her performance as the slave girl Yarico in the play." https://isj.org.uk/the-radical-robert-burns/

"Last"."Last Night" by Li Ching Chao
https://www.poemine.com/Li-Ching-Chao/Last-Night.html

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Mrs. Kemble - Good research ! Most enlightening :)

Lol hangover poem... the poetess waking after an unnamed woman opening (their?) room to the light of day...
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8509881-Last-Night-by-Li-Ching-Chao
https://allpoetry.com/Li-Ching-Chao
https://allpoetry.com/When-Night-Comes

"My Flower Room is such a little place," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; My Flower Room... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/my-flower-room-68019010971

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re Li Ching Chao. Thanks for the research. Very interesting poet, she sounds so modern, even with her drinking and her experimental poetry.

"My Flower Room".-Lovely poem.

"Now as the train bears west,"."Night Journey" by Theodor Roethke
https://allpoetry.com/Night-Journey

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Such a descriptive train ride :) Enjoyed!

"Our England is a garden that is full of stately views," - Rudyard Kipling; The Glory Of The Garden... https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_glorygarden.htm

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Fully enjoyed the Stately views of the garden! ;)

"Promotion comes to him who sticks"."Promotion" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert-Guest/Promotion.html

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Lol, my Mother has told me of her visits to various gardens in England, but not from the aspect of the gardeners and their toil. I think being a gardener in the UK is everyone's 1st calling.

Enjoyed the work ethics poem :)

"Quivering fears, Heart-tearing cares," - Sir Henry Wotton; A Description Of The Countreys Recreations... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-description-of-the-countreys-recreations/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the country idils.

"Runs falls rises stumbles on from darkness into darkness"."Runagate Runagate by Robert Hayden
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Hayden/Runagate-Runagate.html
https://www-enotes-com.translate.goog/topics/runagate-runagate?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt-BR&_x_tr_pto=sc

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Incredible poem of the days of slavery runaways to freedom... enjoyed this historical poem and summary. :)

"Some people go their whole lives" - James Tate; Dream On... https://poets.org/poem/dream-4

[Danik 2016]

Wonderful poem. "Tate domesticated surrealism" A good definition of his poetry.

"The porch swing hangs fixed in a morning sun"."Porch Swing in September" by Ted Kooser
https://poets.org/poem/porch-swing-september

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Delightful poem about the transition to Fall... Enjoyed :)

"Unus'd to every soothing sound," - Rebekah Carmichael; To MR *****... https://allpoetry.com/To-MR-*****

[Danik 2016]

Very sad orphan poem.

"Vision of peace, Joy without stain,"."Vision of peace, Joy without stain" by Robert Laurence Binyon
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Laurence-Binyon/Vision-of-peace-Joy-without-stain.html

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Read the author's bio which gave me a better understanding of the poem: https://allpoetry.com/Robert-Laurence-Binyon... Enjoyed :)

"Will there really be a "Morning"?" - Emily Dickinson; Will there really be a "Morning"?... https://eliteskills.com/c/7849

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Enjoyed the delightful ED poem, not so difficult to understand. But shun terrible eliteskills AI which is the one that invents poem lines.

A poem with X in the title.
"A pregnant coconut tree"."X..... Peace" by Aufie Zophy
https://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=584351

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Lol. Sorry, some of these poems have been in my personal queue for quite some time... I'll try to weed them out.

"the sky carries fluffs of wool": Love the language used, enjoyed :)

"Yellow ribbons furl" - Carolyn Devonshire; Yellow Ribbons... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/yellow_ribbons_373632

[Danik 2016]

Not necessary. I’ll now look for poets with names beginning with X and Z. There are not enough poems beginning with X and Z for our demand.;)

"Yellow Ribbon "-Curiou association between the yellow ribbons and the son.

"I watched the arctic landscape "."Balance" by Adam Zagajewski

https://poets.org/poem/balance

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I meant that I would purge the eliteskills.com poetry sites and their imaginative AI... only found one and it has been edited, but you're right, I only have 3-X poems and 6-Z poems left in my queue.

Nothing and something in balance... enjoyed :)

"Aroused and angry," - Walt Whitman; Drum -Taps... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/drum-taps-71199690173

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"Drum taps" Impressive poem! Makes one ponder how war got so much more inhuman since Whitman's days.

"beyond the brittle towns asleep"."beyond the brittle towns asleep«^ by e. e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/beyond-the-brittle-towns-asleep

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e. e. cummings' use of words and phrases is amazing... I wonder how forced or contrived his process was, or was it natural ? Enjoyed :)

p.s. e.e. - Did find this after a quick study: https://www.enotes.com/topics/e-e-cummings/criticism/cummings-e-dward-e-stlin-1894-1962

"Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it," - Bertolt Brecht; Contemplating Hell... https://allpoetry.com/Contemplating-Hell

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I have still to finish reading it, but loved this selection of criticism on e.e. cummings poetry. I think you are right, being experimental, it is constructed and not spontaneous. But in these sense he seems to be unique in American poetry, maybe in poetry in English language. Anyway I found interesting the diversity in the criticism.

Enjoyed BB's comparison of modern city life with hell

"Dogs so long with us we forget"."De’an" by Heid E. Erdrich
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/dean/
https://fourteenlines.blog/tag/dean-by-heid-e-erdrich/

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Enjoyed the dog poem and the link... If "dogs write poetry." what then of cats ? :)

"Even on the smallest islands," - Kobayashi Issa; Even on the smallest islands... https://www.best-poems.net/kobayashi_issa/even_on_the_smallest_islands.html

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Lol!

Enjoyed Kobayashi Issa's Haiku

"Fine apricot was cut for the roofbeam,"."Fine Apricot Lodge" by Wang Wei
https://www.best-poems.net/wang_wei/fine_apricot_lodge.html

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Loved this delicate poem; found an illuminating interpretation: https://allpoetry.com/Fine-Apricot-Lodge :)

"Go and catch a falling star," - John Donne; Song: Go and catch a falling star... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/song-go-and-catch-a-falling-star/

[Danik 2016]

Well, Donne's poem starts so nicelly, but he obviously wasn’t in a good day.


"How still, how happy! Those are words"."How still, how happy!" by Emily Bronte
https://originalpoems.com/poem?id=3298
https://super-essay.com/essays/literature/poem-analysis-how-still-how-happy/

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Lol...

Brrrr... the summary adds to what I had surmised nicely; a summary of Winter... Enjoyed :)

"In the still, star-lit night," - Elizabeth Stoddard; "In the still, star-lit night... https://www.litscape.com/author/Elizabeth_Stoddard/In_The_Still_Star_Lit_Night.html

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"Star lit Night" Enjoyed that ghostly poem!

"Just for joy, take from my palms"."Just for joy, take from my palms" by Osip Emilevich Mandelstam

https://allpoetry.com/-Just-for-joy,-take-from-my-palms-

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Interesting poem of bees and joy... enjoyed :)

"Katie had the grand eyes and Delia had a way with her," - Theodosia Garrison; Sheila... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/theodosia-garrison/sheila-16154

[Danik 2016]

Poor Sheila!

"Like Rain it sounded till it curved"."Like Rain it sounded till it curved" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Like-Rain-it-sounded-till-it-curved.html
https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/emily-dickinson/like-rain-it-sounded-till-it-curved#:~:text=In%20Emily%20Dickinson's%20%22Like% 20Rain,storm%20of%20thought%20or%20feeling.

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Very expressive poem, and the other link a wonderful resource for summary... Enjoyed so much! :)

"Majestic King of storms! around" - Susanna Moodie; Winter... https://www.tercul.com/en/works/winter-susanna-moodie?translation=074ed8f3-6585-4c0f-8b5c-e74ed2b7e078

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this powerful winter poem at 29º C!

"Mrs Moon"."Mrs Moon" by Roger McGough
https://www.poemine.com/Roger-McGough/Mrs-Moon.html

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84° F, a nice spring day :)

Delightful depiction of Mrs. Moon... Enjoyed :)

"No slight caprice rules thee. -- Who sounds one note" - Anne Whitney; No slight caprice rules thee. -- Who sounds one note... https://www.litscape.com/author/Anne_Whitney/No_Slight_Caprice_Rules_Thee_Who_Sounds_One_Note.h tml

[Danik 2016]

Serene poem. Enjoyed!


"O lightly moored the lilies lie,". "On Quiet Waters" by Celia Thaxter
https://www.litscape.com/author/Celia_Thaxter/On_Quiet_Waters.html

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Lovely pastoral... enjoyed :)

"Poets should not reason:" - John Boyle O'Reilly; The Useless Ones... https://allpoetry.com/The-Useless-Ones

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"The Useless Ones.." Wonderful poem about the poem as a song! Agree 90% as I also love experimental poetry!

A poet with "Q" in his name:

"My son places his paint box in front of me"."A Lesson In Drawing" by Nizar Qabbani
https://allpoetry.com/A-Lesson-In-Drawing

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A harsh reality, stark in its poignancy... incredible poem.

"Rise, lovers, that we may go towards heaven; we have seen this" - Rumi; Rise, lovers, that we may go towards heaven; we have seen this... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-24418

[Danik 2016]

Powerful images has Rumi's poem.

"Stately, kindly, lordly friend,"To a Cat". by Charles Algernon Swinburne
https://www.poetrycat.com/algernon-charles-swinburne/to-a-cat

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Love it without reading the poem :) :) ... "a friend of loftier mind... More of heaven's deep heart than we." :)

"The hope I dreamed of was a dream," - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Mirage... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/mirage-51033791758

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Without reading it?? Link worked alright!

"Mirage" Such a sad poem! Maybe a change of scene this end of the year might be good. Traveling a bit, seeing different people than the usual one..., visiting a different church-building...

"Unto a broken heart"."Unto a broken heart" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Unto-a-broken-heart.html

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Lololol!... I did read the poem and enjoyed very much ! What enamored me was the run on sentence of " "Stately, kindly, lordly friend, "To a Cat" "... from that I knew the poem would be special to Me :)

Enjoyed your advice for those burdened with waking from a dream within a dream - where hope is a featherless bird (antithetical to Emily's poem Hope is the thing with feathers). Which leads us to your offering of a poem by Emily Unto a broken heart; a lengthy summary with a context I hadn't thought of which includes some other poems by Emily: https://academic.oup.com/litimag/article/15/3/276/942120?login=false

"Voice of our Century, whose heart is broken," - Robert Norwood; Voice of the Twentieth Century... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/voice-twentieth-century

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Lol. Of course Stately poems are very welcome on this thread, same with cat poems.And Stately cat poems are the cherries on the cake!

Enjoyed the comments on ED's poem. I was thinking of very personal horror. The war didn't occur to me.

"Voice of our Century". So up to date!


"Well, honest John, how fare you now at"."To John Clare" by John Clare
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/john-clare#0

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A poem written to/about the poet while incarcerated in an asylum... enjoyed :)

"X-ray my heart tonight" - Feel; My Xavier... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1245681/my-xavier/

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"You are my constant confusion".Oh my.! Enjoyed this almost


"You begin this way": "You Begin" by Margaret Atwood
https://www.poetrycat.com/margaret-atwood/you-begin
https://poemanalysis.com/margaret-atwood/you-begin/

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"almost" - lol

Enjoyed both the poem and the analysis :)

"Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" - Not attributed; Zoom Zoom, We’re Going to the Moon”... https://allnurseryrhymes.com/zoom-zoom-were-going-to-the-moon/

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"Zoom, Zoom, Zoom " Nice song!


"A poem should be palpable and mute".Ars Poet by Archibald MacLeis
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/17168/ars-poetica

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Interesting Ars Poetica... found this summary: https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/archibald-macleish/ars-poetica ... Enjoyed :)

"Beside the crystal well she stood," - Rose Hartwick Thorpe; The Luck Of Muncaster. / A legend of merrie England... https://www.litscape.com/author/Rose_Hartwick_Thorpe/The_Luck_Of_Muncaster.html

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the analysis on Ars Poetica.A poem shouldn´t be obvious?


Lol! "The Luck Of Muncaster" - All is well that ends well! Enjoyed!


"Choose your obsessions"."Choose your obsessions..." by Siddharth Anand
https://www.poemine.com/Siddharth-Anand/Choose-your-obsessions.html

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"And after the tsunami / You wonder why you were destroyed / By; your own army". Enjoyed this poem by the nearly 40yr old poet :)

"Drop, drop, splash, splash," - Edith L. M. King; Thunder at Night... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/thunder-night

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"Drop, drop, splash, splash," Short, sharp and exactly fitting the weather today (not much thunder and lighting as yet, but summer is around the corner.


"The eyes of toads are great" "The eyes of toads are great" by Blodgett, E. D.
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/eyes-toads-are-great#0

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Lol, a paradox indeed... enjoyed :)

"Father calls me William, sister calls me Will," - Eugene Field; Jest 'Fore Christmas...
https://www.litscape.com/author/Eugene_Field/Just_Before_Christmas.html

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"Jest 'Fore Christmas..." -Cute Christmas poem and I´m always glad when I understand all the dialect.

"Glass was the Street -- in tinsel Peril"."Glass was the Street -- in tinsel Peril" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Glass-was-the-Street-in-tinsel-Peril.html
https://sites.udel.edu/mcses2012/papers/paper-iii/

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Enjoyed very much the poem and the treatise on Emily's room/windows/home and her perspective :)

"HEAR the sledges with the bells —" - Edgar Allan Poe; The Bells... https://www.eapoe.org/works/poems/bellsg.htm

[Danik 2016]

Loved the bell poem.I think that what is called the idiosyncratic rhythm of the poem is that poe makes the poembitself chime, lighter the merrier stands, heavier the sadder or full of horror ones.


"I bless you, forests, valleys, fields, mountains, waters,"."I bless you, forests" by Tolstoy
https://allpoetry.com/Aleksey-Konstantinovich-Tolstoy

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Wonderful poem by Tolstoy... it may be the first poem from him that I have read... Enjoyed :)

"Just a drowned woman, with death-draggled hair" - John Payne; Quia Multum Amavit... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/quia-multum-amavit

[Danik 2016]

I think it is my first Tolstoy poem, too.

A sad narrative in poem form, about the drowned woman and her children. The title refers to the New Testament, where Magdalen is forgiven because she "loved so much".

"karenina,"."karenina" by Regina Elliot
https://www.poetry.com/poem/159037/karenina

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"steps lithe amidst / the stars. / karenina, of the / infinite,"... enjoyed :)

"Let those who are in favour with their stars" - William Shakespeare; Sonnet XXV... https://www.poemine.com/William-Shakespeare/Sonnet-XXV.html

[Danik 2016]

Fully enjoyed the Shakespeare Sonnet. :)


"Mother,". " River" by Shuntaro Tanikawa
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/river-74/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuntar%C5%8D_Tanikawa

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Wonderful tender poem. I see he passed on just last month :( Enjoyed :)

"Night is over the park, and a few brave stars" - Sara Teasdale; Swans... https://poets.org/poem/swans

[Danik 2016]

There is so much beauty and magic in "Swans". :)

"Of Old Sat Freedom". Alfred Tennyson, "Of Old Sat Freedom".
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Tennyson/Of-Old-Sat-Freedom.html

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In praise of Lady Freedom... enjoyed :)

"Poets are such bad employers," - Jay Macpherson; Poets & Muses... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/poets-muses

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"Poets & Muses...". Lol! Charming poem about poetry not being practical!

A poem by a poet with "Q" in his name:

"One tree. Another tree". "Trees" by Ai Qing
https://lorenwebster.net/2024/02/24/ai-qing-selected-poems/

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Two wonderful poems ! Enjoyed :)

"Razors pain you;" - Dorothy Parker; Resumé... https://literaryfictions.com/poems/resume-by-dorothy-parker/

[Danik 2016]

Resume"A painful yet ironic poem.


"Walking home I feel a presence following"."Walking with My Delaware Grandfather" by Denise Low
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/walking-with-my-delaware-grandfather/

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Very enjoyable retrospective of Denise Low's grandfather and great-grandmother :)

"Xmas means joy, hope n of course Santa clause ! Everyone sends him a" - Armin Dutia Motashaw; This XMAS... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2895478/this-xmas/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyd that Christmas poem, wishes could easily be extended to our earthly community.

More about Chrismas:

https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/list-of-christmas-words-that-start-with-y/


"YOU little stars that live in skies"."You Little Stars" by Fulke Greville
https://www.poemine.com/Fulke-Greville/You-Little-Stars.html

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"Yarn-Bomb" is new to me... love it :)

"Lend me thy wings that I may rise"... Enjoyed :)

"Zanthoxylum shrubs with clustered yellow flowers," - Andrea Dietrich; Xanthophobia... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/xanthophobia_716351

[Danik 2016]

"Xanthophobia"... Enjoyed this poem that traversed the whole alphabet!

"and I sit by the stove"."and I sit by the stove" by Halina Poswiatowska
https://allpoetry.com/-and-I-sit-by-the-stove-

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"and try to catch time red-handed"... wonderful poem with summary: Enjoyed :)

"Beside St. Joseph's shallow stream,:" - Rose Hartwick Thorpe; Preface To Ringing Ballads
... https://www.litscape.com/author/Rose_Hartwick_Thorpe/Preface_Ringing_Ballads.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this sweet flower blade!

A bit long, but can be read by parts during Christmas season.
"Christmas stars! your pregnant silentness,"."A Christmas Symphony" by Helen Hunt Jackson
https://www.litscape.com/author/Helen_Hunt_Jackson/A_Christmas_Symphony.html

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Beautiful poem of faith :)

"Do not touch him -- do not wake him! Fast asleep is Amor lying;" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Warning... https://www.litscape.com/author/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe/Warning.html

[Danik 2016]

Lol! A wise poem

"Each new invention doubles our worries an' our troubles,"."Wail Of An Old-Timer" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/Wail_Of_An_Old_Timer.html

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Lol... a lamentation of progress... enjoyed :)

"Fiat!" -- The flaming word" - John Banister Tabb; The Annunciation... https://www.litscape.com/author/John_Banister_Tabb/The_Annunciation.html

[Danik 2016]

Forceful and synthetic,The Annunciation!
" Glide gently, thus for ever glide,"."Remembrance Of Collins" by William Wordsworth
https://www.litscape.com/author/William_Wordsworth/Remembrance_Of_Collins.html

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Somber poem regaling poet and river... found an analysis that helped me... https://allpoetry.com/Remembrance-Of ... Enjoyed :)

"How terrible these nights are when alone" - Wilcox Ella Wheeler; Spectres... https://www.poemine.com/Wilcox-Ella-Wheeler/Spectres.html

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the analysis.

"Spectres" -impressive poem!

"I wonder if I know him"."l" by R. Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8516525-I-by-Rabindranath-Tagore

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Profound poem... Enjoyed very much :)

"Just when all hope had perished in my soul," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; The Tryst... https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/The_Tryst.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the love tryst!



"King George sat high on his family throne,"."The Yankee Tea-Party" by Hannah Flagg Goul
https://www.litscape.com/author/Hannah_Flagg_Gould/The-Yankee-Tea-Party.html

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An American history poem... enjoyed :)

"Like the coat of many colors, the letters, scraps," - Ortiz Simon Joseph; Making Quiltwork... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/making-quiltwork

[Danik 2016]

"Making Quiltwork... " Liked the comparison of life and a quilt with it´s bits and pieces. As to the form the text reminds me of a prose text.

"majestic, magic"."Marina" by Charles Bukowski
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8509353-Marina-by-Charles-Bukowski

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Sweet poem by Bukowski... enjoyed :)

"Nature, a jealous mistress, laid him low." - Sydney Thompson Dobell; Epitaph II... https://www.poemine.com/Sydney-Thompson-Dobell/Epitaph-II.html

[Danik 2016]

"Epithaph Ii"Tragic !

"Of Nature I shall have enough"."Of Nature I shall have enough" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Of-Nature-I-shall-have-enough.html (found no analysis).

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Love Emily's poem! :)

One dubious summary of Emily's poem: https://emily-dickinson-riddle.blogspot.com/2011/09/emily-dickinson-and-nature-5.html (needs corroboration)

"Poor cows, poor sheep," - Edith L. M. King; Cattle in Trucks... https://allpoetry.com/Cattle-In-Trucks

[Danik 2016]

Enlightening summary about ED's poem, thanks!

Emphatic poem about cattle transported probably to the slaughterhouse.

Poem by a poet with name starting with "Q"

"Since I was young I have worn gorgeous dress"."Crossing The River" by QuYuan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15083733-Crossing-The-River--by-Qu-Yuan

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"Unflinchingly I still shall follow truth, / Nor care if I am slain."... Enjoyed :)

"Retired thoughts enjoy their own delights," - Robert Southwell; Look Home... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Southwell/Look-Home.html

[Danik 2016]

"Look Home"-Man viewed in a positive light.

"Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed"."Slumber-Song" by Siegfried Sassoon
https://www.poemine.com/Siegfried-Sassoon/Slumber-Song.html

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"A paradise of dimness." A romanticized poem of sleep and dreams... Enjoyed :)

"There are scarlet poppies in her garden-bed," - Nicholls Marjory; Poppies... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/poppies

[Danik 2016]

Poppies representing fallen soldiers!Short but strikes home.

"Upon my Lap my Sovereign Sits"."Upon my Lap my Sovereign Sits" by Peerson, Martin (1571 - 1650)
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/upon-my-lap-my-sovereign-sits#0

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Sweet poem; a mother and child's bond :) Enjoyed.

"Very sick and tired am I" - Tom MacInnes; Villanelle of Mutton... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/villanelle-mutton

[Danik 2016]

A dexterous way of exposing ones feeling and the futile part of certain celebrations. Indignant but sly Villanelle! Enjoyed very much!

"With changing key"."With changing key" by Paul Celan
https://allpoetry.com/Mit-wechselndem-Schlssel
https://allpoetry.com/Paul-Celan

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Interesting poem: L2 - "you unlock the house, inside". I agree :) Enjoyed. I believe this our second poem from Paul Celan ("Most brightly of all burned the hair of my evening loved one:"Night Ray" by Paul Celan https://www.poetrycat.com/paul-celan/night-ray ) From your citation: "His influence can also be seen in later generations of poets who have sought to engage with historical trauma and its enduring impact on language and consciousness."

"XY: Where can I message you?" - Mystic Ink Plus; Sign Up... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2599941/sign-up/

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Sign Up...Lol! Metaphysics in internet media language. Enjoyed!

"You Meaner Beauties Of The Night"."You Meaner Beauties Of The Night by Wotton, Sir Henry (1568 - 1639)
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/you-meaner-beauties-night

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Enjoyed... found an analysis under a different title: https://allpoetry.com/Elizabeth-Of-Bohemia :)

"Zigzag lines on the body of Zebra eye catching," - Brundaban panda; Poem Says Three Reasons Why Z Keeps Zebra... https://allpoetry.com/poem/13410478-Poem-Says-Three-Reasons-Why-Z-Keeps-Zebra-by-Brundaban-panda

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the analysis, tailor!

Enjoyed the zebra celebrating poem! :)

"All--bounteous Heav'n, Castalio cries,"."An Unanswerable Apology ForThe Rich." by Mary Barber
https://allpoetry.com/An-Unanswerable-Apology-For-The-Rich.

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Your link would not open for me because LitNet truncated the trailing dot (.), used this one: https://allpoetry.com/An-Unanswerable-Apology-For-The-Rich. using the url and /url commands... odd.............. Enjoyed the poem & analysis... something I received in my FB feed this morning a quote by Greta Thornberg parallels the poem... "Our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money" :(

"Blue dust of evening over my city," - Sara Teasdale; Evening: New York... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327162-Evening--New-York-by-Sara-Teasdale

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, my mistake.

Lovely descriptive poem by Sara Teasdale.

"Come to me, O ye children!"."Children by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poemine.com/Henry-Wadsworth-Longfellow/Children.html

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(link not your fault)

Delightful poem: "Ye are better than all the ballads / That ever were sung or said; / For ye are living poems, / And all the rest are dead."

"Dian, that fain would cheer her friend the Night," - Sir Philip Sidney; Sonnet 97... https://www.poemine.com/Sir-Philip-Sidney/Sonnet-97-Dian-That-Fain-Would-Cheer.html

[Danik 2016]

"Sonnet 97..."Joy and sadness.


'Especially when the October wind"."Especially when the October wind" by Dylan Thomas

https://emilyspoetryblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/especially-when-the-october-wind-by-dylan-thomas/

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Incredible poem and creditable summary... Enjoyed :)

"For years, an ever-shifting shade" - John Banister Tabb; Photographed... https://www.litscape.com/author/John_Banister_Tabb/Photographed.html

[Danik 2016]

"Photographed" Enjoyed this poem very much!

"God sent his Singers upon earth"."The Singers" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.litscape.com/author/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow/The_Singers.html

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Loved this poem :)

"Hark, echo!—Hark; echo!" - Edgar Allan Poe; Spiritual Song... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spiritual_Song_manuscript/Spiritual_Song
https://poemuseum.org/spiritual-song/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the succinct Poe poem!


"Inside my head a common room,"."Inside my head" by Robert Creeley
https://allpoetry.com/Inside-My-Head

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A stream of consciousness poem that seeks its own and flows so well... Enjoyed :)

"Jimmie’s got a goil" - e.e. cummings; Jimmie’s got a goil... https://cummings.ee/book/is-5/poem/one-vi/

[Danik 2016]

Lol, the poem dances like Jimmy's goil!

"Kind Sir: This is an old game"Kind Sir: These Woods" by Anne Sexton
https://allpoetry.com/Kind-Sir:-These-Woods

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Odd poem of a game I've never heard of, full of metaphors... thank you for the summary :)

"Let others probe the mystery if they can." - Theodore Roethke; The Right Thing... https://allpoetry.com/The-Right-Thing

[Danik 2016]

"The Right Thing.." A wise poem. Enjoyed!


"Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a very notorious couple of cats."."Mungojerrie And Rumpelteazer" by T.S. Eliot
https://allpoetry.com/Mungojerrie-And-Rumpelteazer

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Lol, delightful poem of two notorious cats by a master poet ! Loved it :)

"Niagara" - Andrew Porteus; [i]COVID – Niagara Falls: A (Very) Short Poem... https://niagarapoetry.ca/2021/03/02/covid/

[Danik 2016]

"Niagara ". Enjoyed the word play!
"O wearisome condition of humanity!"."Chorus Sacerdotum" by Baron Brooke Fulke Greville
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/chorus-sacerdotum/

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The poem is a bit over my head... back to allpoetry for help: https://allpoetry.com/Chorus-Sacerdotum-:-from-Mustapha :)

"Pure faced page! waiting so long" - Abram Joseph Ryan; A Song. Written in an Album.... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/a-song-written-in-an-album-99323633471

[Danik 2016]

Some more on Baron Greville, his political situation and his religious beliefs: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/fulke-greville

"A Song. Written in an Album...." Beautiful, intense poem, powerful images but oh so sad!


A poet with name beginning with "Q":
"Green Tunisia, I have come to you as a lover". "A Damascene Moon" by Nizar Qabbani
https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/a-damascene-moon-42316232682

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Enjoyed the bio of BG - yikes! having to watch your P's & Q's in court life was hazardous, especially if one was opinionated and a poet... what a terrible demise :(

"From Damascus, eternity begins..." Enjoyed :) (prayers for Damascus)

"``River rolling past the grey" - Alfred Austin; Lines Written On Visiting The Chateaux On The Loire... https://allpoetry.com/Lines-Written-On-Visiting-The-Chateaux-On-The-Loire

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this melancholic river poem!

"Sleep is supposed to be"."Sleep is supposed to be" by Emily Dickinson's

https://slowlander.com/2019/07/14/sleep-is-supposed-to-be/

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Enjoyed... :)

"The moon is like a scimitar," - Sara Teasdale; Dusk In Autumn... https://allpoetry.com/Dusk-In-Autumn

[Danik 2016]

"Dusk In Autumn...". Charming children poem

"Under the crescent moon's faint glow". "Under the moon" by Li Po
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327922-Under-The-Moon-by-Li-Po

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Had to resort to old Safari browser for Windows due to this session's forum bugginess... and even Safari is a bit off...

I think the AI is confused in the summary re: "washing bat": https://www.google.com/search?num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=q3i&sca_esv=b72004035a3299c8&sxsrf=ADLYWIL3wzYRH3rkPJO9B_w7btgK0iLTPg:173494486 6688&q=washing+bat&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWd8nbOJfsBGGB5IQQO6 L3J03RPjGV0MznOJ6Likin94o1r5LfEXWFkRDyPajU30-jeRNtfXivtrn0HJW3O7kvgI-lHSudxpbNHbSsIRvUP_2WismCJcykTxgj22XPvKjjxArAYI45d qUtbdGjUVi9RZh_7MQCiY9JPcpRiGKzK73U0q5CTo-L_4ZOeZpB6SkJFgc3Pw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6m--jxb2KAxXR8MkDHSB8GQ4QtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=852&bih=390&dpr=2.25... otherwise enjoyed :)

"VAINLY hath heaven denounc'd the woman's woes," - Robert Nugent; Epigram Xvii... https://allpoetry.com/Epigram-XVII.

Addendum: Odd.................... websites using a dot (.) at the end of their urls are causing links not to go where they should since the dot (.) is automatically being left off unless surrounded by url and /url; beginning to think this is a trend.

[Danik 2016]

Christmas bugging? If Safary doesn´t work There is always Duck Duck Go and Sea Monkey (using this one presently and have been using it for more than a year specifically for LitNet)

Hmm "The washerman's bat resounds afar,". Might be a translation poem, for who would wash clothes at night, under the crescent moon?

"Epigram Xvii..." I have to think more about this epigram. Not sure I agree with AI. The focus seems to be more on a general lack of feeling and empathy, towards the woman but also towards the offspring.

re: Odd indeed. Going to be attentive.

Two haikus by Yosa Buson;

White blossoms of the pear by Yosa Buson

White blossoms of the pear
and a woman in moonlight
reading a letter.
xxx

Washing the hoe by Yosa Buson

Washing the hoe--
ripples on the water;
far off, wild ducks.

https://www.poemine.com/poems/W/112/

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Wonderful haiku :)

"X and Y" - Muhammad Sakib; X Y... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/x-y-4/

[Danik 2016]

"XY..."Curious poem. Is he talking about the chromosomes?

"You remember Ellen, our hamlet's pride,"."You Remember Ellen" by Thomas Moore
https://www.poemine.com/Thomas-Moore/You-Remember-Ellen.html

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X Y: To quote the author: "No idea what it is "

Man marries woman who loved him as a commoner to learn he is a lord... enjoyed :)

"Zebra is not the odd one at all" - PinkFaerie5; Zebra is Zippy... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17401131-Zebra-is-Zippy-by-PinkFaerie5

[Danik 2016]

Charming zippy Zebra!


"ALL day I heard a humming in my ears."."The Awaking of the Poetic Faculty" by George Henry Boker
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/boker01.html#1
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/george-henry-boker-poems

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An Ars Poetica ? "Measured and stately as the rolling spheres." :) Enjoyed both the poem and his bio :)

"Beware! The Israelite of old, who tore" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Warning... https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-warning

[Danik 2016]

Tried to find context of The Warning, as the biblical story seems to be a comparison to some situation in the present of the present of the lyrical voice, but wasn't successful.



"Clink! Clink! Clink!". "The Miner" by Alfred Castner King
https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-castner-king/the-miner

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The Warning: Found an answer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_on_Slavery

Sad poem on those who have no other recourse but to mine in dangerous circumstances to make a living :( Enjoyed.

"Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream?" - Abram Joseph Ryan; A Reverie ["Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream?"]... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/a-reverie-did-i-dream-of-a-song-or-sing-in-a-dream-69253644273

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, tailor! :) "Longfellow speaks to the United States anticipating the violence to come, and likens the slaves to the Biblical Samson." That's what I wanted to know!

Enjoyed so much the imaginative richness and this playing with opposites in "A Reverie"!

[Danik 2016]

Continuing post above


"Each year cometh with all his days,"."New Year"
by Abram Joseph Ryan
https://www.poetrycat.com/abram-joseph-ryan/new-year

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Enjoyed the Christmas/New Year poem :)

"Fragile fantasies, and rushing realities," - Udit Bhatia; Fleeting Fantasies... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alliterisen.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed fantasy versus reality as theme of the poem and the site itself of Shadow Poetry.

"Given, not lent,"."Unto Us A Son Is Given" by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
https://www.poetrycat.com/alice-christiana-thompson-meynell/unto-us-a-son-is-given

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Enjoyed :)

"Hear the seeded breeze" - Jan Turner; The Senses of Spring... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alouette.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed "The Senses of Spring". Enjoying too the alternative forms of Shadow Poetry!


"In simple terms, simplicity is hard "."The Master Card" by D. Allen Jenkings
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/villonnet.html

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Love this form of poetry, don't believe I've run across it before; "simplicity is hard." :)

"Jack Sprat Could eat no fat," - Mother Goose; Jack Sprat... https://allnurseryrhymes.com/jack-sprat/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed the lyrics!

"Kookaburra* sits in the old gum tree**,".“Kookaburra Song” by Marion Sinclair
https://allnurseryrhymes.com/kookaburra-song/

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Cute :) "well known in all English-speaking countries" - new to me :)

"Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten," - Sara Teasdale; Let It Be Forgotten... https://ladybudd.ca/2023/04/02/let-it-be-forgotten-by-sara-teasdale/

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem, wise council! Enjoyed the pictures too. :)

"Martin, I wonder who makes all the songs."."Songs On The Voices Of Birds. Introduction. Child And Boatman" by Jean Ingelow
https://www.poetrycat.com/jean-ingelow/songs-on-the-voices-of-birds-introduction-child-and-boatman

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Delightful conversation poem... and eagles snore ? Lol! Enjoyed :)

"Not marble, nor the gilded monuments" - William Shakespeare; Sonnet 55... https://www.poemine.com/William-Shakespeare/Sonnet-55.html

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful up to date sonnet at this time when so many monuments are torn down.

"Out of crooked clouds priceless things grow." . "Into the Evening" by Alfred
https://allpoetry.com/Into-The-Evening

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Loved the language used... enjoyed the summary :)

"Plains, plains, and the prairie land which the sunlight floods and fills," - Emily Pauline Johnson; The Quill Worker... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/quill-worker

[Danik 2016]

"The Quill Worker.." Enjoyed this poem very much!

A poem by an author with "Q" in his name

"Dream’s friend"."Hope" by Ai Qing
https://zocalopoets.com/category/poets-poetas/ai-qing/

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Enjoyed the collection :) A terrible fate for thinking against party lines :(

"Removed from Accident of Loss" - Emily Dickinson; Removed-from-Accident-of-Loss... https://allpoetry.com/Removed-from-Accident-of-Loss

[Danik 2016]

One of the more criptic worded poems by ED. The summary was very helpful here.


"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"."Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" by William Shakespeare
https://www.poemine.com/William-Shakespeare/Sonnet-XVIII-Shall-I-compare-thee-to-a-summer-s-day.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet_18

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One of Bill's most memorable sonnets; thank you for the analysis, Enjoyed :) ... how's summer been for you so far ? Our winter has been wet but overall moderate: ie. no snow :)

"The faery forest glimmered" - Sara Teasdale; The Faery Forest... https://allpoetry.com/The-Faery-Forest

[Danik 2016]

Bill, lol! It has rained a lot here during the last weeks. The fun fact is that now, at the beginning of Summer, temperatures are much milder than they were in winter( sometimes ascending to 35ºC or almost). Hoping for a milder summer, with enough rain but without floods.

Love Sara´s magical images and her romanticism"


"Ungraciously, under"."Ungraciously" by Matsuo Basho
https://www.poemine.com/Matsuo-Basho/Ungraciously.html

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Hmmm... enjoyed the haiku but one wonders if the helmet is from a dead warrior (inconclusive)... found this at allpoetry: https://allpoetry.com/Ungraciously

"Visiting the graves," - Kobayashi Issa; Visiting the graves... https://www.best-poems.net/kobayashi_issa/visiting_the_graves.html

[Danik 2016]

I thought the inconclusive detail was the charm of the poem, but the analysis was very helpful providing context.

Ai!! No comments!

"White in the moonlight"." A Little Memory" by Aldous Huxley
https://allpoetry.com/A-Little-Memory

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Sorry I touched a nerve...

Google AI Overview: "Visiting the Graves" by Kobayashi Issa is a poignant haiku that captures the speaker's melancholic feelings while visiting a graveyard, expressing a deep sense of empathy for the departed and a reflection on the impermanence of life, often interpreted as a meditation on the cycle of death and the fragility of existence.
Key points about the haiku:
• Simple imagery:
The poem uses simple imagery of visiting graves, which evokes a sense of solemnity and contemplation.
• Emotional depth:
Despite its brevity, the haiku conveys a profound sadness and a deep connection to the deceased.
• Theme of transience:
The act of visiting graves serves as a reminder of the fleeting nature of life.

Possible interpretations:
Personal loss:
• Some readers interpret the poem as a reflection on the poet's own personal loss, possibly related to the death of loved ones.
Universal human experience:
• The poem can also be seen as a broader reflection on the universal experience of grief and mortality. "

Enjoyed the poem and summary :)

"XY:" - J.K. Daniels; XY: XX: XZ... https://www.beltwaypoetry.com/daniels-j-k/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the Google overview. This poem is very suggestive!


"XY"- shrew, intelligent poem!

"Yes, thou art gone! and never more"."Yes Thou Art Gone!" by Anne Brontë
https://allpoetry.com/Yes-Thou-Art-Gone!

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test.

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Not letting me post... prolly due to copying my response in case it blows up.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

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Enjoyed :)

Enjoyed AB's homage poem :) Was curious of whom she wrote of... speculative, but perhaps a good possibility: https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/12560/to-whom-is-anne-brontes-a-reminiscence-addressed

"zebra rider was prancing around the town" - PinkFaerie5; notorious zebra rider... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17270560-notorious-zebra-rider--by-PinkFaerie5

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Weird... took out one link and it worked. The link was the corrected link to AB's poem because the last exclamation point got chopped off... go figger.

PS... putting an exclamation point inside parentheses is apparently a no-no.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Not letting me post... prolly due to copying my response in case it blows up.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

Same thing happened to me some days ago. I had to choose another poem to be able to post.

[Danik 2016]

Yes, I knew about this curate, but forgot to mention it. There is no evidence of her being in love with him, but in her novel Agnes Grey, the protagonist falls in love with a young curate. In the novel they marry and live "happily ever after".

Enjoyed the notorious rider. What would "Z" poems do without the zebra?

"Alexander "Greek Prince '"."ALEXANDER" by eftichia kapardeli
https://www.best-poems.net/about_poetry/alexander.html

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An homage to Alexander the Great by an accomplished poet, and more... Enjoyed :)

"Beside an ebbing northern sea" - Sara Teasdale; By The Sea... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504403-By-The-Sea-by-Sara-Teasdale

[Danik 2016]

So true this picture of conflicting feelings. ST has become a favorite with me. :)


A poem, also by ST which could be an answer to "By the Sea":

"Child, child, love while you can"."Child, Child" by Sara Teasdale
https://allpoetry.com/Child,-Child

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ST: Me too :)

"Never fear the thing you feel — / Only by love is life made real;" :)

Staying with Sara... "Deep in the night the cry of a swallow," Deep In The Night... https://allpoetry.com/Deep-In-The-Night

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful iove poem, read at 9 minutes of 2025!

"Evenings in trains,"."Return From Business" by Aldous Leonard Huxley
https://allpoetry.com/Return-From-Business

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Reading at 12 minutes of Midnight... will toast in the New Year with Cran*Raspberry drink in a blue fluted festive glass, with Tinker Bell (my cat) :)

Love Huxley's language: "little black twittering ghosts" Enjoyed :)

"Friend forever in the light" - John Banister Tabb; To My Shadow... https://www.litscape.com/author/John_Banister_Tabb/To_My_Shadow.html

... 'tis 6 minutes before...

[Danik 2016]

Ai! Remember a new year having a snack with Tino, my long deceased cat! Cranberry is good for the kidneys, so excellent choice for a new year drink.

"To My Shadow..."." A shadowy poem.

"God sent us here to make mistakes,". "Mistakes" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/Mistakes.html

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sigh... so true, Enjoyed :)

"Hail, bright blossoming hawthorn-tree," - John Payne; To the Hawthorn-tree... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/hawthorn-tree

[Danik 2016]

Particularly liked the ryth rhythm of the Paine poem.

"It is portentous, and a thing of state"'."Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
Vachel Lindsay
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/abraham-lincoln-walks-midnight#1
https://poemanalysis.com/vachel-lindsay/abraham-lincoln-walks-at-midnight/

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Enjoyed :) "It breaks his heart that kings must murder still,"... powerful. Enjoyed the analysis. We have a poet in our group who often uses theatrical voice in his poetry, reminding me of VL :)

"Joy to have merited the Pain—" - Emily Dickinson; Joy to have merited the Pain... https://allpoetry.com/Joy-to-have-merited-the-Pain

[Danik 2016]

Impressive poem! The idea of joy growing out of the experience of pain is very powerful. And given her religious spirit, she isn't talking about human love.

"Kuno Kohn sings:".."Wanderer in the Evening"; by Alfred Lichtenstein
https://allpoetry.com/Wanderer-In-The-Evening

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Enjoyed the minimalism used and the summary :)

"Lo, a pallid fleecy vapour" - George Borrow; Sadness... https://www.poemine.com/George-Borrow/Sadness.html