Alphabetical Poem First Lines

[Danik 2016]

Very interesting poem. I didn't know he was so political. Just wondering though if there are pink oranges in France ;).

"Katya tells me at the Krispy Kreme"."The Edge" by Carolene Kurien
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/theedge.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Pink orange: Prolly so... when I read the poem I thought of the blood orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_orange

Loved this poem, a powerful payoff at the end: "I cannot engage in deep talk."... "Mouthless Lover, let me give you my lips. / Let's taste the world until we slip." :)

In honor of Winter in S.P. (minus the snow of course):

"Let sky's soft crush come in sleep." - Jeffrey Bean; Snow Prayer... https://www.versedaily.org/2022/snowprayer.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Blood orange, never saw the like. On keeps learning things when traveling, even if the traveling is digital :) .

Enjoyed the poem, much of it might be São Paulo "Please a museum of smoke, a hall of rooftops.". But alas no huddling squirrels" And you forget the music sounding from everywhere and the eternally coughing people.

"My mother did not talk to fire,"."Fire Bug" by Jane Rosemberg La Forge
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/firebug.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

"music sounding from everywhere" :)

An interesting family dynamic... Enjoyed :)

"Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here" - Tom Wayman; Did I Miss Anything? ... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-013/did-i-miss-anything/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this cryptic poem.

"One mouth eats the hand that feeds it."."Cerberus" by Maggie Dietz
https://www.versedaily.org/2024/cerberus.shtml

By the way: for the first time today when I opened your links I was checked if I was human.

[tailor STATELY]

Congratulations ! I get asked quite often :)

Interesting Cerberus poem... Enjoyed :)

"Push where the entrance" - Justin Sherwood; Interior with Sky... https://www.versedaily.org/2018/interiorwithsky.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

Poem by a poet with "q" in the name:
"Moon of hunger, moon of hope, moon of cold nights"."The Moon in Drag" by Kelly McQuain
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/themoonindrag.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Many moons... missed a few. Enjoyed :)

"Rain fell in a post-romantic way." - Matthea Harvey; I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/03/17/i-may-after-leaving-you-walk-quickly-or-even-run-by-matthea-harvey/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the poem! Love this kind of post modern poetry with its implied meanings.

"so she neighed extravagantly at recess, dashed full-tilt, leaned far back,"Alice believed she was a horse" by B. Fulton Jennes
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/alicebelievedshewasahorse.shtml

[tonywalt]

The birds were being so bizarre today,
we stood static and listened to them insane
in their winter shock of sweet gum and ash.
We swallow what we won’t say: Maybe
it’s a warning. Maybe they’re screaming
for us to take cover. ( by ada limon)

[tailor STATELY]

2-worthy poems... enjoyed both :)

"upended umbrella" - Laura Purdie Salas; You're Invited... https://laurasalas.com/poems-for-teachers/umbrella-chandelier-15-words-less-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed this kind of awakening of the poetic brain! :)


"Volcanoes spit out clouds of teachers."."An Old Man Asleep" by John Surowiecki

http://www.versedaily.org/2022/anoldmanasleep.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

A dream. Enjoyed :)

"Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angels’" - Rainer Maria Rilke; The First Elegy... https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2024/3/3/q209tlmrn252tvvp5duvo4bg7gf0cq

[Danik 2016]

Grappling with eternity. Wonderful and terrible.

Laborious poem of a poet with "X" in her name.

"Reuniting was the sound of spoons clattering into drawer, of water swishing into bathtub, of broom brushing" . "Listening for Truths & Answers" by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood
https://www.versedaily.org/2023/listeningfortruths&answers.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Raw emotion in the interplay... Enjoyed :)

"Yellow is the most" - Kay Ryan; Yellow... https://elabraveandtrue.com/2020/09/14/encourage-distance-learners-with-creative-color-poems/

[tonywalt]

Z is for zenith, or what we’ll never reach,
a sky without its limit, a life uncontained—
though here we are, pretending to ascend,
feet fixed to earth, calling the climb a flight.

By carl phillips ( i would not have guessed i would find a poem beginning with "z"

[Danik 2016]

That is always a feat, Tony! Enjoyed the poem!

"All summer, I watched moose"."Solstice " by Megan Pinto
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/solstice.shtml

Loved the poem "Yellow", tailor, it inspired this attempt:

Blue
Blue,
Soft brother
of Imperial yellow.
Where yellow is haughty,
blue is mild.
If yellow is the sun
blue is the sky.
Blue is the wide sea,
yellow the golden maize.
Yellow is acid,
blue is sad,
but together they
engender
hopeful green.

[tailor STATELY]

Z poems are rare... I believe someone wrote a book listing a number of them :)

Love your poem Danik 2016 :) We have a color poem thread on LitNet somewhere that has not been utilized for some time/years... maybe I'll do a search.

Solstice: "I pull silk / over my eyes, coax myself into dream, / where I cross a mossy forest floor / in reverie, the light dappling fallen trees."... Wonderful !

"Beloved! amid the earnest woes" - Edgar Allan Poe; To F--... https://allpoetry.com/To-F--

[Danik 2016]

Thanks!

"Come closer."."The House of Freaks" by Nancy Miller Gomez
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/houseoffreaks.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... not quite surreal but odd in a good way... Enjoyed :)

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

[tonywalt]

https://wordsfortheyear.com/2020/05/08/morning-poem-by-mary-oliver/ Morning Poem” by Mary Oliver

Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange

sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again

[tailor STATELY]

Delightful poem by Mary... Enjoyed :)

"Fame's an Echo, Prattling double," - John Milton; Fame's an Echo... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=159311

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed these both so different poems.

"Gnats drowned in the cat's water dish"."A Few Things I Learned This Week" by Lana H. Ayers
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/afewthingsilearnedthisweek.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting observations... enjoyed :)

"Halfway between crib and cage the French " - Francis Ponge; Crate... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/89710/crate

[Danik 2016]

Curious this poetic interest of Ponge in fruit and related objects. He was middle class, a banker's son. So no farm, agriculture or market.

"If music is the sound between" ."If music is the sound between" by Svetlana Litvinchuck
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/ifmusicisthesoundbetween.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

A lot to take in of family dynamics... remembrances and metaphors... Enjoyed :)

"July, when monsoon's gentle roar, " - Vinaya Joseph; July... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/july-1/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this take on July


"Kingsolver tells young writers to stop smoking"."The Vault" by Dan Albergotti
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/thevault.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Good advise albeit an ambiguous conclusion in the last case... was he content to have vaulted or wished he hadn't ?

"Lark, skylark, spilling your rubbed and round" - Cecil Day Lewis; The Ecstatic... https://allpoetry.com/The-Ecstatic

[Danik 2016]

The Ecstatic -Enjoyed form and images by Day Lewis

"My heart leaps up when I behold"."My heart leaps up" by William Wordsworth
https://allpoetry.com/My-Heart-Leaps-Up

[tailor STATELY]

Rainbows :) Also enjoyed the image.

"napping place for dog" - Susan Taylor Brown; Hummingbird Sage... https://www.backup.susantaylorbrown.com/national-poetry-month-haiku-29-hummingbird-sage/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Cryptic children rhymes

"One morning my mother laid her body across the driveway" "Garage" by Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/garage.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Tragic moment in time for a child to witness... enjoyed this little vignette :)

"Pizza again" - Harold r Hunt Sr; Pizza Again... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/961650/pizza-again/

[tonywalt]

could only find a title, sorry- .

Questions of Travel” by Elizabeth Bishop

Questions of Travel
There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streams
hurry too rapidly down to the sea,
and the pressure of so many clouds on the mountaintops
makes them spill over the sides in soft slow-motion,
turning to waterfalls under our very eyes.
—For if those streaks, those mile-long, shiny, tearstains,
aren't waterfalls yet,
in a quick age or so, as ages go here,
they probably will be.
But if the streams and clouds keep travelling, travelling,
the mountains look like the hulls of capsized ships,
slime-hung and barnacled.

Think of the long trip home.
Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?

https://allpoetry.com/Questions-of-Travel

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem. After all everyone got a party¡


Poem by a poet with "Q" in her nam

"At sixteen"."By the Light of the Moon" by Peg Quinn
http://www.versedaily.org/2021/bythelightofthemoon.shtml

[tonywalt]

second word,

I Remember, I Remember

by Thomas Hood

I remember, I remember
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn;
He never came a wink too soon
Nor brought too long a day;
But now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away.

[tailor STATELY]

Sad poem of the Viet Nam war era. Thought 'beckoning' might be better than 'beaconing' at the end. Enjoyed otherwise :)

Lol... another tie... Enjoyed "I Remember"

"Radiant rays, rising sun,"- Mutahir Ahsan; Radiant Rays... https://vocal.media/poets/radiant-rays

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed both "r" poems.
Absolutely agree with "beckoning" some slip of the pen.

"I remember"- sweetly nostalgic

"Seeing is not imaging"."What is it like to be a bat" by Cheryl Moskowitz
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/whatisitliketobeabat.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

"pipistrelle" and "qualia" are new to me... Enjoyed :)

"Tell all the Truth but tell it slant —" - Emily Dickinson; Tell all the Truth but tell it slant... https://allpoetry.com/Tell-all-the-Truth-but-tell-it-slant

[Danik 2016]

Also to me!

"Under the rose-tree's dancing shade"."Le Panneau" by Oscar Wilde
https://allpoetry.com/Le-Panneau

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the dream quality of the poem :)

"Vincent! There is no living star so sweet" - Stephanie Cynthia; Vincent... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1616181/vincent/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! At some points I got the feeling that the poet makes sacrifices to rhythm and rhyme, but on the whole it is a fine homage to van Gogh.


"What exists in the shadow of a thing"."First Image of a Black Hole" by Jason Gray
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/firstimageofablackhole.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting mix of the metaphysical with science... Enjoyed :)

Poem with an 'x' in its title:

"Some prowl sea-beds, some hurtle to a star" - Dannie Abse; X-ray... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/34137/x-ray-56d21793976b8

[Danik 2016]

A very touching poem!

"you wash your hands slowly, in daydream and water."."self-portrait as a child in america" by Esther Ra
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/selfportraitasachildinamerica.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

*pop* imaginative poem... Enjoyed :)

Poem title with a 'z' in it:

"'No poetry before' - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; Zang Tumb Tumb (usually referred to as Zang Tumb Tuuum)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zang_Tumb_Tumb

[Danik 2016]

One of your great finds, tailor, :). I heard a lot about Marinetti, but never about Zang Tumb, Tumb or Zang Tumb, Tuuum. He influenced the Brazilian modernists too, who started to pay attention to the sound of the words.


"A tiny hut that seems to be"."Gamzrdeli" by Akaki Tsereteli
https://allpoetry.com/Gamzrdeli

[tailor STATELY]

A tragic tale of treachery. Enjoyed :)

"Begin again to the summoning birds" - Brendan Kennelly; Begin... https://wfupress.wfu.edu/poem-of-the-week/poem-of-the-week-begin-by-brendan-kennelly/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem so much!

"CALM was the day, and through the trembling air"."Prothalamion" by Edmund Spenser
https://allpoetry.com/Prothalamion

[tailor STATELY]

Purity, light, and beauty... the time before the swans' wedding... a beautiful poem :)

"Dark is the forest and deep, and overhead'' - Edward Thomas; The Dark Forest... https://allpoetry.com/The-Dark-Forest

[Danik 2016]

:)

Enjoyed The Dark Forest!


"Eyes that last I saw in tears"."Eyes that last I saw in tears" by T. S. Elliot
https://allpoetry.com/Eyes-That-Last-I-Saw-In-Tears

[tailor STATELY]

Haunting poem... Enjoyed :)

"Forgive me" - F.J. Bergmann; An Apology... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-128/an-apology/

[Danik 2016]

Sorry for the chickens!



"Giver of glowing light!"."Hymn to the Sun" by Thomas Hood
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/thomas-hood/hymn-to-the-sun-20211

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... the chickens & wheelbarrow were from the poem: The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams... https://allpoetry.com/The-Red-Wheelbarrow

Odd rhyme scheme... Enjoyed :)

"HEARKEN, oh hearken! let your souls behind you" - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Chorus of Eden Spirits... https://allpoetry.com/Chorus-of-Eden-Spirits

[Danik 2016]

Oh, I see, it's a dialogue between two poems. Don't remember the Carlos William poem, but it's possible that it is part of our selection.

Here is another one:
"I've fond anticipation of a day"."The Uses of Poetry" by William Carlos Williams
https://allpoetry.com/The-Uses-Of-Poetry

[tailor STATELY]

"O'erfilled with pure diversion presently," :) Enjoyed

"Jingle Bell Jumpers" - L.G.; Jeez jumping jehosefat... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14235901-Jingle-Bell-Jumpers--by-L.G.

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed the playful alliteration!

A poem by an author with "K" in her name :

"There is a woman we call Flock of Seagulls"."The Naming of Things" by Kelli Russel Agodon
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/thenamingofthings.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... enjoyed the madness :)

"LEAVES of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west." - Carl Sandburg; Moonset... https://www.poeticous.com/carl-sandburg/moonset

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the dark moonset!

"My sister and I are talking about our childhoods,"."Ode on Paradis and the Longing for a Place that Never Was" by Barbara Hamby
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/odeonparadisandthelonging.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this fickle memory tale :)

"Never a swallow wets his wing" - Cicely Fox Smith; Lavender Pond... https://allpoetry.com/Lavender-Pond

[Danik 2016]

A very delicate poem. Enjoyed the contrasts


"O Love, dark animal,"O Love, Sweet Animal" by Delmore Schwartz
https://allpoetry.com/O-Love,-Sweet-Animal

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this poem which invokes a cat and her pet :)

"Physics says: go to sleep. Of course" - Albert Goldbarth; The Sciences Sing a Lullabye... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/03/20/the-sciences-sing-a-lullabye-by-albert-goldbarth/

[Danik 2016]

A very original lullaby! Enjoyed very much!

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/

[tailor STATELY]

Wonderful poem(s) with commentary(ies) :)

"Rocks rising in one place, sinking in another," - Stuart Friebert; Slow Boil... https://www.versedaily.org/2017/slowboil.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Very opportune poem!


"Soon they will bring"."Excavation" by Maxwell Suzuki
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/excavation.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

... Legos... Enjoyed :)

"There are no gardens in my neighborhood," - Cameron Barnett ; Black Locusts... https://www.versedaily.org/2017/blacklocusts.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Interesting how the poem links the trees with the four stations of the year. Enjoyed!


"Under the lone stone, the eel"."Snake Lips" by Andrew Szilvasy
http://www.versedaily.org/2021/snakelips.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

"All pets are / imposters" :) Enjoyed.

"Violets are violet, letters are read." - Simon J. Wood; Love, Let Us!... https://simonjwood.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/valentine-acrostic-poem/

[Danik 2016]

Nice Valentine poem!

"What should I feed the wild rabbit"."Feeding the Wild Rabbit"
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/feedingthewildrabbit.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this poem with some interesting contrasts: "Do animals dream of the coming light
in their lairs beneath the snow?"... "I dream constantly of homelessness." :)

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

" I love Tao Jingjie!" - Ouyang Xiu; Sitting at Night and Playing the Qin, I am Deeply Moved: Two Poems Sent to Shengyu (Mei Yaochen)... https://www.silkqin.com/09hist/qinshi/ouyangxiu.htm

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed specially the translation by Professor Chaves

"You say it doesn't mean a blessed thing,"."Sonnet with Abalone and Glue" by Robert Thomas
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/sonnetwithabaloneandglue.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Ocean, Moon, sea, and tide pools... a horse... and the music of Itzhak Perlman's violin
as it sings Mozart and Rachmaninoff. Enjoyed the sentiment :)

Poem by a poet who has a 'z' in their name...

"Silently and serenely, one forgets all words," - Hongzhi Zhengjue; SILENT ILLUMINATION... https://dippingintolight.com/zhengjue-hongzhi-1901/

[Danik 2016]

Impressive poem !Deep life philosophy in a nutshell.. Enjoyed also the translation, which is more fluent than is usual with Chinese poetry.

"Awake in bed I listened to my father"."The Folk Songs of North America" by Ann Hudson
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/thefolksongsofnorthamerica.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Not familiar with all the folksongs, but the school references are familiar...Enjoyed this retrospective poem :)

"Because noble gases are non-reactive, have a low boiling point." - Martha Silano
Why I Want to Be a Noble Gas... https://www.theshorepoetry.org/martha-silano-why-i-want-to-be-a-noble-gas

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem using chemical cases as substitutes for human reactions. Enjoyed!

"cats sleep"."Like history a poem" by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/likehistoryapoem.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Imaginative poem... some of the images are out there... Enjoyed :)

"dim" - e.e. cummings; dim/ i... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=39682

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much this poem that plays with words and form. One canteen the rain falling.


"Every man worth the name"."The Warner▪︎ by Baudelaire
https://allpoetry.com/The-Warner

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting take on the "reptilian brain" and its role in humanity.

"Freedom, as every schoolboy knows," - Ambrose Bierce; Freedom... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/freedom-29

[Danik 2016]

An unusual take on freedom!


"God's first language is silence."."Unnaccented" by Maureen Thorson
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/unaccented.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Had to look up Igbo: largest ethnic groups in Africa... Enjoyed :)

"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths," - William Butler Yeats; Aedh: He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven... https://allpoetry.com/aedh-wishes-for-the-cloths-of-heaven

[Danik 2016]

On my other forum there is a young Igbo boy from Nigeria.He is a bit of a prodigy, reading about hundred books per year while also studying law.

Beautiful poem!


"In my imagination, he's played by one of the good dads"."Standing Before the Relic at the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges" by James Davis May
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/standingbeforetherelic.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Thoughtful poem of decency and faith... Enjoyed :)

"Just now," - Adelaide Crapsey; The Warning... https://allpoetry.com/The-Warning.

[Danik 2016]

For some reason the link presented another poem from another poet with the same title, but I found the poem. Bit uncanny reminds me of a novel where thousands of white mots danced around.

"Knew not the Sun, sweet Violet,"Brotherhood"
by John Banister Tabb
https://www.litscape.com/author/John_Banister_Tabb/Brotherhood.html

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx - Corrected the link... LitNet truncated the trailing "." because I didn't use the url tags... my bad for not checking the link once posted.

Interesting rhyme scheme: abxbcc, adxdee, afxfgg. Found a summary here: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8571947-Brotherhood-by-John-Bannister-Tabb Enjoyed :)

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Solitude... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45937/solitude-56d225aad9924

Summary: https://www.owleyes.org/text/solitude

[Danik 2016]

No problem!Happens so often to me.

Thanks! Didn't find it in All poetry.

"Solitude ". True enough!Enjoyed the summary too!

"most evenings find mummy pacing down cooling"."I write of my mother in the book of joy " by Saida Agostini
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/iwriteofmymotherinthebookofjoy.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Wonderful poem of nurturing... Enjoyed :)

"No one talks more than a Poet;" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; To The Kind Reader... https://allpoetry.com/To-The-Kind-Reader

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the Goethe poem, didn't know it. Found the German original. The translator simplified the language taking away some of its charm.


"One man wrests a flag"."Domestic Concerns " by Lisa Ampleman.
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/domesticconcerns.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the counterpoint between men and women of "civilization" :)

"Perhaps some day the sun will shine again," - Vera Brittain; Perhaps (To R.A.L.)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8540797-Perhaps--To-R.A.L.--by-Vera-Brittain

[Danik 2016]

Touching poem about the endurance of loss by a female war poet, something that probably was unusual at the time of WWĺl.



"Quit it with the fear thing. Scientists can't say"."How to Survive in Earthquake Country" by Rachelle Sierra
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/howtosurviveinearthquakecountry.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

A 'Q' poem :)

I have an app that will warn of a great shake, prolly most in California have it on their phones. Inevitably a great quake will hit, if not here then elsewhere in the world; probability says so... it's best to live not in fear but be prepared. Enjoyed :)

"RUINS of trees whose woeful arms " - George Herbert Clarke; RUINS (YPRES, 1917) ... https://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10048629

[Danik 2016]

Link didn’t work for me but found the poem in Lieder. net. Terrible, forceful poem and so up to date!


"She would say she swam"."She Would Say She Swam With Her Brother" by Pamela Hobart Carter
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/shewouldsaysheswam.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Must be a regional thing.

Interesting tension, a survival averted... Enjoyed :)

"Turn to thy window in the silver hour" - Virna Sheard; At Dawn... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8606155-At-Dawn-by-Virna-Sheard

[Danik 2016]

Not sure: survival or death averted?

Loved this delicate dawn poem

"Up to the star new-born in sight"."Up to the Star (version three) by Mihai Eminescu
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8566011-Up-To-The-Star--version-three--by-Mihai-Eminescu

[tailor STATELY]

Interesting parallelism... Enjoyed :)

"Violets from Plug Street Wood," - Roland Leighton; Violets - April 1915 (1916)... https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/violets---april-1915

[Danik 2016]

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[Danik 2016]

Again a poem that exposes the horrors of war. Vera Brittain, Roland's fiancée was also a war poet. See your post#3086.


"When my mother forgets the word for dahlia"."When my mother forgets the word for dahlia" by Robin Turner
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/whenmymotherforgets.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

:)

I do not look forward to cognitive decline... perhaps it has begun to happen in subtle ways I haven't fully grasped yet; thoughtful poem on the theme... Enjoyed :)

"Xavier’s xebec xferred xenophiliacally " - Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock; Xavier’s Xebec... https://vocal.media/poets/xavier-s-xebec

[Danik 2016]

I think as long it is subtle it is fine.

"Vocal is not available in your country" but I at least could see that all words started with X.

"Yesterday we sat on the bank of the Kamo River, laughing". "Three Poems" by Gary Young
http://www.versedaily.org/2019/threepoems.shtml

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:( I'm so sorry. The artwork ("Ancient Wharf" by Derek Fiechter) showed a "xebec" in the foreground with others in a golden light... the poem with all its words starting with 'x'. I found a video of instrumental music that evidently goes with the art... https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q="Ancient+Wharf"+by+Derek+Fiechter&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:709001f3,vid:UCIaViwLa4Q,st:0

Then I found a Google AI blurb that might be available for you: https://www.google.com/search?q="Xavier%27s+Xebec"+poem&num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=wox&sca_esv=07bc48a71de23ee9&sxsrf=AE3TifMRY7nJC6fdb4w7gh_k1SxS2GqMVw%3A1752557 841051&ei=Eel1aL_0AuShqtsP_8qFuQI&ved=0ahUKEwj_wMHckr6OAxXkkGoFHX9lIScQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq="Xavier%27s+Xebec"+poem&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFSJYYXZpZXIncyBYZWJlYyIg cG9lbUjdQFD4ClioPHABeACQAQCYAZQKoAG9FqoBBTYtMi4xuA EDyAEA-AEBmAIDoAK7DMICDhAAGIAEGLADGIYDGIoFwgILEAAYgAQYsAM YogTCAgUQIRigAcICBRAhGKsCwgIIEAAYgAQYogSYAwCIBgGQB gaSBwUxLjUtMqAHhQeyBwM1LTK4B7IMwgcFMC4xLjLIBw0&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Surprising poem !... Enjoyed so very much :)

Poem title starting with the letter 'z':

"Amusing, zebras zooming, mozzies abuzz," - T4ky0; Zookeeper’s Zoetrope... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17569607-Zookeeper-s-Zoetrope-by-T4ky0

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Thanks for all that trouble, tailor. Enjoyed the music. Yes the blurb with the smiling girls opened, but I didn't quite know what to make with it.

A very ingenious aliteration poem. Enjoyed so much!

"Absolute, the sudden silence—the fan stops"."Abecedarian for the Power Outage" by Catherine Pierce.
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/abecedarianforthepoweroutage.shtml

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Lol... the smiling girls all direct to the poem I first linked, don't know why.

Enjoyed this Abecedarian offering :)

"Because her days were making a garden " - Brendan Kennelly; A Half-finished Garden... https://wfupress.wfu.edu/poem-of-the-week/poem-week-half-finished-garden-brendan-kennelly/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed that half finished garden!


"Cabbage Night that year was bright and humid." ."Hunger" by Michael Goodfellow
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/hungry.shtml
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Night

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Odd tension in this poem... poltergeist ? Enjoyed :)

"Darkness is not a death, does not obliterate," - Alice B. Fogel; Forgiving the Darkness
... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91911/forgiving-the-darkness

[Danik 2016]

"Hunger"? I think so.


"Each year I cut a tree sprout from the chimney" "The Donkey on the Road" by Jesse Graves
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/thedonkeyontheroad.shtml

"The donkey on the road to Brementown meets
his crew of cast-outs, no sorrier than most,
none really the musicians they pretend to be."
I think these strophe refers to this tale:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen

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A needful change of location. I remember the Brementown tale... Enjoyed :)

"Five more books in a box to be carried out to the car," - Mark Halliday; The Halls... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-095/the-halls/

[Danik 2016]

Poem about invisibility and belonging. Enjoyed!

"Gingerly, yes,"."DRAWBRIDGE + MOAT" by Natalie Louise Tombasco
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/drawbridge+moat.shtml

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Evocative poem after the style of Marianne Moore... invoking Sapphic images and a secret language. A wonderful treatise of enjambment... all in all a dense wonder of a poem. Enjoyed :)

"Hour by hour I sit, " - Sappho?; A lyric (The vigil)... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=46338

[Danik 2016]

Moving in its simplicity of language. Enjoyed!


"In the last year of the old drought,"."The Last Gate to an Old Life" by Romeo Oriogun
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/thelastgatetoanoldlife.shtml

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"while writing into sunset the sonnet / that follows every bird flying"... Enjoyed :)

"July 4th fireworks jar American nights," - Henry Allen; July: A Sonnet... https://theamericanscholar.org/july-a-sonnet/

[Danik 2016]

I fully share the feelings conveid in the above poem.


"Killer whales have stopped reproducing.".."Why have children when the world is ending?" by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/whyhavechildrenwhen.shtml

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Somber poem. Brings to mind a Sci-fi story: The Screwfly Solution... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwfly_Solution Enjoyed :)

"Laughter sort o' settles breakfast better than digestive pills;" - Edgar Albert Guest; Laughter... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8471207-Laughter-by-Edgar-Albert-Guest

[Danik 2016]

It's somber indeed. There aren't many options starting with "k". As for the misogynist disease it still exists here in the tropics, by the quantities of feminicides
which appear in the news.

Enjoyed so much this poem about laughter! An antidote against so many evils.


"My wife and I rented a lake house at Cayuga Lake." ."Wanting Kids" by Bunkong Tuong
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/wantingkids.shtml

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"feminicide" :(

"After the room returned to speech, she read her novel / And I wrote. During lunch I read poetry to her / Between bites of sandwich and dark red cherries."... Enjoyed :)

"Nor dread nor hope attend" - William Butler Yeats; Death... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8453361-Death-by-William-Butler-Yeats

[Danik 2016]

Synthetic and to the point.


"Overnight, it seems, the butterfly bush,"."To Stand Astonished" by Terry Kennedy
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/tostandastonished.shtml

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Love this... a very contemplative poem. Enjoyed :)

"People in the neighborhood called him The Writer" - Anne Pierson Wiese; The Writer... https://www.versedaily.org/2011/thewriter.shtml

[Danik 2016]

"The Writer." A kind of short story poem. Sad but enjoyed.

A poem by a poet with a "Q " in her name:
"That we might be rootless, ruthless, industrious, dust—"Caisson" by Carol Quinn
http://www.versedaily.org/2009/caisson.shtml

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Enigmatic poem for me... I see death and its aftermath disjointed here... and there. Enjoyed :)

"Rust is the reliable color of" - Marilyn Yung; Rust... https://marilynyung.com/2020/08/31/an-ode-to-rust/

[Danik 2016]

re " Caisson": Seems to me a spirit visiting earth after death.

Interesting poem and very fitting image. Never stopped to think about rust as a color that combines degradation and resilience.

"Strings slide in" . "The Cello" by Andrea Potos
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/thecello.shtml

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Craving a bit of Yo Yo Ma now... Enjoyed :)

"The art of losing isn’t hard to master;" - Elizabeth Bishop; One Art... https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/literary-analyses/an-analysis-of-one-art-by-elizabeth-bishop/

[Danik 2016]

Liked the poem by EB and the analysis. Wasn’t aware that the poet herself had suffered so many severe losses.

"Under vague silver moonlight"."The Trees At Night" by William Kerr
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/william-kerr/trees-at-night-37821

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"The lonely lovely trees sigh / For summer spent and gone:" Enjoyed :)

"Vultures on Route One-Six-Three, - Ron Singer; Vultures on Route 163... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/4737/vultures-on-route-163.html

[Danik 2016]

Dark but true poem about predation.


"Warm-hearted shining silver lyre"."Sonnet of Homage to Manuel de Falla Offering Him Flowers" by Federico Garcia Lorca
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/2835/sonnet-of-homage-to-manuel-de-falla-offering-him-flowers.html
Manuel de Falla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeSfJiuGJQE

PS- The funny thing about poetryatlas is that sometimes the poems appear to me and other times they don't because of copyright restrictions.

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"clean algebra of tranquil brow,"... Enjoyed Lorca's poem and the music and dancer :)

(I forgot)

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

"Made up of tiny fibers" - Curtis X Meyer; Acrostic: Material... https://allpoetry.com/poem/2814196-Acrostic--Material-by-Curtis-X-Meyer

[Danik 2016]

Ingenious acrostic!

It's fine . I'm using it as long as it works.


"Ye flags of Piccadilly,"."Ye Flags of Piccadilly" by Arthur Hugh Clough
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/993/ye-flags-of-piccadilly.html

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Enjoyed :) AllPoetry offers some context which was lost on me: https://allpoetry.com/Ye-Flags-of-Picadilly

"Zigzag lines" - Kathy apRoberts; Z-O-D-I-A-C... https://www.kathyaproberts.com/acrostic-poetry/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, on me too.

Charming acrostic!

"And we just had to show up,"."When Love was in Fashion" by Francine Witte
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/whenlovewasinfashion.shtml

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Beautiful poem ! Enjoyed :)

"Bloom — is Result — to meet a Flower" - Emily Dickinson; Bloom — is Result — to meet a Flower... https://www.transitionhabitat.org/blog/2023/2/13/bloom-emily-dickinson-6sjbc

[Danik 2016]

I think this is one of the most charming poems by E D. Enjoyed poem and video very much.
Found this complement to the poem : https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/02/04/universe-in-verse-bloom/

"Consider the meteorite,"."Counterglow" by John S. Williams
http://www.versedaily.org/2020/counterglow.shtml

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Enjoyed The Marginalian article very much :) I used to read The Marginalian from my email once in a while but got out of the habit.

A poem of angst (depicted by Google AI as Edvard Munch's The Scream)... despair. To add a little light - I enjoyed it :)

"Depart in joy from this world's noise and strife" - Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Translation of a Latin inscription... by the Rev. W. L. Bowles in Nether-Stowey Church... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/5069/translation-of-a-latin-inscription.html

[Danik 2016]

The Scream- interesting association.


A beautiful inscription!

"eighty year sleep".."On Leaving Los Angeles" by Walter Wykes
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/2372/on-leaving-los-angeles.html

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Contemporary poet/play writer... I'm clueless on what the poem means...

"For the first time, on the road north of Tampico," - Naomi Shihab Nye ; Making a Fist... ... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-063/making-a-fist/

[Danik 2016]

re Walter Wykes: I didn't find any context or analysis.

Disturbing subtle poem about life and death. Enjoyed!


"Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leave". “Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?” by Ron Koertge
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-007/do-you-have-any-advice-for-those-of-us-just-starting-out/

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Excellent Ars Poetica !!! Will use it in the next Thursdays at Two poetry session in our segment of sharing poems by another author... Enjoyed :)

"Here is my gift, not roses on your grave," - Anna Akhmatova; In Memory Of M. B.*... https://allpoetry.com/In-Memory-Of-M.-B.

*To the Memory of M.B.: Anna Akhmatova penned this poem in memory of Mikhail Bulgakov in March 1940, shortly after Bulgakov’s death.

[Danik 2016]

Just got a banned notice! :(

[Danik 2016]

:) :) Intense poem! More about Bulgakov: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bulgakov. Link didn't work for me, but found the poem at All Poetry.


"I see a candelabra of branches".""This Patch Where the Light Cannot Reach" by Cindy Veach
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/thispatchwherethelight.shtml

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re: Banned... random, yes.

Bulgakov: Intense writer, and doctor, in turbulent times :)

Wonderful poem with intriguing language... Enjoyed :)

"Just as a little olive offshoot grows" - Jan Kochanowski; Lament V... https://www.poemist.com/jan-kochanowski/lament-v

[Danik 2016]

Very sad poem! Hope everyone is well?



"Kind Heaven will oft a lesson give".The Swan." by William Hayley
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/william-hayley/swan-18239

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Death has visited my church family once more... immediate family doing ok.

Harrowing tale... Enjoyed :)

"Life is a swift, deep river" - Karl Flaster; Life... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=940977

[Danik 2016]

So sorry to learn that!


Liked this poem about the brevity of life!

"My language is a Bedouin thief, delighting in foreign sands;"."Wanderlust Ghazal" by Dipika Mukherjee
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/wanderlustghazal.shtml

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Wonderful language to explore :) Enjoyed.

"Night comes, a Madonna clad in scented blue." - Louise C. Wallace; Night... https://songofamerica.net/song/night-5/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed poem and song. A tenor almost soprano voice.

"Outside town, past the house of the carpenter,"Nocturne" by Melissa Kwasny
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/nocturne_mk.shtml

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"Pill bottles line my cabinet like little dancers / ready to perform." Unusual poem, but enjoyable :)

"Pink soft hands, yellow rippling wine, " - Lu You; Tender hands... https://www.cn-poetry.com/luyou-poems/tender-hands-poem.html

[Danik 2016]

Delicate poem,though I usually have the feeling when I read this Chinese poems that they sound much better in Chinese.

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

"Man's life is like the morning dew,","Three Poems to my Wife" by Qin Jia
https://www.cn-poetry.com/qinjia-poems/three-poems-to-wife.html

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Sweet and tender poem (ruined by the English translation most likely)... Enjoyed :)

"Rocky shale, pale voile," - Paul Cameron Brown ; Blue*Eyed Grasses ... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/blue-eyed-grasses-13464435706

[Danik 2016]

Lovely pioneer poem!

"Small motors for taming grass moan the day not so hot, in the Times the columns of the dead are short ones"."Geometry" by Karen Kevorkian
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/geometry.shtml

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Wonderful images and language... Enjoyed :)

"They're coming! And it seems so long" - Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass; They're Coming!... https://allpoetry.com/They%27re-Coming!

[Danik 2016]

The link didn't open, but found the poem in All poetry. Charming poem about the coming of the flowers in spring.

"Underneath an apple-tree"."Apples Growing" by Will Carleton
https://www.poetrycat.com/will-carleton/apples-growing

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Sorry :( Again, I forgot to check the link (smacks head)... The ! was ignored... corrected.

Darling poem. Enjoyed :)

"Vision of beauty! there floats not a cloud " - Susanna Moodie; The Luminous Bow. ... https://www.poetrycat.com/susanna-moodie/the-luminous-bow

[Danik 2016]

Aiiiii! Welcome to the club!

Enjoyed this radiant poem!

"When I was a child I used to read"."Palanquin" by Matthew Zapruder
https://www.versedaily.org/2024/palanquin.shtml

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Enjoyed this personal retrospective :)

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

"The black dog approaches?" - Jenny Xie; Melancholia... https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/in-their-own-words/jenny-xie-on-melancholia

[Danik 2016]

Wow! A very original approach to poetry. I hope she arrives at a stage where she doesn't feel the need to explain it any more.

Interesting poetry site!

"You sit that plastic-wrapped heart down on my"."A Street to Fall on" by Afrizal Malna
https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/visiting-poet/visiting-poet-afrizal-malna

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"... light up a poem. Scent of / plastic and corpse perfume." Imaginative word play... lost on the context however... Enjoyed :)

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

"I come from ablaze" - Zoey Yazzie; Ultraviolet Velveteen and Corn—Husked Satin... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1651195/the-um-bundling-of-ultraviolet-velveteen-and-corn-husked-satin

[Danik 2016]

I think the content difficult too, we don't have context clues to these Indonesian poems. But there is an overall view of things floating and falling away that is catching. What I'm gathering from all this contemporary poems we are posting is that every kind of association and image is possible but that the general atmosphere is negative.

Stunning poem by Zoey Yazzie (three "zs" in one name is a feat in itself) as to form and content. All seems to be ablaze and yet holding its place!

"Any swan could put his wings around your neck;"."Myth" by Ekoko Omadeke
https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/ars-poetica/ekoko-omadeke

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Wow, a lot going on... especially liked the last three lines: "Deep within a kitchen cabinet someone hid a box.//When it opened, all the handwritten papers drowned/in soapy dishwater. Only the recipe for cornbread survived." Enjoyed :)

"but my yearning is dark with mirrors—" Scott Ferry; tiny-winged dinosaurs sing sweetly from the trees... https://www.versedaily.org/2025/tinywingeddinosaurssing.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Did you notice that the poems are getting crazier and crazier? Lewis Carrol must be happy!


"Cats sleep fat and walk thin"."Catalog" by Rosalie Moore
https://www.dennydavis.net/poemfiles/travel/catpoem2.htm poem 18th

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Lol... a sign of the times.

Enjoyed :) Reminds me a bit of cacian's poems :)

"Desire we past illusions to recall?" - William Wordsworth; Desire We Past Illusions To Recall... https://poetrycatalog.com/desire-we-past-illusions-to-recall-william-wordsworth/

[Danik 2016]

True-Cacian where are you?

interesting poem and image

Strong wind here. See if I can post the link of the poem.


"Everything dies, I said. How had that started?"."Walking home", poem 31 by Marie Hove
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-031/walking-home/

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Endearing poem... Enjoyed :)

Mid-Winter there... has it been mild? Our Summer has been moderate overall :)

"FAIRY KING." - Juliana Horatia Ewing ; The Blue-Bells On The Lea... https://allpoetry.com/The-Blue-Bells-on-The-Lea

[Danik 2016]

We are having a regular winter this year.Temperatures in the morning and evening usually about 12-15 grades, in the afternoon 22-27.


Enjoyed this fairy tale poem!

"God gave a Loaf to every Bird —"."God gave a Loaf to every Bird" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-gave-loaf-to-every-bird.html

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:)

"Hence loathed Melancholy," - John Milton; L'Allegro... https://allpoetry.com/L%27Allegro

[Danik 2016]

Mythological stories in a nutsheĺl :)!


"I am the surrounded voice"." History on Behalf of My Children” by Gloria Bird
https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/poetry-environmental-justice/allison-hedge-coke-1

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From the author: "As a poet, this poem led me to allow the earth, her people in different forms, to speak truths to power through the poetry of engagement." Enjoyed very much :)

"Just as my watch was done the fog had lifted," - Wilfrid Wilson Gibson; The Lighthouse... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/lighthouse-4

[Danik 2016]

impressive narrative poem. Enjoyed very much!


Knock on the door, and you shall have an answer!"."Knock on the door!"
https://allpoetry.com/Knock-On-The-Door

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I'm thinking introvert... Enjoyed the poem and analysis :)

"Loses his position on worksheet or page in textbook" - Tom Wayman; The Poet... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-015/the-poet/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! This poet image describes a mental retarded . Poor poet!

"My stray paws the door to go out to go in"."Dog Logic" by Aaron Brown
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/doglogic.shtml

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Hmmm... I was thinking the poet had Alzheimer's.

Lol... neurotic doggie poem... Enjoyed :)

"Now will we plunge into the frigid dark," - Charles Baudelaire ; Autumn Song... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/autumn-song-26294817396

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this Autumn Song. Enjoying also the chilly weather and the mild winter sun.


"On the coffin-sized back porch", "Happiness " by Lewis Meyers
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/happiness.shtml

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A Baudelaire reference... albeit of boredom; an odd tension to this happiness. Enjoyed :)

"Poets make pets of pretty, docile words: " - Elinor Wylie; Pretty Words... https://www.thereader.org.uk/featured-poem-pretty-words-by-elinor-wylie/

[Danik 2016]

Charming poem and prose text.The idea of sawing words, there is so much to be sawed today. Tried to open the site, but no joy.

Poem by an author with "Q" in his name.

"Ere creation, who could tell"."The Riddle ". by Qu Yian . It's a very long poem but seemed interesting.
https://www.cjvlang.com/Pfloyd/quyuan.html

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Sorry about the link, must be a regional thing (org.uk) :(

Roger Waters/Pink Floyd were influenced by this poem... Impressive. A question poem throughout... of mythologies and histories intertwined ? Enjoyed :)

"Red blur of cardinal," - Cindy Veach; If I Forgive You... http://www.versedaily.org/2018/ififorgiveyou.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Never mind!


"Slowed down, stopped. And with a sigh" ."Subway Elegy" by Nan Cohen
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/subwayelegy.shtml

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Interesting vignette reminding me of my times riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit rails (B.A.R.T.)... Enjoyed :)

"The railroad track is miles away," - Edna St Vincent Millay; Travel... https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/travel

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed só much this travel poem.

"Under a toadstool crept a wee Elf,". "The Elf and the Doormouse" by Oliver Herford
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-elf-and-the-dormouse

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Lolol :) A delightful tale... Enjoyed :)

"Visionaries seldom find respite" - Cherene Sherrard; The Dictator's Wife, or Mildred Aristide Prepares to Address the Congressional Black Caucus... https://www.versedaily.org/2017/thedictatorswifemildredaristide.shtml

[Danik 2016]

Can't say that I understand every image but intuitively I agree with this poem.

"Who is this woman in my mirror,"."Mirror" by Barbara Crooker
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/mirror.shtml

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Ah, yes... mirrors can be so unkind.

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

"I am a cloud in the sky," - Xu Zhimo; Chance... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8600881-Chance-by-Xu-Zhimo

[Danik 2016]

Wonderful images! Enjoyed this surgically precise poem


"You who gave your wings for more water,"."Desert Stink Beetle" by David Groff
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/desertstinkbeetle.shtml

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Ode to a Desert Stink Beetle... Enjoyed :)

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

"There are all ages and all trades on this bus:" - Xu Zhimo; On the Bus... https://www.chasingthemodern.com/poetry

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much this poem! The setting ist modern, but the delicacy of the images remains the same of th3 classical Chinese poets.

"At her Junior High School graduation,"."Song" by Eamon Grennam
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14371783-Song-by-Eamon-Grennan

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Enjoyed this retrospective vignette... :)

"Below the down the stranded town" - John Davidson; A Cinque Port... https://allpoetry.com/A-Cinque-Port

[Danik 2016]

Elegant verses describing deep changes in a port town. Enjoyed!

"Clasp your arms round her neck to-night,"."Little Nell" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8544823-Little-Nell-by-Marietta-Holley

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Such a tender poem done with ambiguity so to better the tension. The analysis and other readers' thoughtful comments are enlightening but none concrete... Enjoyed :)

"Don't lock me in wedlock, I want" - Denise Levertov; About Marriage... https://allpoetry.com/poem/15757250-About-Marriage-by-Denise-Levertov

[Danik 2016]

Little Nell. Found these possible references: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Trent and much younger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Organ


These beautiful poem got me first interested in the poetry of Denise Levertov.

"Every year the swallows come"."Swallows" by A. E. Stallings
http://www.versedaily.org/2021/swallows.shtml

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Enjoyed the wikis of the beloved Little Nell :)

Busy, busy Swallows returning every year... Incredible poem... Enjoyed :)

"Flute flourish not without agony between cadaverous branches, broken the young hear voices." - Vibrant Oddities; Red Reaper Swallow Bending Earth Mother... https://allpoetry.com/poem/16054098-Red-Reaper-Swallow-Bending-Earth-Mother-by-Vibrant-Oddities

[Danik 2016]

Lol!Very modern in structure and content! Vibrant Oddities surpassing herself! Enjoyed rhythm and alterations.


Quandry, By: Bimal Arial

https://poetrycatalog.com/quandry-bimal-aryal/

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"She breaks the shackles of morality;" seems out of place unless there was a law given not to pass... perhaps: "She breaks the shackles of" mortality... Enjoyed :)

"Heaven" has different Signs—to me—" - Emily Dickinson; Heaven has different Signs—to me... https://allpoetry.com/Heaven-has-different-Signsto-me

[Danik 2016]

Yes,it certainly makes more sense.Unless the law doesn't allow anyone to fly over the gate. But maybe Bimal isn't native in English.

A typical ED poem, but not a difficult one. Enjoyed!

"I have often wondered of a life without cheese."."I Love You, Although You Smell Like Feet", By: Calliope Irving
https://poetrycatalog.com/i-love-you-although-you-smell-like-feet-calliope-irving/

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... Love it ! :)

"Jazz man was full of rhythm in orange and red" - PinkFaerie5; Jazz Man's Blues... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17498434-Jazz-Man-s-Blues--by-PinkFaerie5

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this jazzy poem!


"KING CANUTE was weary hearted; he had reigned for years a score,"."King Canute" by William Thackeray
https://www.poemine.com/William-Makepeace-Thackeray/King-Canute.html

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"lampreys served to dinner"... yeuch! "King Canute is dead and gone: Parasites exist alway."... Enjoyed :)

"Lo, how they weave - the imperturbable three -" - Adelaide Crapsey; The Event... https://www.poemine.com/Adelaide-Crapsey/The-Event.html

[Danik 2016]

interesting thou despondent poem. About the 3 Parcas which weave the destiny's of humans. Enjoyed! To me the poem transmits the poet's feeling of acceptance and resignation.

"My lost tadpole returned in a hopping ball of dust."."Pond Glimmer" by Rebekah Remington
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/pondglimmer.shtml

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I love the word 'glimmer', it has a special meaning for me :) Enjoyed this poem very much :)

"nothing exists time" - MCW; senryu 25/6/13a... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18477346-senryu-25-6-13a-by-MCW

[Danik 2016]

Not sure I agree, but it is a different way of looking at some things. Enjoyed!


"Oh, Pamela, I've not forgotten how"."Utopias Demise" by Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/utopiasdemise.shtml

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I agree.

A privileged utopian life as children lost after leaving the nest, I guess.

"Privilege hides in plain sight" - Poetry Accident; Pedigree... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17482275-Pedigree-by-Poetry-Accident

[Danik 2016]

Rhimes sometimes a bit forced, but poem ok.


Poem by a poet with "Q" in his name

"The bowers lost in mist,".""Treading on Grass - At an Inn of Chenzhou
- Poetry of Qin Guan
https://www.cn-poetry.com/qinguan-poems/inn-of-chenzhou.html

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Touching, wistful, nostalgic poem in English... I would think more so in the native language... wondrous... Enjoyed :)

"Rose from a repeat of pain" - OpenLeapling ; Seen by Who ... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17652444-Seen-by-Who-by-OpenLeapling

[Danik 2016]

Poem about one's place in the world. Some reiterative verses that remind of the structure of the villanelle.


"Sometimes we give them a hard time, the martyrs."."Martyrs" by Claudine Toutoungi
https://www.versedaily.org/2024/martyrs.shtml

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A bit lost in this poem, though I enjoyed the music and dance references :)

"There’s something about the saxophone," - Yumpy; Golden Whispers (A reflection and POV poem)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18552560-Golden-Whispers--A-reflection-and-POV-poem---by-Yumpy

[Danik 2016]

A bit generally lost myself, discovered Word has wanished from my tablet just when I need it badly (free).

Enjoyed this poem about music very much! A discovery!

"Umbrageous cedars murmuring symphonies"."Hamlet" by Walter de Lá Mare
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/walter-de-la-mare/hamlet-33532

[tailor STATELY]

Word: oh, no!... Libre Office, Open Office, Google Docs... all free are what I use.

Love Walter De La Mare's poetry... this is a side I hadn't seen of him yet: wonderful images and language... Enjoyed :)

“Vanity loves to read my poetry” - Tangible Joy; Vainglorious... https://allpoetry.com/poem/13474081-Vainglorious-by-Tangible-Joy




“Vanity loves to read my poetry”

[Danik 2016]

oh no. not banned again

[Danik 2016]

Free in terms. They all want your data.

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"Wearing deep-cleated snow shoes,"."Conjuration" by Laura Foley
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/conjuration.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

A delightful poem :) Enjoyed!

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

"In spring the river rises to meet the sea,"- Zhang Ruoxo; Spring River Flower Moon a Moonlit Night... https://100tangpoems.wordpress.com/2024/02/15/zhang-ruoxo/

[Danik 2016]

Wonderful poem, tailor and careful translator.The Chinese lyricism. is unsurpassed. There seem to be very few poems of this author or you could use him for "z" too.


"You will journey many a weary day and long,"."Song of the Swallow" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/Summer-Song-Of-The-Swallow

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Breathtaking poem... so well crafted. Enjoyed :)

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

"A flowering orchid in spring, " - Zhang Jiuling; ORCHID AND ORANGE I ... https://100tangpoems.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/orchid-and-orange/

Oh... I may miss a turn, I'll be incommunicado for a bit.

[Danik 2016]

No worries! Hope all is well with you!

Loved that poem and the lovelyy ilustrations.

"A din Akkadian seeps in my room,"The Last Poet of Sumer,"
May 3, 2024 by Eric Chevlen
https://poetrycatalog.com/the-last-poet-of-sumer-eric-chevlen/

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Interesting perspective... a poem pressed in clay from the days of Sumer... Enjoyed :)

"Barque of phosphor" - Wallace Stevens; Fabliau Of Florida... https://allpoetry.com/Fabliau-Of-Florida

[Danik 2016]

:)

Magical images! Enjoyed so much!

"Come, gentle sleep, with the holy night,". "Sleep" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8544793-Sleep-by-Marietta-Holley

(Trying to answer during the day as banning algorithm usually prowls late at night in search of victims).

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It's a pesky beast for sure, lol... :)

A powerful poem about sleep and the hoped for influences... Enjoyed :)

"Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes," - Carl Sandburg; Jazz Fantasia... https://allpoetry.com/Jazz-Fantasia

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this musical poem!


"EARLY in the morning I hear on your piano"."EARLY in the morning I hear on your piano" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://allpoetry.com/Early-In-The-Morning-I-Hear-On-Your-Piano

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Delightful little poem... :)

"Faeries, faeries, in the night," - Mr.Whimsy; Faeries, Faeries... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14487705--i-class--fa-fa-thumb-tack--title--Pinned-to-profile----i--nbsp-F-by-Mr.Whimsy/

[Danik 2016]

Charming poem!

"Giving up three for one!" - mother,". "Three For Three.
By Pamela S. Vining, (J. C. Yule)

https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/pamela-s-vining/three-for-three-34467

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Heartfelt poem of sacrifice and a longing separation and love... Enjoyed :)

"had a poem" - Danimal; where's the paper... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18238018-wheres-the-paper-by-Danimal (I can relate)

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poetica.


"In his arm-chair, warmly cushioned,"."Harry the First" by Marrieta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/Harry-The-First

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Family pride and love... most enjoyable :)

"Jelly Roll Morton upon his black keys whisper jazz dreams, musicians reveal dancing pumpkins." - Vibrant Oddities ; Marvelous Mr. Toshi In Jazz Dreamland... https://allpoetry.com/poem/16797480-Marvelous-Mr.-Toshi-In-Jazz-Dreamland--by-Vibrant-Oddities/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed that jazzy fantasy, its images, its rhythm and its alliterations.

"Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!"."Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!" by Cristina Rossetti
https://www.poemine.com/Christina-Rossetti/Kookoorookoo-Kookoorookoo.html
(All poetry's link didn't work)

[tailor STATELY]

A great way to start the day (minus the crowing rooster) Enjoyed :)

"Looking back" - Leith Rutan; Leopard Eyes... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17755857-Leopard-Eyes-by-Leith-Rutan

[Danik 2016]

Very synthetic as a good poem should be!

"My therapist" Love Letter" by Connie Post
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/loveletter.shtml

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Wow. :)

"narwhal ivory" - Jim baruffi; [ narwhal ivory ]... https://allpoetry.com/poem/15922571---narwhal-ivory----by-jim-baruffi

[Danik 2016]

A bit cryptic

"Others will picture him on the bench," "Coda" by David Starkey
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/coda.shtml

[tailor STATELY]

Agree

Couldn't ID who A.G. was, but it is quite an homage poem... Enjoyed :)

"poets are now ubiquitous" - Nooshin azadi; [ poets are now ubiquitous ]... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18588705---poets-are-now-ubiquitous---by-nooshin-azadi

[Danik 2016]

Probably the author doesn't want him identified, unless by people who knew him during his life.

ironic poem!


Poem by a poet with "Q" in his name
"Beneath the Yu Gu Terrace flow the clear"."Written on the Cliff at Zaokou in Jiangxi Province)" by Xin-Qiji
https://www.classicchinesepoetry.com/tag/xin-qiji/

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Ironic that later 'poets' changed the second couplet; "tweaked" to tweak contemporary authorities... still I enjoyed :)

"Rain, rain, sweet warm rain," - Sydney Thompson Dobell; A Shower In War-Time... https://www.poemine.com/Sydney-Thompson-Dobell/A-Shower-In-War-Time.html

[Danik 2016]

Xin-Qiji must be very popular in China for they taking that kind of liberty with his poems.

Curious poem. It starts as a poem about a rainshower at the time rain wasn't so destructive as today and one liked to watch it.Then it changes direction several times so that it seems various poems in one.

"She sang beyond the genius of the sea."."The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens
https://allpoetry.com/The-Idea-of-Order-at-Key-West

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Complex poem. I liked the AI's take on the poem, but felt there was something more and just a moment of research found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_of_Order_at_Key_West Turns out it's a very important poem in the American canon... Enjoyed :)

"The grass is spreading out across the plain," - Bai Juyi; Grass... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8557409-Grass-by-Bai-JuYi

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the link, tailor! Didn't know this poem was so important! :) There are discrepancies: the title seems not to fit a poem about a singing woman!


"Under mossy oak and pine"."Creole Serenade" by Madison Julius Cawetn
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/madison-julius-cawein/creole-serenade-11323

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Beautiful abab cdcd... ijij poem. Enjoyed :)

"Vacuous hole swallows me into my own mind, as I reflect on every little thing" -
Di Gioia; Void... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17161308-Void--by-Di-Gioia

[Danik 2016]

A !00 tons poem!

"Waving in our doorway, a tiny Tom Brady"."Halloween Parade, Children's Hospital Boston" by Scott Frey
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/halloweenparadechildrenshospitalboston.shtml

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:)

A sad and (Je ne sais quoi)/surreal? poem. "Make no mistake: our kids are hiding / from Death, who long has prowled these halls." Interesting, albeit strange, images. Enjoyed :)

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

"If you want to pick flowers, you have to hike." - Ho Xuan Huong; Picking Flowers... https://allpoetry.com/Picking-Flowers

[Danik 2016]

I don't see it as surreal, tailor. I understood they are children with severe illnesses"in this wing for injured brains and struggling lungs" who are dressed up for a Halloween Parade as a way of bringing a bit of fun to them.I think, there is a combination of the mock horror of the parade and the real horror of the illnesses.We have that in some hospitals of Brazil.


"Ye holy Towers that shade the wave-worn steep,"."Bamborough Castle
By William Lisle Bowles
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/william-lisle-bowles/bamborough-castle-9297

[tailor STATELY]

Ah.

Nice sonnet. https://www.bamburghcastle.com/ :)


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

"Wind and rain escorted Spring's departure," - Mao Zedong; Ode to the Plum Blossom... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-35441

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Didn’t think that the castle still existed and could be visited.

Nice poem by Mao.


"As I lie at rest on a patch of clover"."Black Swans"
A poem by Andrew Barton Paterson
https://allpoetry.com/Black-Swans

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Nostalgic poem woven with black swans and their flight... Enjoyed :)

"Beyond the sea, beyond the sea," - Thomas Love Peacock; Beyond the Sea... https://allpoetry.com/Beyond-the-Sea

[Danik 2016]

Lovely nostalgic poem!

"Calico pie," "Calico Pie" by Edward Lear
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/edward-lear/calico-pie-23368

[tailor STATELY]

Cute poem :)

"Doors barred tight against stronger gusts" - Robyn selters; As the Flame Flickers... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18290218-As-the-Flame-Flickers-by-robyn-selters

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem, specially the first verse!

"Eagle-heart, child-heart, bonnie lad o' dreams,"Love And Art.
By Charles Hamilton Musgrove
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/charles-hamilton-musgrove/love-and-art-27830

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Appears to be a choice between the vocation/avocation of art as a lover and a maiden... Enjoyed :)

"From the depths of fertile soil," - MyAngels3; Brave Enough To Sing... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17560274-Brave-Enough-To-Sing-by-MyAngels3

[Danik 2016]

What I mostly enjoyed is the interesting illustration of the poem.


"Gayly a knight set forth against the foe,"."Gloria theTrue" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/Gloria-The-True

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Enjoyed... a true knight receiving his reward :)

"Heart, not so heavy as mine" - Emily Dickinson; Heart, not so heavy as mine... https://allpoetry.com/Heart,-not-so-heavy-as-mine

[Danik 2016]

Unusually lighthearted poem by ED. Enjoyed!

"It's no small grace"."Grace" by Donna Hilbert
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/grace.shtml

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... "before the day goes wrong." Not very optimistic... Enjoyed :)

"Jazz funeral in New Orleans," - Justa-Geezer; Final exit from New Orleans... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18324641-Final-exit-from-New-Orleans.-by-Justa-Geezer

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! Reminds me of the funerals here of Carnival and Samba celebrities, where friends and family play the favorite songs at the funeral.


"Kindness soothes the bitter anguish,"."Kindness" by Eliza Gurney
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/eliza-paul-kirkbride-gurney/kindness-17072

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Sweet poem, we need more kindness and gratefulness... Enjoyed :)

"Lost so long ago" - Florida Sunshine; Lost... https://allpoetry.com/poem/2788526-Lost-by-Florida-Sunshine

[Danik 2016]

It's not so my cup of tea but ok.

"My father came to this country"."Not my Country" by Andrew Payton
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/notmycountry.shtml

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A shipwreck... landing in a Mexican province (Michoacán), 7-generations... feeling like aliens to the country... Enjoyed :)

"No beauty exists," - Shahaf Yefet ; Yes... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17636245-Yes-by-Shahaf-Yefet

[Danik 2016]

Simple, touching verses. Was a bit confused here about the meaning :"A friend will let know,
when you’re in need of help."

"Once through an autumn wood"."Confort" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8544871-Comfort-by-Marietta-Holley

[tailor STATELY]

I read the poem as 4-couplets where the 2nd is a metaphor for the first and the 4th a metaphor for the 3rd.

The AI must have a faith filter... I see adversity and trials that ultimately bring us closer to our Savior; or maybe I'm just wired that way. Enjoyed :)

"preloved journals of literature set in place" - Twistoftroy: The Bookcase... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18436166-The-Bookcase--by-Twistoftroy

[Danik 2016]

Yes! :)

Enjoyed the poem plus the charming illustration!

Poem by an author with two "Qs" in his name:
"You were foreordained to find the source."."Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward
- Poetry of Qian Qi
https://www.cn-poetry.com/qianqi-poetry/farewell-japanese-buddhist-priest.html

[tailor STATELY]

2-Q's! Wonderful tapestry/hanging/artwork... "The water and the moon are as calm as your faith"... Enjoyed :)

"Row a boat alone in the river," - Pu Songling; The song of plucking the lotus flower... https://www.cn-poetry.com/pusongling-poems/plucking-lotus-flower.html

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful picture a d a charming poem, but the translation is not so good. Enjoyed though!


"She sat in the cottage door, and the fair June moon looked down". "Roses of June" by Marietta Holley.
https://allpoetry.com/Roses-Of-June

[tailor STATELY]

Sorrowful poem; the AI analysis does it justice... Enjoyed :)

"the indomitable snow woman cannot be tamed" - Adnama17; the indomitable snow woman... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17886338-the-indomitable-snow-woman-by-Adnama17

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this indomitable snow feminism!


"Underneath a sycamore tree I am sitting on a bench"."It’s the Real Thing" by Christine Gosnay
http://www.versedaily.org/2017/itstherealthing.shtml