Alphabetical Poem First Lines

[Danik 2016]

Oh my! This IS sad! Read in Borrow's bio that he had contact with German Romanticism. So there we are!


"my parents were born from a car. they climbed out"."now i’m bologna". By José Olivarez
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/now-im-bologna/
https://frostplace.wordpress.com/2022/10/24/bologna-day/

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"people are overrated. give me avocados."... Lol. Enjoyed the poem and the brief summary/interpretation :)

"Norse am I when the first snow falls;" - Wilson Pugsley MacDonald; The Song of the Ski... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/song-ski

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed very much this daring poem! Mac Donald is more than only burgers! Happy not too cold winter!


"O WINTER! frozen pulse and heart of fire,"."January" by Helen Hunt Jackson
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/hhj02.html#32

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Poor beekeeper... Enjoyed :)

"Publication—is the Auction" - Emily Dickinson; Publication—is the Auction... https://allpoetry.com/Publicationis-the-Auction

[Danik 2016]

An for me unexpected theme coming from ED. Enjoyed and the analysis was very helpful to understand the poem.

A poem by a poet with name beginning with "Q".
"WE lit a fire, and straightway camped"."After Cattle" by Roderic Quinn
https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/after-cattle

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Like a dream in passing; RQ's bio: https://allpoetry.com/Roderic-Quinn Enjoyed :)

"Ring out the bells of heaven!" - Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass; Ring The Bells... https://allpoetry.com/Ring-The-Bells

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! Although shorter than the bio of poemine this one is better written.
Great hymn!

"So many stones have been thrown at me,"."Solitude" by Anna Akhmatova
https://ruverses.com/anna-akhmatova/solitude/

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I'm sure the translation(s) don't do the poem justice... I lean towards "solitude" as opposed to "loneliness" which supports: "And the Muse’s sunburnt hand / Divinely light and calm / Finishes the unfinished page." I enjoy when my muse(s) take me into realms unknown. Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Akhmatova#:~:text=She%20reappeared%20as%20a%2 0voice,Literature%20in%201965%20and%201966.&text=Akhmatova%27s%20work%20ranges%20from%20short, masterpiece%20about%20the%20Stalinist%20terror. Enjoyed very much :)

"Three hours ago he blundered up the trench," - Siegfried Sassoon; The Working Party... https://www.poemine.com/Siegfried-Sassoon/The-Working-Party.html

[Danik 2016]

I believe you are right. Sadly we don't know Russian. Thanks for the bio. I knew that she was a Russian dissident,but didn't have more details.

Terrible, forceful poem by Sasson.


"Unto my Books — so good to turn —"Unto my Books — so good to turn —" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2014/01/unto-my-books-so-good-to-turn.html comments are interesting too.

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Finding passion and solace within her world of books... Loved this satirical comment: "Friends in the bar think I'm spending too much time with this difficult girlfriend. One even told me to "get rid of her"."... lol. Enjoyed :)

"Volcanoes be in Sicily" - Emily Dickinson; Volcanoes be in Sicily... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326735-Volcanoes-be-in-Sicily-by-Emily-Dickinson

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the play with the volcanos in ED's poem. Might they not be symbolic?

"With my whole body I taste these peaches,"."A Dish Of Peaches In Russia" by Wallace Stevens
https://allpoetry.com/A-Dish-Of-Peaches-In-Russia

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Symbolic: Found this: https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/whiteheat/september-3-9-1862-poems-on-volcanoes/

Nostalgia and peaches... Enjoyed :)

"X Y And Tumble Down Z" - FunKids Cartoons; X Y And Tumble Down Z... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMj7x9_v2Lc

[Danik 2016]

Loved your discovery. It makes all the sense with the poem. But I also figure an subdued internal volcano of passion.

Lol!Enjoyed very much this alphabetic tumbledown ;)

"You are riding the bus again"."To Myself" by Frank Wright
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/08/02/to-myself-by-franz-wright/

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Been on I 80, Colfax to Sacramento. Strange poem... google AI Overview: "Franz Wright's poem “To Myself” is about the speaker being with someone who is riding the bus alone. The speaker describes themselves as the fields, the rain, and the loneliness the person loves. The speaker also promises to hold the person if they vomit and to buy them a sandwich.
Wright's poems often explore themes of isolation, illness, spirituality, and gratitude. He was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up in the Midwest, Northwest, and California. His father was the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Wright.
To Myself | The Poetry Foundation"... Enjoyed :)

"Zebra stripes move and shift," - matt at shadow of iris; Zebra Stripes... https://www.shadowofiris.com/zebra-stripes-poem/

[Danik 2016]

1.80 Colfax.Is this a Bus or a Train line?
Didn’t find any analysis this time. Considered the poem interesting but somewhat schizophren, as the lyrical I is writing to himselfas if to another person.


"A monster like a mountain, leathern limbed,"Megalosauros" by Babette Deutsch
https://allpoetry.com/Babette-Deutsch

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I 80 is a major US West<>East corridor for cars and trucks and buses... a train system parallels this corridor for the most part I believe. Interstates that are divisible by 2 are West<>East, those not are North<>South.

Enjoyed the monster poem and its summary :)

"Buildings above the leafless trees" - Sara Teasdale; Central Park At Dusk... https://allpoetry.com/Central-Park-At-Dusk

[Danik 2016]

I see.Thanks for the explanation!
I forgot to mention in the last post, that I enjoyed the Zebra stripes poem.

Wonderful poem by ST about Central Park at dusk. Reminds me of the one time I visited Central Park with my father. It was not at dusk, but it wast a wonderful
view. For the first time I saw a real squirrel and it was sitting peacefully on my hand and eating a nut.

"Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood,".Childhood Bates, David (1809 - 1870)
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8456113-Childhood-by-David-Bates

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What a wonderful memory !!! I want to see NYC before I leave this mortal coil.

Tender words of wisdom... Enjoyed the poem and the summary :)

"Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away," - Newbolt Henry John; Drake's Drum... https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Readings/drakesdrum.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem and the explanations!

"Ere is the chamber consecrate,"."Bien Loin D'Ici by Charles Baudelaire
https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-baudelaire/bien-loin-dici

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Other translations which gives the poem added nuance: https://fleursdumal.org/poem/316 Enjoyed :)

"For this the fruit, for this the seed," - John Banister Tabb; Blossom... https://www.litscape.com/author/John_Banister_Tabb/Blossom.html

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the translations. Interesting to observe: in one of the otherwise fitting translation the use of the word "harlot" disrupts the subtlety of the original.

"A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot!". "My Garden" by Thomas Edward Brown
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/brown20.html#1

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Faith in a garden... Enjoyed :)

"Hushed in the smoky haze of summer sunset," - Sara Teasdale; Sunset: St. Louis... https://allpoetry.com/Sunset:-St.-Louis

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed ST's poem. Apropos smoke, I hope all is well in your part of California. Just saw Los Angeles burning in the news.


"I ran across the street, I didn’t know any better."."Across the Street"
By Austin Segrest
https://fsm.ink/no-mans-land-by-austin-segrest/

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We have had copious amounts of rain in December here in the North and foothills, our fire season generally ends beginning in December... So. Cal hasn't had any rain, so when the Santa Ana winds howled through and there were ignition sources of some sort in the parched undergrowth you get a perfect storm, hurricane force winds pushing fire... so sad.

Incredible poem. While walking: "... long stretches pass where I’m somewhere else entirely, working on a poem, suspended in thought-limbo."... Enjoyed :)

"Just from the sentry's tramp" - Horatio Alger, Jr.; A Soldier's Valentine... https://allpoetry.com/A-Soldier%27s-Valentine

[Danik 2016]

Hoping for the best. A big city burning like that and people dying...

Enjoyed the faithfulness of the poet. At that time, the soldiers still had faces.

"A KNIGHT and a lady once met in a grove"."Sympathy" by Reginald Heber
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/heber01.html#2

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Lol... a tragedy averted comedically; ""One mournful embrace," sobbed the youth, "ere we die!"... ""The weather is cold for a watery bier; / When summer returns we may easily die, / Till then let us sorrow in company." Enjoyed :)

"Lad, and can you rest now," - Henry John Newbolt; April on a Waggon Hill... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/april-on-waggon-hill-64861551126

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem. Author must be from Scotland: lad,ay...

"My mother, who hates thunder storms,". "Mother, Summer, I by Philip Larkin"
https://allpoetry.com/Mother,-Summer,-I

[tailor STATELY]

Condemnation for Summer I'd never heard before... enjoyed :)

"No longer mourn for me when I am dead" - William Shakespeare; Sonnet 71
... https://www.poemine.com/William-Shakespeare/Sonnet-71.html

[Danik 2016]

Shakespeare being incisive with worms and all. Must have met Machado de Assis out there, who dedicated his novel to the first worm that gnawed at his flesh.


"Once more, my now bewildered Dove". "Once more, my now bewildered Dove" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2011/08/f-65-1859.html

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Ewww...

Enjoyed Emily's dove and the commentary :)

"Partake as doth the Bee" - Emily Dickinson; Partake as doth the Bee"... https://allpoetry.com/Partake-as-doth-the-Bee

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed E D's frugal poem!

A poet with name starting with "Q".
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"When young, I'd not enjoyed the common pleasures,"."Returning to Live in the South" byTao Qian

http://www.chinese-poems.com/taoe.html

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"Mistakenly I fell into the worldly net," Enjoyed :)

"Raze these long blocks of brick and stone," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Truce Of Piscataqua... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/truce-piscataqua-0

[Danik 2016]

Got a bad cold. Went to see the doctor in the morning.

Touching saga about the relationship between Indians and white people.

"SING on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough,"."Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday" by Robert Burns
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poems-and-songs/395-sonnet-on-the-authors-birthday

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I too am ill... again; sinus, lung congestion - taking copious amounts of vitamin C.

Didn't know Robbie Burns died so relatively young (36/37). Enjoyed :)

"There is nothing more that they can do" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Easter Even (Lyra Messianica, 1864.)... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/easter-even-97203576394

[Danik 2016]

I used too, but my doctor told me there wasn't anything proved about the efficacy of Vitamin C. The juice of one orange would be enough vitamin for daily consum. If you have got all those symptoms you got to see the doctor.

Beautiful Easter poem!


"Upon the City ramparts, lit up by sunset gleam"."On the City Wall" by Laurence Hope
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/hope01.html#4

[tailor STATELY]

Ah well... faith, placebo, and mega dosing. I'm taking 2000 mg daily which would be the upper limit for me (usually only 500 mg). Here's my research which corroborates your conclusion: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/

Searched for context and found this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46069119 Sad poem of colonialism... otherwise enjoyed.

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

[Danik 2016]

re Vitamin C: The conclusion was from my doctor. Something that called my attention: according to the tables of your research, the absorption of C Vitamin reminds absolutely the same whether one is 20, 40, 70, 100...

re: Laurence Hope. Congrats!I´m absolutely amazed at this new find! How did you find it out? I´didn´t think that interplay between blue and brown eyes so very masculine but, oh well, I didn´t smell there was a whole story behind it.

"WAGON WHEEL GAP is a place I never saw"."Localities" by Carl Sandburg
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/1257/localities.html

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Re: Laurence Hope - just a bit of googling :)

A type of list poem of things the protagonist (Sandburg?) has seen and not seen... nicely done, reminds me of a song Never Been to Spain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4 ... Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:

"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good." - Ouyang Xiu; Heaven's Aspect, the Water's Colour (Picking Mulberries)... http://www.chinese-poems.com/oyx8.html

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the song link, gonna listen tomorrow because it's late already (neighbors kerfuffly).

The poem by Ouyang Xiu seems to be much better than it's translations:
For example:"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good/.Cloud creatures all fresh" might mean:
"The sky looks as drawn in water colors.The west lake is beautiful".
The creatures formed by the clouds are all recent "

"you shall above all things be glad and young"."you shall above all things..." by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/items/read_by/e.e.%20cummings?kind=poem&last_i=8494113&page=65

[tailor STATELY]

Agreed re: translation. I like the reference to "cloud creatures"... leaves so much to the imagination :)

e.e. on war... as true then, and before, and henceforth... maddening. Enjoyed :)

"Zebra brings the presents to the host of the party." - PinkFaerie5; Zebra Clown and Dalmation Bring the Party... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17030593-Zebra-Clown-and-Dalmation-Bring-the-Party--by-PinkFaerie5

[Danik 2016]

re translation: you got a point there but usually the Chinese poems in the net are more carefully translated.
Enjoyed the Zebra poem!

"A fourth was needed so one of the three"."The Card Players" by Calvin Forbes
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-card-players/

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Wonderful reminiscent poem. I too can't play a lick at cards but love to watch Texas Hold'em played by the pros on the telly when I can... it's been over two years? (scratching head). Enjoyed :)

"Begin the day with a heart unguarded," - Mohammad Younus; Begin The Day With A Heart Unguarded... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/begin-the-day-with-a-heart-unguarded/

[Danik 2016]

A poem about virtue.


The Sonnets To Orpheus: Book 2: XXII
"Call to me to the one among your moments"."by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Found here... https://allpoetry.com/The-Sonnets-To-Orpheus:-Book-2:-XXIII A bit over my head... thank heavens for the summary... Enjoyed :)

"Dreams drift like whispers in the dark," - Mario, Lucien, Rene Odekerken; Dreams... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-982/

[Danik 2016]

Sorry forgot to include the link of the sonnet.

Simple words and images but to the point.

"Elder father, though thine eyes"."The Holy Of Holies" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-keith-chesterton/the-holy-of-hol
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45811/45811-h/45811-h.htm

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Found the poem here: https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-keith-chesterton/the-holy-of-holies
"'God Almighty, and with Him / Cherubim and Seraphim, / Filling all eternity-- / Adonai Elohim.'" Also thank you for the P.G. daily 'G.K.C.' works... Enjoyed :)

"First, there's the entrance, narrow, and so small," - Fay Inchfawn; Within My House... https://www.poetrycat.com/fay-inchfawn/within-my-house

[Danik 2016]

No idea what happened to the link this time. Thank for restoring the right one!

Enjoyed the simplicity of this poem.


"God with honour hang your head,"At the Wedding March" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
https://www.poetrycat.com/gerard-manley-hopkins/at-the-wedding-march

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"Divine charity, dear charity, / Fast you ever, fast bind." Enjoyed :)

"HIS Soul fared forth (as from the deep home-grove" - Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Samuel Taylor Coleridge... https://www.poemine.com/Dante-Gabriel-Rossetti/Samuel-Taylor-Coleridge.html

[Danik 2016]

A poem by two famous poets! Enjoyed the comparison with the bird nest.

"I am in need of music that would flow"."I am in need of music" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://allpoetry.com/I-Am-In-Need-Of-Music

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Delightful poem by EB... the healing power of music... Enjoyed :)

"John Brown of Ossawatomie spake on his dying day:" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Brown Of Ossawatomie... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/brown-of-ossawatomie

[Danik 2016]

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[Danik 2016]

A bit of historical context of your poem;https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/brown-of-ossawatomie Enjoyed it.

"Kind hearts are the gardens,"."Kind hearts are the gardens," by Henry Longfellow
https://schoolofkindness.org/kindness-poems

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Good find re: John Brown :)

Wonderful poem & collection... brightened my day; enjoyed :)

"LADIES, where were your bright eyes glancing," - Sir Henry Newbolt; Imogen... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504757-Imogen-by-Sir-Henry-Newbolt

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, it was easy! :)


Charming poem that dances with Imogen.

"My child wafts peace."."My child wafts peace." by Yehuda Amichai
https://allpoetry.com/My-Child-Wafts-Peace

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Peace... enjoyed.

"Noon with a depth of shadow beneath the trees;" - Aldous Leonard Huxley; The Decameron... https://allpoetry.com/The-Decameron

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! Specially the buillding up of the terrible contrast wich starts with just a depth of shadow.



"O stony grey soil of Monaghan"".""Stony Grey Soil" by Patrick Kavanagh.
https://vinhanley.com/2016/01/20/stony-grey-soil-by-patrick-kavanagh/

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The explanation after the poem... "The poem is an outpouring of anger and accusations against Monaghan for what it did to the poet." pretty much summarizes the poem. Enjoyed :)

"Paris;this April sunset completely utters;" - e.e. cummings; Post Impressions V... https://cummings.ee/book/and/poem/post-impressions-v/

[Danik 2016]

Loved this e.e. cummings poem.Original, very modernist description of Notre Dame at sunset.


Poem by one author with name starting with "Q":

"Though life is brief, feeling is everlasting;"."Idle Living" byTao Qian/Tao Chien
https://allpoetry.com/Tao-Chien#t_main

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Something lost in translation, but still enjoyed :)

"Raze these long blocks of brick and stone," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Truce Of Piscataqua... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-truce-of-piscataqua

[Danik 2016]

"The Truce of Pistaqua" seems to be part of a bigger poem concerning the fights and encounters between whites and natives in Massachusetts territory. Enjoyed!

"Such glorious faith as fills your limpid eyes,"."Verse For a Certain Dog" by Dorothy Parker
https://www.best-poems.net/dorothy_parker/verse_for_a_certain_dog.html

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Wonderful form poem by DP; each stanza with two admonitions to her dog in the midst of high praise, lol. Enjoyed :)

"The smell of freshly cut lawns" - Paul Warren; The Lost Sixties... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lost-sixties/

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful nostalgic poem by Paul Warren!





"Up from the meadows rich with corn,"."Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/barbara-frietchie

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Touching poem of a dubious event during the U.S. American Civil War... enjoyed :)

"Voice of the Holy Spirit, making known" - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Word... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-word

[Danik 2016]

A very religious poem by J G W.


"Wind, just arisen -"."Dawn Wind" by Lola Ridge
https://allpoetry.com/Dawn-Wind
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/lola-ridge-poems

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"I am too old to play with you, / Eternal Child." Enchanting poem... :)
A rather complex poet: "... an active feminist who contributed regularly to Marxist-based publications and her behaviour often bordered on anarchy. She was a great supporter of lost causes..."

By a poet with 'x' in their name:

"you gave me a black silk chicken" - Xi Xi; Black Silk Chicken, translated by Jennifer Feeley... https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2019/spring/black-silk-chicken-xi-xi

[Danik 2016]

Poem gave me the creeps, here the poor black hens are often used for black magi

"You brothers, who are mine,".«Lonesome Night" by Hermann Hesse
https://www.poetrycat.com/hermann-hesse/lonesome-night

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Black hens=Culture shock

"Give me my welcome back." - Perhaps rejecting the invitation to join the downtrodden... more analysis here: https://allpoetry.com/Lonesome-Night

"Zombie, zombie, who were you?" - A lost soul; Zombie, zombie?... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/670534/zombie-zombie/

[Danik 2016]

re Hesse: Couldn't find a written version of the German original. Only one audio which I can play only tomorrow.

Zombie, Zombie-Lost Soul not in the best frame of mind.But congrats for one more Z poem.


And sometimes I am sorry when the grass" ."Peace" by Patrick Kavanagh
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8507381-Peace-by-Patrick-Kavanagh

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"Out of that childhood country what fools climb / To fight with tyrants Love and Life and Time?"... alas conscription would denude the countryside of laborers and dreamers. Enjoyed the poem however...

""Bring out your dead!" The midnight street" - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Female Martyr... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-female-martyr

[Danik 2016]

Hermann Hesse-Found the written original. As I suspected your poetic sensibility detected a translation problem:"Gebt mir meinen Gruss zurück."≈"Return me my welcome."

Dark poem!

"Come forth, you workers!"." Reveille" by Lola Ridge
https://www.poetrycat.com/lola-ridge/reveille

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Cry of the revolutionary... Enjoyed :)

"Dark frost was in the air without," - Walter de la Mare; Winter Dusk... https://allpoetry.com/Winter-Dusk

[Danik 2016]

Taylor,I'm very sorry, this is one more of my confusions. I thought you had stopped posting in this thread because of your illness and was waiting for you to resume.
Beautiful domestic scene, liked the contrast between the spectre, (probably the husband and father) and the family group.

"Every day". "Mindful" by Mary Oliver
https://www.poetrycat.com/mary-oliver/mindful
https://interestingliterature.com/2022/12/mary-oliver-mindful-analysis/

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Enjoyed both the poem and the analysis... Joy and wisdom in the everyday :)

"Four Princesses lived in a Green Tower" - Kate Greenaway; The Four Princesses... https://www.poetrycat.com/kate-greenaway/the-four-princesses

[Danik 2016]

Charming poem! Enjoyed! KG has a special way with poems for children.

"Good-bye, my song--I, who found words for sorrow,"The Broken Lute" by Theodosia Garrison
https://www.poetrycat.com/theodosia-garrison/the-broken-lute

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"My lips are all for laughter and for kisses. / Good-bye, my song." Too busy for song, lol... Glad poem, enjoyed :)

"Heavenly Archer, bend thy bow;" - Walter de la Mere; Dust to Dust... https://classicalpoets.org/2021/08/30/neglected-gems-the-poetry-of-walter-de-la-mare/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem and the explanation, but my interpretation of the last line is different because of the title of The poem.

"In the deserted, moon-blanched street,".«A Summer Night" by Matthew Arnold

https://www.poetrycat.com/matthew-arnold/a-summer-night

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Found this at AllPoetry: https://allpoetry.com/A-Summer-Night for a summary. Full of metaphors for men in prisons of their own making whether on land or sea, yet hope remains; the final strophe: "A world above man's head, to let him see / How boundless might his soul's horizons be, / How vast, yet of what clear transparency! / How it were good to live there, and breathe free; / How fair a lot to fill / Is left to each man still! "... enjoyed :)

"Jagg'd mountain peaks and skies ice-green" - Walter de la Mare; Brueghel's Winter... https://allpoetry.com/Brueghel's-Winter

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful winter scenery ¡

"Kakapo, Whiskers Long;" "-Kakapo's Wishes" by Leaf Star
https://www.poetry.com/poem/62185/kakapo's-wishes.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/kakapo/

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Sad poem of exploitation of a flightless bird... As of September 2024, there were 244 kākāpō alive, a loss of 8 in two years :(

"Let there be light!" God spake of old," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Library... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-library

[Danik 2016]

re Kakapo: so sad.
Enjoyed the poem about the library but think humans are changing again.

"Mirrors are not more silent"." To a Cat" by Jorge Luis Borges
https://www.poetrycat.com/jorge-luis-borges/to-a-cat

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Wonderful poem! Found some analyses here: https://eliteskills.com/c/17572

"Not of the seething cities with their swarming human hives," - Emily Pauline Johnson; Calgary Of The Plains... https://allpoetry.com/Calgary-Of-The-plains

[Danik 2016]

Found that too. But Eliteskills is still inventing verses to "improve" the original poems..
Enjoyed very much the poem and the poet with Indio roots.

"Oft, as he jogs along the Winding-Way,"."Cross-Roads" by William Arthur Dunkerley
https://www.poetrycat.com/william-arthur-dunkerley/cross-roads

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Short and to the point :)

"paying no heed" - Kobayashi Issa; paying no heed... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/3384/paying-no-heed.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed Issa's poem specially at a heat of over 30C.


A poet with name starting with Q. Some typos but one can feel the beauty of the poem.

"Soft breeses, mild sunshine,sring is still young."."To the Tune of Bodhisattiva Aliens" by Li Qingzhao

https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/tune-bodhisattiva-aliens

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Enjoyed, "It is difficult to enjoy spring flowers. / The west wind is still too cold. "... hoping for an early, albeit moderate, spring to follow our moderate winter :)

"Ring out the bells of heaven!" - Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass; Ring The Bells... https://allpoetry.com/Ring-The-Bells

[Danik 2016]

Hoping for a mild Autumn after a very hot Summer
Enjoyed the hymn and the analysis.

"Some one came knocking"."Some One" by Walter de la Mare.
https://allpoetry.com/Some-One

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Enjoyed Walter's poem... I've been reading more and more of his poetry :)

Here's another...

"The sandy cat by the Farmer's chair" - Walter de la Mare; Summer Evening... https://allpoetry.com/poem/13934870-Summer-Evening-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Charming idyllic poem. Analysis ran amok.

Another de la Mare poem:

"Upon a bank, easeless with knobs of gold," ."Gloria Mundi" by Walter de la Mare
https://allpoetry.com/Gloria-Mundi

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A poem of despair... enjoyed.

"Very old are the woods;" - Walter de la Mare; All That's Past... https://allpoetry.com/All-That's-Past

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem about the aging world.

One more:

"When Susan's work was done, she'd sit"."Old Susan" by Walter de la Mare
https://allpoetry.com/Old-Susan

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Enjoyed :)

Poem by an author whose name has an 'x' in it:

"Every morning a farewell, crying into my hair." - Yu Xuanji; Admiring Willows... https://www.cn-poetry.com/yuxuanji-poems/admiring-willows.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much the poem by Yu Xuagy and the whole collection of Chinese poetry! :)


"You break school,"."Bad Kid" by Orhan Veli Kanik
https://allpoetry.com/Orhan-Veli-Kanik

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Found your poem here: https://allpoetry.com/Bad-Kid I disagree with the AI this time... I think a good child is afraid to be tempted beyond the child's sensibilities... been there.

A poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:

"At twilight one ev'ning, a poor old man," - Zebulon Rudulph; The Surprise... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-surprise-3/

[Danik 2016]

re: Sorry, posted bio link. I understand your take. Curiously for me the poem has an ironic almost tender ring as if the bad kid, wasn't after all, so bad. Different experiences in the background

Enjoyed your poem with the twist at the end. And the unusual name of the poet.

"Avoid the reeking herd,"."The Eagle and the Mole" by Elinor Wylie

https://allpoetry.com/The-Eagle-and-the-Mole

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Interesting poem... to "be in the world, but not of the world"... Enjoyed :)

"Beneath the low-hung night cloud" - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Three Bells... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-three-bells

[Danik 2016]

Site got unstable last evening while l was posting. Managed the other games, but no way of posting Alphabetical.


Impressive balĺad!

"Crass rays streaming from the vestibules;" "Flotsam" by Lola Ridge
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8520259-Flotsam-by-Lola-Ridge

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Same here...

Wonderful poetic language throughout !!! "Nothing to guess at… / Save the darkness above / Crouching like a great cat." Enjoy so much :)

"Dry August burned. A harvest hare" - Walter de la Mare; Dry August Burned... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327793-Dry-August-Burned-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the insightful description of the changing emotions of the girl.

"Even in the cave of the night when you"."Waking at 3 a. m." by William Stafford

https://allpoetry.com/Waking-at-3-a.m.

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Ah, the '.' got truncated at the end of the link again. https://allpoetry.com/Waking-at-3-a.m.
Enjoyed the poem of late night waking and all that goes with it. :)

"Flee into some forgotten night and be" - Walter de la Mare; The Tryst... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494457-The-Tryst-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Sorry :(. Will have to check on the links when posting.

The Tryst- All very fine and romantic, but the verse that talks about the judgement spoils it all!

"God speaks to each of us before we are,". "God Speaks To Each Of Us" by Rainer Maria Rilke
https://allpoetry.com/God-Speaks-To-Each-Of-Us#

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Delightful poem of per-existence... Enjoyed :)

"Here lies a most beautiful lady," - Walter de la Mare; An Epitaph... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494545-An-Epitaph-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

An Epithaph-ephemeral nature of beauty, life and memory.Enjoyed!

"Into the sunshine,"."The Fountain " by James Russel Lowell
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8546783-The-Fountain-by-James-Russell-Lowell

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Frenetic & cheery poem... Enjoyed :)

"Just God! and these are they" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Clerical Oppressors... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/clerical-oppressors

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the incisive poem!


"The Three Kisses"."Three Kisses" by josiah kiprop kiptoo

https://hellopoetry.com/words/kiss/

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I read more than three kisses if I scanned correctly. Interesting images put forth in this poem... Enjoyed :)

"Love entered in my heart one day," - Sara Teasdale; The Wayfarer... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=101877

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Me too!
Charming poem and charming German version.

"Muse, who art quick to fire"."Song of Britannia " by Manmohan Ghose

https://allpoetry.com/Song-Of-Britannia

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Britannia the *... half of me blushed :) Enjoyed.

"Now, through the dusk" - Walter de la Mare; The World Of Dream... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327799-The-World-Of-Dream-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Magical landscapes of dreams.
"O, to have a little house!.".«An Old Woman of the Roads" by Padraic Colum
https://allpoetry.com/An-Old-Woman-of-the-Roads

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Sad poem: "She longs for a sense of security and belonging, but instead is faced with darkness and uncertainty."... I can relate...

"Peace in thy hands," - Walter de la Mare; The Ghost... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494487-The-Ghost-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this instant of peace!


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

"Our host, providing abundant wine to make the night mellow,"."A Lute Song by Li Qi
https://www.cn-poetry.com/liqi-poetry/lute-song-poem.html

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Delightful poem of peacefulness... As a lute plays: "A spell is on the banquet, while the stars grow thin...." Enjoyed :)

"Robert Rawlin! Frosts were falling" - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Ranger... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-ranger

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem of waiting for the lover rewarded.

"Scarce had the solemn Sabbath-bell"."A Sabbath Scene" by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/a-sabbath-scene

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Sad poem of slavery written by an abolitionist :(

"The fishbowl is a world diverse" - Joni Mitchell; The Fishbowl... https://iamthatiamthatiam.medium.com/fishbowl-2da6e6a5d845

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem. Made me think a bit about fame.

"Upon the shore, a mile or more"."The Rude Rat And The Unostentatious Oyster" by Guy Wetmore Carryl
https://www.poetrycat.com/guy-wetmore-carryl/the-rude-rat-and-the-unostentatious-oyster

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Bravo! Delightful poem with a moral... first time I've seen 'badinage' in print, rarely hear it much... Enjoyed :)

Note to your previous poem... I meant terrible in the sense that the subject of the poem was barbaric, the poem was written well to flail my sensibilities.

Page interrupted... lost my only 'V' poem... back soon...

"Viswamitra the Magician," - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; King Trisanku... https://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=241

[Danik 2016]

re:Yes I liked Guy Carryl's bardinage too. It's a bit of a relief from serious poetry.

re: I quite understood that you meant that the content was barbaric.But it's good to know that there were abolitionist poets in US at that time.

Oh, happened to me too these days.


"King Trisanku"-Very concise, a scene, and a reflection motivated by it. Enjoyed!

"When God turned back eternity and was young! "."A-Little-Litany" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
https://allpoetry.com/A-Little-Litany

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Wonderful poem :)

"X marks the spot" - Clive Blake; X Marks The Spot...
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/x-marks-the-spot-1/

[Danik 2016]

Sad but incisive poem! How many kids die here, hit by a stray bullet!

"You hold me now completely in your hands.". "The Woman Poet" by Gertrud Kolmar
https://allpoetry.com/The-Woman-Poet-----Translation-of-Die-Dichterin

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"A person lives within the page you thumb. / To you this book is paper, cloth, and ink," & "This poem explores the unique perspective and experience of a female poet in a male-dominated literary world."
A woman in literature likened unto a book to start... Enjoyed also the analysis :)

Poem by someone with a 'z' in their name:

"Hark! did you not hear that loud shriek?" - Zebulon Rudulph; The Decree... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-decree/

[Danik 2016]

Zebulon Rudulph taking up the famous Salomon episode.

"As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;"."As kingfishers catch fire," by Govinda Krishna Chettur

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8624039-As-Kingfishers-Catch-Fire-by-Govinda-Krishna-Chettur

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Wonderful imagery... an Indian poet who testifies of Christ... only 37/38 when he passed :( Enjoyed :)

"Black lacqueys at the wide-flung door" - Walter de la Mare; Sephina... https://allpoetry.com/Sephina

[Danik 2016]

Diversity richly described.

"CLoud-Puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows | flaunt forth, then chevy on an air-"."That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection"
A poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
https://www.poetrycat.com/gerard-manley-hopkins/that-nature-is-a-heraclitean-fire-and-of-the-comfort-of-the-resurrection
https://narnianfrodo.com/2018/01/25/steps-to-recovery-a-heraclitean-fire-an-immortal-diamond-gerard-manley-hopkins/

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Odd form/not form. Enjoyed the summary you found... Found another analysis: https://owlcation.com/humanities/Analysis-of-Poem-That-Nature-Is-A-Heraclitean-Fire-And-Of-The-Comfort-of-the-Resurrection-by-Gerard-Manley-Hopkins :)

"Down the Hill of Ludgate," - Walter de la Mare; Up and Down... https://allpoetry.com/Up-and-Down

[Danik 2016]

re: Thanks for the analysis on Hopkins, it has a very sophisticated form, sort of modernist style. He does a bit in poetry what Joyce does with Ulisses and Finnegans Wake in prose.

"Up and down". Enjoyed how the poem depicts mobility.

"Even as a child, of sorrow that we give"."Sonnet XXIV: Pride of Youth" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
https://allpoetry.com/Dante-Gabriel-Rossetti

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Enjoyed the bio... found the poem here: https://allpoetry.com/Sonnet-XXIV:--Pride-of-Youth
Enjoyed the poem and the summary. "Alas for hourly change!" - that's how I feel about daylight saving time, lol :)

"Far are those tranquil hills," - Walter de la Mare; The Three Strangers... https://allpoetry.com/The-Three-Strangers

[Danik 2016]

Sorry. My tablet is often unstable and links get mixed up. I usually test them, but I didn’t this one.

Enigmatic and nostalgic poem. Enjoyed!

"Gentlest of critics, does your memory hold"."To My Mother" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer (Joyce)
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/alfred-joyce-kilmer/to-my-mother-21643

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Endearing poem :)

"Heaven-invading hills are drowned" - Sara Teasdale; White Fog... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327163-White-Fog-by-Sara-Teasdale

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much this poem: identity vs general fogginess. I love Sara Teasdale

"I look for you in the cat's soft fur"."I look for you in the cat's soft fur" by Halina Poswiatowska
https://allpoetry.com/Halina-Poswiatowska

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Very evocative poetry ! Delightful poem of waiting... longing. Enjoyed :)

"Just broke from school, pert, impudent, and raw," - Soame Jenyns; The Modern Fine Gentleman... https://poeticalscavenger.sfsuenglishdh.net/poems/soame-jenyns-the-modern-fine-gentleman/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem(things haven't changed so much since the 18th century) and the new site you discovered.

"Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dream"."Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dream" by William Henley
https://www.poemine.com/William-Ernest-Henley/Kate-A-Whimsies-John-A-Dream.html

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Live/love while you can... enjoyed :)

"Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer," - Sara Teasdale; Indian Summer... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504459-Indian-Summer-by-Sara-Teasdale

[Danik 2016]

Went to take my shot against Covid today

Enjoyed this very sensorial poem. In many places here the night is also full of insect voices


"Musicians wrestle everywhere—"."Musicians wrestle everywhere—" by Emily Dickinson
https://allpoetry.com/Musicians-wrestle-everywhere

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Shot :)

Wrestling with their instruments... like celestial spheres music... enjoyed the imagery :)

"No breath of wind," - Walter de la Mere; Snow... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494549-Snow-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

The rhythm and the short verses seem very different from other poems by de la Mare. Enjoyed!


"Only my life will die for me, in truth,"Sad Love Song" by Nikita Stanescu

https://allpoetry.com/Sad-Love-Song

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"The rhythm and... " True.

Definitely sad, but a love song? Appears to suffer from translation... Enjoyed :)

"Partake as doth the Bee," - Emily Dickinson; Partake as doth the Bee
994... https://allpoetry.com/Partake-as-doth-the-Bee

[Danik 2016]

Maybe universal love is meant.
Enjoyed this economical advice?

A poem by a poet with his name beginning with Q.
"A prince am I of ancestry renowned, "Li Sao" by Qu Yuan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15086927-Li-Sao-by-Qu-Yuan

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An epic fanciful poem of lament. I must admit the rhyme wore me down... but I've done worse. Having lived in 343–278 BC it's lamentable that, again, the true majesty of the poet's poem is lost in translation. Enjoyed :)

"Right in the track where Sherman" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Howard At Atlanta... https://allpoetry.com/Howard-At-Atlanta

[Danik 2016]

re: l own that it is a long poem and that translations from Chinese must be specially difficult.

Enjoyed that abolitionist poem!

"She sings by her wheel at that low cottage door,"."The Yankee Girl " by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://allpoetry.com/The-Yankee-Girl

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Odd poem of contrasts: "Through the contrast between Ellen and the Southern planter, Whittier challenges the romanticized view of Southern plantation life and exposes the dehumanizing consequences of slavery." Enjoyed :)

"There’s a certain slant of light," - Emily Dickinson; Part Two: Nature: There's a certain slant of light... https://allpoetry.com/Part-Two:-Nature:-There%27s-a-certain-slant-of-light

[Danik 2016]

Curious poem. Ì never experienced the winter day of cold countries, but light and church music always were a source of relief for me.


"Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird"."Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird" by Emily Dickinson

https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Upon-his-Saddle-sprung-a-Bird.html

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8-lines of analysis torture, lol. Lost.

"Vain are these pomps, thy funeral rites to grace," - Dodsley, Robert; A POEM to the Memory of THOMAS, late Marquiss of WHARTON, Lord Privy Seal.... https://artflsrv04.uchicago.edu/philologic4.7/eccotcp_202208/navigate/1069/121

[Danik 2016]

Got a bit mixed up here.

No decent analysis available, just eliteskills. Maybe we are getting a bit too dependent on these ai analyses. I usually don´t understand the poems of ED, because her images are unusual and cryptic. But that is why she is a great poet.

Was thinking about this nice custom of singing the virtues of the (usually noble) deceased. Today the homages in the social nets are much less poetic.

"White-robed nun, I pray thee tell me"."Sounds From The Convent" by Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
https://allpoetry.com/Sounds-From-The-Convent

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Homage: so true.

Enjoyed this poem of musing on the life of a nun and the choices made and speculate.

Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name...

"If I could, I would put on a facemask and walk into the desert to" - Xi Chuan; Ode to Facemasks/Translated By Lucas Klein... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/162165/ode-to-facemasks

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this Ode on Facemasks written during pandemics. Very original.:)

"You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye:"."You don't believe" by William Blake
https://allpoetry.com/You-Don%27t-Believe

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Interesting poem on faith... Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:

"Up Carmel's wood-clad height an aged prophet slowly creeps," - Zebulon Rudulph; "A View From Mount Carmel... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-view-from-mount-carmel/

[Danik 2016]

Getting curious what identity is hidden behind the name of Zebulon Rudulph, because the poems are much better than one usually expects from internet users. Enjoyed!


"All those times I was bored". "Bored" by Margareth Atwood
https://allpoetry.com/Margaret-Atwood

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ZR: Famous poet /1794-1866 according to AllPoetry... found a short bio: https://www.cecildaily.com/cecilwhig/the-poets-and-poetry-of-cecil-county-part-2/article_091e1e4e-38b1-5926-9f00-341a4b4fc4ce.html

"The boring rhythm of doing / things over and over, carrying / the wood, drying / the dishes." Unhappy at being married evidently. Enjoyed.

"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans" - Edwin Markham; The Man with the Hoe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Hoe

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the bio of ZR. I thought all the time it was an user because the for our times somewhat extravagant name. Only his poetry read much better than the usual thing.

"The Man with the Hoe".What a wonderful poem! And I wonder if it is much known even in US.

"Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood,"." Childhood" by David Bates
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/childhood

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"Childhood is a fountain welling,"... Enjoyed :)

"Dry August burned. A harvest hare" - Walter de la Mare; Dry August Burned... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327793-Dry-August-Burned-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Good poem but sounds familiar.

"ERE this short winter's day be gone,"."A BIRTH-DAY OFFERING TO A YOUNG LADY. FROM HER LOVER" by George Canning
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o4986-w0410.shtml

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Ah, the years take a toll. Two birds of various feather... and a mention of pre-existance... enjoyed :)

"Five little Girls, sitting on a form," - Kate Greenaway; At School... https://www.poetrycat.com/kate-greenaway/at-school

[Danik 2016]

Cute poem!"

"Go away girl, go away". Spike-Milligan,"Goodbye SS"
https://www.poemine.com/Spike-Milligan/Goodbye-S-S.html

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Bad breakup ?

"Hi! Handsome hunting man," - Walter de la Mare; Hi!... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494521-Hi--by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

re:Prolly.

Didn't like the tone of the poem.


"I was returning from hunting, and walking along an avenue of the garden, my " The Sparrow " by Ivan Turgenev
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8562665-The-Sparrow-by-Ivan-Turgenev

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I think Wally was being hyper-critical through sarcasm.

Poignant vignette... Enjoyed the poem immensely :)

"Just as the sun went bathing in a sea" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Geraldine... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/geraldine-11472757470

[Danik 2016]

Site was down again yesterday evening.
What a bitter, vindictive poem! And written by a woman! These Victorian and Puritan women, aiaai!



"Knocking, knocking, ever knocking?"."Knocking" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
https://www.poemine.com/Harriet-Beecher-Stowe/Knocking.html

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Always knocking... Heartfelt... enjoyed :)

"Little by little and one by one," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; One By One... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox/one-by-one-33211

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful creation poem!


"Marlboro' and Waterloo and Trafalgar,"."The Streets" by John Frederick Freeman
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/john-frederick-freeman/streets-15924

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"But there's a child that walks those streets of war," Interesting introspection poem. The poet was "a close friend of Walter de la Mare from 1907" - wikipedia. Enjoyed :)

"Nay, nay, sweet England, do not grieve!" - Walter de la Mare; How Sleep the Brave"... https://allpoetry.com/-How-Sleep-the-Brave-

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Either my cat or the duplicate bug, lol

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[Danik 2016]

Lol! Maybe Tinker wants to play Alphabetical.

Poem in honor of fallen soldiers


"One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,"."Quiet Work" by Mathew Arnold
https://www.poetrycat.com/matthew-arnold/quiet-work

https://allpoetry.com/Quiet-Work

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Perhaps... he's only shown interest in sitting between me and the laptop for two weeks - he has a bit to catch up :)

"Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone." Elemental work, tranquil as opposed to man's work. Enjoyed the poem and analysis :)

"Playing her parchment moon" - Federico García Lorca; The Gypsy and the Wind... https://allpoetry.com/The-Gypsy-And-The-Wind

[Danik 2016]

Seems he wants more attention from you.


https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/fay-inchfawn/early-spring-21143

Have to load the tablet.

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Yes. Since he took over the bed this early morning I slept in my reclining chair and he came out meowing all through the house after my alarm went off, finally settling between me and the laptop (in between games), got his requisite scritches and left (he's staring out the window at the dawn perched on his cat tree).

Enchanting poem! Loved it! :)

"RING-A-RING of little boys." - Kate Greenaway; Ring-A-Ring... https://allpoetry.com/Ring-A-Ring

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... and he's back so I can't browse...

[Danik 2016]

Do you usually sleep in your reclining chair? If not, maybe he is a bit upset for not finding you in your usual place.


Thanks for the Lorca he is one of my fav poets.

Enjoyed this "Ciranda" by Kate Greenaway!


"Secrets"."Secrets" by Lola Ridge
https://allpoetry.com/poem/13757806-Secrets-by-Lola-Ridge

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Lorca :)

Generally Tinker doesn't sleep on the bed until after I lay down... but when he does I sleep on my recliner in front of my 'desk' with my laptop on it facing the telly.

Enjoyed the poem and the summary :)

"Tritemius of Herbipolis, one day," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Gift Of Tritemius... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-gift-of-tritemius

[Danik 2016]

Lol I call this a territorial invasion!

Enjoyed the Tritemius legend!

"Upon my lap my sovereign sits"."Upon my lap my sovereign sits" by Martin Peerson
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/upon-my-lap-my-sovereign-sits

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Sweet lullaby... enjoyed :)

"VIRTUE, stern Tutress, hail!" - Richard Shepherd; ARISTOTLE's PAEAN TO VIRTUE IMITATED... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o4984-w0580.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Very 18th century!

"Woodcutter."."The Song of the Barren Orange Tree"
*https://allpoetry.com/The-Song-of-the-Barren-Orange-Tree

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Lorca. A bleak poem of yearning... enjoyed :)

"X marks the spot in my heart" - Lucyosborne831; X marks the spot... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17145940-X-marks-the-spot--by-Lucyosborne831

[Danik 2016]

Moving poem, but oh so sad!

"Ye voices, that arose "."L' Envoi" A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/l-envoi

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Lol, learned that EA Poe didn't care for Longfellow: https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/ar45l01.htm
Poe's critique of L'Envoi: "The volume ends with “L’Envoi,” a most affected, farfetched, and altogether contemptible imitation, or parody, of the worst mannerisms of the Germans." Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with 'z' in their name...

"Last night the rain was light, the wind fierce," - Li Qingzhao; To the Tune of Ru Meng Ling... https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/languages-cultures-and-film/blog/2021/li-quingzhao/

[Danik 2016]

Now, that's absolutely venomous and smells of elbow ache. One thing is true: there is an ring of German poetry in Longfellows lines. But I'm not intimate enough with his poetry to say how strong that influence is.

Much enjoyed Li Q's bio and poem. And spotted the "z"in the middle of the name.

"At morn- at noon- at twilight dim-"."Hymn" by Edgar Allan Poe
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8448347-Hymn-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this supplication poem of hope :)

"!blac" - e.e.cummings; !blac... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494093--blac-by-e.e.-cummings/

[Danik 2016]

Wonderful poem that imitates the falling of a leaf. Might there not also be an allusion to race conflicts?


"Cruising these residential Sunday"."The City P,lanners" by Margareth Atwood
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https://poemanalysis.com/margaret-atwood/the-city-planners/

[tailor STATELY]

I can not see the allusion, but perhaps.

Strange poem for me. Found an uninterrupted version of the poem with an analysis here: https://poetryprof.com/the-city-planners/
I have lived in large apartment buildings, residential neighborhoods as was depicted in the poem, and in rural settings (these last 40 years or so). Never felt any setting was sterile nor threatening nor otherwise.

"Dearest, it was a night" - Walter de la Mare; The Birthnight... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327798-The-Birthnight-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

If there is one, it is very subtle. The title of the cummings poem is black and not leaf or "fallen leaf", what suggests that black is the most important term in the poem. And ,eaves aren't usually black. Anyway that's only the first idea that occurred to me.

Thanks for the analysis, tailor. Maybe Atwood means, that too much perfection and symmetry is not human and therefore tends to be destructive .
Enjoyed The Birthnight very much.


"Evenings in trains"."Return From Business" by Aldous Leonard Huxley
https://www.poetrycat.com/aldous-leonard-huxley/return-from-business

[tailor STATELY]

Intriguing poem of thoughts while travelling on a train by a true thinker.

"Forth sped thy gallant sailors, blithe and free, " - Archibald Thomas Strong; Sonnets of the Empire:Gloriana?s England... https://www.poemine.com/Archibald-Thomas-Strong/Sonnets-of-the-Empire-Gloriana-s-England.html

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Poems on sea conquests show a similar spirit, even if the countries are different.

"Good. I have done. My heart weighs. I am sad"."Sonnet XXXV" by Fernando Pessoa
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543601-Sonnet-XXXV-by-Fernando-Pessoa

[tailor STATELY]

Somber poem, enjoyed the poem and analysis :)

"He said:" - Sara Teasdale; The Lighted Window... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/the-lighted-window-53709441997

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem with the window of memory lighting a childhood scene.!


"In the green morning"."Ditty of first Desire" by Frederico Garcia Lorca
https://allpoetry.com/Ditty-of-First-Desire

[tailor STATELY]

Deceptively simple poem of the dual nature of man... Enjoyed :)

"Jehovah to my words give ear" - John Milton; Psalm V.... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8529873-Psalm-V.-by-John-Milton

[Danik 2016]

Sounds very Old Testament, seeking for justice rather than for mercy.

"KNOW, Trav'ller, in this sweet, sequester'd cell,"."INSCRIPTION FOR THE FRONT OF SINGLETON ABBEY*.
TO MISS MALTHUS'S†, THE BELOVED, THE RESPECTED FRIENDS OF HIS EARLY YOUTH."
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o5280-w0280.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

A poem of the 3-Graces and 9-Muses for a dear childhood friend... Enjoyed :)

"Leave we the pedants to quarrel and strive," - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Coptic Song... https://allpoetry.com/Coptic-Song

[Danik 2016]

Found this link which contains the original of Goethe's poem plus context and other translation. I think AI from all poetry did it's best but didn't capture the irony of the poem:https://copticliterature.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/coptic-songs-by-the-great-german-writer-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-kophtisches-lied-i/


"Memory of sun seeps from the heart."."Memory of Sun" by Anna Akhmatova
https://allpoetry.com/Memory-Of-Sun

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting differences in the 'interpretations of Goethe's poem. The one I chose seems to be from 1853.

Enjoyed the poem and analysis. Don't understand why the following was included: "Maybe it's better I did not become / Your wife."... perhaps echoing desolation ?

"Narrow path sunless temple locust tree" - Wang Wei; Temple Tree Path... https://allpoetry.com/Temple-Tree-Path

[Danik 2016]

The lyrical voice seems to write about a time when she got involved with someone. At the time she maybe wanted to marry him. A more personal memory perhaps among more general ones.?
Beautiful Wang Wei poem.. One difficulty in translating from Chinese, is that the Chinese language seemingly doesn't use articles, prepositions and other words that act as links between the main significants.

"Oranges"."Saturday Paseo:Adelina" by Frederico García Lorca
https://allpoetry.com/Saturday-Paseo:-Adelina

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this absence of love :)

"Princess! to envy the fate of a Hebe" - Stephane Mallarme; Futile Petition... https://allpoetry.com/Futile-Petition

[Danik 2016]

Lol ! Poetic elbow aches! Enjoyed!

"Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,"."Song to Diana" by Ben Jonson
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ben-jonson/song-to-diana-2503

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the homage to Diana the huntress :)

"Rabbi Ben Levi, on the Sabbath, read" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Of Rabbi Ben Levi - The Wayside Inn - Part First... https://www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=2017

[Danik 2016]

Interesting legend!


"Source of echo"."In Praise of a Shadow" by Ishion Hutchinson
https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/praise-shadow
https://theartsdesk.com/books/ishion-hutchinson-school-instructions-review-learning-against-estrangement

[tailor STATELY]

Sorry, fell asleep at keyboard...

Very dense poem of descriptive images... interesting bio too... Enjoyed :)

"The builder who first bridged Niagara’s gorge," - Edwin Markham; Anchored to the Infinite... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47957/anchored-to-the-infinite

[Danik 2016]

Happens all the time with me!

EM-Enjoyed so much this original way of saying that there is a link between humans and God.

"UNWIN, I should but ill repay"."To the Rev. WILLIAM CAWTHORNE UNWIN." by William Cowper
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o3794-w0430.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

An homage poem... found a summary at AllPoetry: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8465963-To-The-Rev.-William-Cawthorne-Unwin-by-William-Cowper Enjoyed :)

"Vulcan ! hear your glorious task;" - Thomas Moore; Odes of Anacreon - Ode 4... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/odes-anacreon-ode-4

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the summary, taylor..

Thomas Moore-Dionisiac celebrations.

"We live free"."Free" by Orhan Veli Kanik
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8580525-Free-by-Orhan-Veli-Kanik

[tailor STATELY]

"critique of the illusion of freedom"... Enjoyed :)

"X marks the spot" - Rbeck8262; X Marks the Spot... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18232194-X-Marks-the-Spot--by-Rbeck8262

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem: the treasure always lies ahe


"You did not come, "."A Broken Appointment" by Thomas Hardy
https://www.poetrycat.com/thomas-hardy/a-broken-appointment

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[tailor STATELY]

Sad poem... Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name...

"nothing special" - Zbigniew Herbert; Nothing Special... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8508025-Nothing-Special-by-Zbigniew-Herbert

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem. Interesting Polish poet. I liked his sharpness.

"A single flow’r he sent me, since we met."."One Perfect Rose" by Dorothy Parker
https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/one-perfect-rose

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... I love the snarkyness of Dorothy Parker... Enjoyed :)

"Buffalo Bill's" - e.e. cummimgs; Buffalo Bill's... https://allpoetry.com/Buffalo-Bill%27s

[Danik 2016]

Loved the poem + analysis +good comments by the readers.

"Could -- I do more -- for Thee --"."Could -- I do more -- for Thee --" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Could-I-do-more-for-Thee.html
A rather gossipy comment:https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2013/05/could-i-do-more-for-thee-wert-thou.html

[tailor STATELY]

I don't recall seeing that side of Emily :) Enjoyed.

"Dim-berried is the mistletoe" - Walter de la Mare; The Strangers... https://allpoetry.com/The-Strangers

[Danik 2016]

Me neither.
Enjoyed this nativity poem. After reading it, I realized that the winter in Bethlehem is more like our winter, without snow and with temperatures above 10 C.

"EMPERORS and Kings, how oft have temples rung"."EMPERORS and Kings, how oft have temples rung" by William Wordsworth

https://www.poemine.com/William-Wordsworth/Emperors-And-Kings-How-Oft-Have-Temples-Rung.html

[tailor STATELY]

Unrighteous wars to "Heaven-sanctioned victory, Peace is sprung;" Enjoyed :)

"For all your days prepare," - Edwin Markham; Preparedness... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47959/preparedness

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Very much to the point but easier said than done.

"GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS KING. (It seem"."God save the King" by Fay Inchfawn
https://allpoetry.com/God-Save-The-King!

(Sorry for being so late, today. Had to prepare the apartment. I am selling it and people came to take a look)

[tailor STATELY]

Great! Hope you get your asking price.

Couldn't access the poem from your link, used https://www.poetrycat.com/fay-inchfawn/god-save-the-king... Love her commentary within the poem, lol. Enjoyed :)

"Has the bright sun set," - Edwin Markham; Sing a While Longer... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47961/sing-a-while-longer

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!
Link worked for me. Found the poem on the cat but switched to all poetry because of the summary.

Enjoyed the poem by E M. He has such a concise way of saying what matters?

"I would like to describe the simplest emotion"."I would like to describe" by Zbigniew Herbert.
https://allpoetry.com/I-Would-Like-To-Describe

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the otherliness descriptions of emotions... may use this as a guide for my next assignment for Thursdays at Two poetry (Answering/Response to a poem) :)

"June 4th! Do you know what that date means?" - Francis Bret Harte; Her Last Letter: Being a Reply to 'His Answer'... https://allpoetry.com/Her-Last-Letter:-Being-a-Reply-to-%27His-Answer%27

[Danik 2016]

"Her last Letter ". The analysis here was very helpful . One buts in in a very personal letter without understanding the facts.Very insightful female perspective.



"Knock with tremor"."Knock with tremor -- " by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Knock-with-tremor.html
(Didn't find any decent analysis, only eiteskills)

[tailor STATELY]

And the one certain letter we have of hers to her father is a letter never sent! It appears in pencil, on a piece of stationery, and on the back of a poem: Knock with tremor— from https://bookreadfree.com/377390/9282499

Paywalled, but allowed this fragment:
This poem by Emily Dickinson expresses the speaker's fear and trembling at the prospect of her ancestors or famous poets of the past, whom she imagines as "Caesars," being present. If they were to ask her "What have you to show?" for her lifetime's achievements, she would have little to offer, like one who trod unthinkingly "on the Foot of Doom." The poem is analyzed by David Preest, who discusses possible interpretations of the "Caesars" referenced and the poet's sense of inadequacy when imagining facing her illustrious predecessors.... https://www.scribd.com/doc/218903367/1325-KnockWithTremor?language_settings_changed=English

"Let the light of late afternoon" - Jane Kenyon; Let Evening Come... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2005/09/17/let-evening-come-by-jane-kenyon/

[Danik 2016]

Interesting data about E D. Another story, where a woman has to tailor her wishes to fit in the situation of a housewife ( with an usually absent husband) and mother. Thanks!

"My heart was full of softening showers,"."My Heart Was Full" by Stevie Smith
https://allpoetry.com/My-Heart-Was-Full

[tailor STATELY]

Idyllic poem of youth :) Enjoyed

"Nature, when she made thee, dear," - Ellis Parker Butler; The Daughter Of The Year... https://allpoetry.com/The-Daughter-Of-The-Year

[Danik 2016]

Good comparisons between the seasons and a lady's attributes. Lady not too interested in the owner of the lyric voice ;)

"O my native land !"."O My Native Land(English translation of Urdu poem"Aie Watan") by Tanwir Phool
https://www.poemine.com/Tanwir-Phool/O-My-Native-Land-English-translation-of-Urdu-poem-Aie-Watan.html

[tailor STATELY]

"Far better than a garden / Is your dust and sand"... Honored poet in his land... Enjoyed :)

"Pick a fern, pick a fern, ferns are high," - Ezra Pound; Pick a Fern... https://voetica.com/poem/1787

[Danik 2016]

Despondent, but loved this work routine poem. Love E P

"Quick through the gates of Fairyland"."Early Spring" by Fay Inchfawn
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8563023-Early-Spring-by-Fay-Inchfawn

[tailor STATELY]

Love this poem :) Used it for reading a poem by another author at our last Thursdays at Two poetry meeting:

Poem by another poet: Early Spring by Fay Inchfawn

Elizabeth Rebecca Ward (December 2, 1880 – April 16, 1978) - (Fay Inchfawn) “was a prolific English writer of popular verse, religious works, and works for children, writing under the pen-name Fay Inchfawn. Her works were serialised in women's magazines, and she was sometimes known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home". - Wikipedia


Quick through the gates of Fairyland

The South Wind forced his way.

'Twas his to make the Earth forget

Her grief of yesterday.

"'Tis mine," cried he, "to bring her joy!"

And on his lightsome feet

In haste he slung the snowdrop bells,

Pushed past the Fairy sentinels,

And out with laughter sweet.


Clear flames of Crocus glimmered on

The shining way he went.

He whispered to the trees strange tales

Of wondrous sweet intent,

When, suddenly, his witching voice

With timbre rich and rare,

Rang through the woodlands till it cleft

Earth's silent solitudes, and left

A Dream of Roses there!



Word Can poem 3/6/2025: Wave, think, pattern, thistle, farmyard, epiphany, ladder, heat, tabulate


In a farmyard far from home

I wandered in the heat of day

Past a copse of thistles stomped down by cows

I found a ladder near a trough

And whilst I stooped to drink

An orb spider’s web caught my eye

At least that’s what I thought it was

I marveled at the web’s intricacies

A moiré pattern that shimmered in hypnotic waves

And I received an epiphany of sorts

That spiders are much better at math than I

The sums they must tabulate


3/6/2025


Assignment for 3/20/2025 Living in a different time



Living in a different time


If I were to live in any another time

I might wish to live without rhyme,

But reason I would have in abundance

And oh, how I would love to dance.


Free thinking would be my favorite art,

The music of nature would grace my heart:

Warblings and titterings and calls

Of feathered free flying beings, and alls


That creep or crawl or swim in their spheres,

Beneficial creatures of which I'd have no fears.

I'd learn the language of all beings in the land,

But most especially that of cats to understand


Why they stare at walls and/or swish their tails.

I'd ponder the poetry of deep sea whales

Who seek council with the denizens of the abyss

And compare with that of the strident starkness


Of eagles as they course through the heavens

Counting coup in their bases of elevens and sevens.

The lamb would lay down with the lion,

And all of existence would be like Zion.


3/19/2025


Where I play: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?7131-Poetry-Games-amp-Contes

My Padlet: https://padlet.com/tailorstately/kn9o45weuso



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"Rich meanings of the prophet-Spring adorn," - Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell; Sonnet - In February... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/sonnet---in-february-69999174358

[Danik 2016]

What a coincidence!

Enjoyed your poems. Wondering if your different time could be a possibility!

Lovely spring poem!

"Sweet poet of the woods—-a long adieu!"."Sonnet Vll :Sweet poet of the woods" by Charlotte Smith
https://allpoetry.com/Sonnet-VII:-Sweet-Poet-of-the-Woods

[tailor STATELY]

re: time... absolutely.

Enjoyed the sight rhyme ending the last 2-lines, and the poem :)

"The moon shears up on Tahoe now:" - Edwin Markham; The Panther... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47962/the-panther

[Danik 2016]

:)

The Panther -impressive poem!

"Up! Everything that God has made,"."Up! Everything that God has made" by Hans Adolph Brorson
https://www.poemine.com/Hans-Adolph-Brorson/Up-Everything-that-God-has-made.html

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this spiritual poem very much :)

A long run-on poem, albeit enjoyable:

"Vauvenargues says that in public gardens there are alleys haunted principally by thwarted" - Charles Baudelaire; The Widows... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/charles-baudelaire/widows-8921

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed Baudelaire's text, but i would hesitate to call it a poem.

"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;"."Gitanjali 35" by Rabindranath Tagore
https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/gitanjali-35

[tailor STATELY]

I see your point...

Found a summary of Tagore's poem: https://www.enotes.com/topics/where-mind-without-fear-gitanjali-35... Enjoyed :)

"X-Marks-the-Spot is a tickling game" - Ilene Bauer; X-Marks-the-Spot... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/x-marks-the-spot_1704026

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the summary of Gitanjaly 35.


Charming "X" poem

"You call authority "a grievous thing.". "To a rebellious daughter " by Fay Inchifawn.
https://allpoetry.com/To-A-Rebellious-Daughter

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the interaction between mother and wannabe free daughter who can't imagine her mother being as she is in an earlier time. :)

"Zebra stripes move and shift," - matt at shadow of iris; Zebra Stripes, a poem... https://www.shadowofiris.com/zebra-stripes-poem/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the zebra poem.


"Across the town the evening bell is ringing;"."The House - Mother" by Fay Inchfawn

https://www.poetrycat.com/fay-inchfawn/the-house-mother

[tailor STATELY]

A sweet prayer by a maid left home whilst her employers/owners go to church to worship :)

"Behind yellow windows shadows drink hot tea." - Alfred Lichtenstein; Winter Evening... https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-lichtenstein/winter-evening#google_vignette

[Danik 2016]

I suspect it is not the maid but the housewife.

Loved the sensorial images.

"Come swish around, my pretty punk,"."Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety by William Butler Yeats
https://www.poetrycat.com/william-butler-yeats/a-drunken-mans-praise-of-sobriety

[tailor STATELY]

A poem on sobriety and drunkenness... enjoyed :)

"Dim-berried is the mistletoe" - Walter de la Mare; Before Dawn... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494387-Before-Dawn-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

[Danik 2016]

Last night site got wonky again. I was able to post the shorter answers, but when I got to alphabetical, the site was down?

Interesting Christmas scenes that reminds one that the winter in Bethlehem is much warmer than in the Northerm Hemisphere




"Ever restless, ever toiling" ."Sea Margins.by Walter R. Cassels
https://www.poetrycat.com/walter-r-cassels/sea-margins
https://allpoetry.com/Sea-Margins

[tailor STATELY]

Same here.

Somber poem of the ocean; the analysis at AllPoetry reinforced my perceptions... Enjoyed :)

"Flower in the crannied wall," - Alfred Tennyson; Flower In The Crannied Wall... https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-tennyson/flower-in-the-crannied-wall

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this philosophical poem!



"Sunrise On The Coast" by Andrew Barton Paterson
"Grey dawn on the sand-hills, the night wind has drifted"
https://allpoetry.com/Sunrise-on-the-Coast

[tailor STATELY]

"Behold, 'tis that marvel, the birth of a day!" ... Enjoyed :)

"How deep the April night is in its noon," - Archibald Lampman; April Night... https://www.poetrycat.com/archibald-lampman/april

[Danik 2016]

As one from a country that doesn't know the yearly experience of nature falling asleep and waking up again I deeply enjoyed this poem. So much that here is another by the same poet:


"If any man, with sleepless care oppressed,""Sleep" by Archibald Lampman
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8473617-Sleep-by-Archibald-Lampman

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting poem... an artist crafting "An image of sweet sleep in carven stone,", a maiden of perfect aspect "More sweet and slight than any mortal maid." Enjoyed :)

"J" poems are now becoming "as scarce as hens teeth"... hmmm...

"Just after you sign and envision building homes on" - Arthur Sze; Jaguar Song... https://poets.org/poem/jaguar-song

[Danik 2016]

My problem is "k". I suggest we proceed like with "Q", "X" and "Z" and look of authors with the looked for letter in their names.

Jaguar Song- strong poem about force and fear.

"Knoledge, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace;"."Knoledge, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace" by John Skelton
https://allpoetry.com/Knoledge,-Acquayntance,-Resort,-Fauour-With-Grace

[tailor STATELY]

An English that is as artful as the poetry of the period... Enjoyed :)

"Leodogran, the King of Cameliard," - Alfred Tennyson; The Coming Of Arthur... https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-tennyson/the-coming-of-arthur

[Danik 2016]

I love the legends of the round table. DIdnt know or remember all this controversy about Arthur's birth. Didn’t think that the round table was a symbol of unification of smaller kingdoms into a bigger one.

"March is slain; the keen winds fly"."God-Speed To The Snow" by Archibald Lampman
https://www.poetrycat.com/archibald-lampman/god-speed-to-the-snow

[tailor STATELY]

"Go, kind snow, God-speed to thee!"... amen. So grateful we had a very mild Winter in the Gold Country... Enjoyed :)

"Now it is nearly time when, quivering on its stem," - Charles Baudelaire; The Harmony Of Evening... https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-baudelaire/the-harmony-of-evening

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful Baudelaire poem!

"Oh to be idle loving idleness!"."Sonnet IX" by Fernando Pessoa
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543633-Sonnet-IX-by-Fernando-Pessoa

[tailor STATELY]

A poem of internalized torment... sad. Enjoyed

"Pale season, watcher in unvexed suspense," - Archibald Lampman; April... https://www.poetrycat.com/archibald-lampman/april

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much! I like how Lampman writes about nature and the passing seasons.


A poem by a poet with "Q" in his name
"There is still the wind that I remember"."Street in Agrigentum" by Salvatore Quasimodo
https://allpoetry.com/Street-in-Agrigentum

[tailor STATELY]

One of the sites of the 1st Punic wars in Sicily according to Wikipedia. Enjoyed :)

"Rose, on this terrace fifty years ago," - Alfred Tennyson; The Roses On The Terrace... https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-tennyson/the-roses-on-the-terrace

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem! Liked the way the colors were used.

"Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep"."Love And Death" by Sara Teasdale
https://allpoetry.com/Love-And-Death

[tailor STATELY]

Odd, that page captured my cursor comet like in blue as my mouse moved... perhaps an April Fools' prank :)

Pondering eternity... the answer yes :)

"The old Pig said to the little pigs," - Walter de la Mare; The Pigs and the Charcoal-burner... https://allpoetry.com/The-Pigs-and-the-Charcoal-burner

[Danik 2016]

All poetry page suddenly all in color!

Aaiii! for the pigs.


"Unless I learn to ask no help"."Lessons" by Sara Teasdale
https://www.poetrycat.com/sara-teasdale/lessons

[tailor STATELY]

A poem in recognition of a higher power... perhaps acknowledging a plan :)

"Visions of the years gone by" - Susanna Moodie; The Deluge... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/the-deluge-97822758615

[Danik 2016]

The Deluge-this poem has become so up to date.


"Without horror you devour dead flesh every day."Reflecting upon a Human Lung in Alcohol" by Alfred Lichtenstein
https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-lichtenstein/reflecting-upon-a-human-lung-in-alcohol

[tailor STATELY]

The title appears to have no connection to the poem, but the poem comes forth from viewing the title subject, hence pondering how the first human to kill an animal must have felt... existence. An analysis at AllPoetry: https://allpoetry.com/Reflecting-Upon-A-Human-Lung-In-Alcohol

"one by one, they die" - Sheng Xing; fish doctor... https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-1072_FISH-DOCTOR

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the analysis! I felt the same about the title. It seems to be there to attract the reader with his oddnes.But on further reflection, the lung is also an organ that is there to nourish the human body with air. On the whole, the poem seems to want to awake the readers consciousness of mankind 's inherent predatoryness. For humans also pollute the air that they breathe though ostensibly the poem isn't about that. But your Shen Xing poem is about the pollution of the water. Enjoyed!

"Yesterday I still went powdered and addicted". "Ash Wednesday" by Alfred Lichtenstein
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8584919-Ash-Wednesday-by-Alfred-Lichtenstein