Alphabetical Poem First Lines

[Danik 2016]

Dylan Thomas incredible weird images! Enjoyed this poem very much!

"My soul is sailing through the sea,"."Barnacles" by Sidney Lanier
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/sidney-lanier/barnacles/

[tailor STATELY]

Our mortal baggage as barnacles... Enjoyed :)

"No stir in the air, no stir in the sea," - Robert Southey; The Inchcape Rock... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/robert-southey/the-inchcape-rock/

[Danik 2016]

Wonderful Balad! Enjoyed!

"One autumn night, when the wind was high,"Popping Corn" by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/anonymous/popping-corn/

[tailor STATELY]

Delightful poem!... Enjoyed :)

"Poetry is the creation of prisms" - Joy Lenton; Creation of prisms... https://poetryjoy.com/2022/02/17/prism-seeing-life-through-the-lens-of-poetry/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for this interesting page. Differently from many other poets, Joy seems to have a rational approach to
poetry.

May is already gone, but I am delighted to find a legit "q" poem in English
"Queen of months, supremely fair,"."Ode To May"
by Peter Burn
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/peter-burn/ode-to-may/

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed the legitimate 'q' poem. I love May too, even with 31-days it passes too soon :)

#5 "Run, run, thou tiny rill;" - Anonymous; The Little Rill... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-water/

[Danik 2016]

:)

Liked the song of the little rill.

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,"."To Autumn"
by John Keats
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/john-keats/to-autumn/

[tailor STATELY]

Classic... "The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; / And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." :)

"Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter
with bread." - Rumi; The Self We Share... https://msbunburyist.wordpress.com/2023/05/30/12-of-the-best-rumi-poems-that-everyone-must-read/

[Danik 2016]

"The wine you offer takes me out of myself into/the self we share. Doing that is religion.":).

"Up from the South, at break of day,"."Sheridan's Ride"
by Thomas Buchanan Read
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/leadership-poems/ #2

[tailor STATELY]

Winchester, né Rienzi... Enjoyed :)

#6 "Violet, violet, sparkling with dew," - Hannah Flagg Gould; The Wild Violet... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/violet-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Delightful Violet poem!

"When the tea is brought at five o'clock,"."Milk for the Cat" by Harold Monro
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/cat-poems/ #8

[tailor STATELY]

Sweet, sweet poem... Loved it :)

Poet with a 'x' in their name:

"Death always takes the shape" - Xavier Villaurrutia; Nocturne: The Bedroom ... https://allpoetry.com/Nocturne:-The-Bedroom

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful, intense poem, reminds me a bit of Dylan Thomas.

"Ye careless souls, be wise,"."Time is Precious"
by Peter Burn
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/peter-burn/time-is-precious/

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, and Neruda perhaps :)

"Awake from lethargy! / Behold, time swiftly flies, / Like lightning o'er the skies, / Into eternity." Almost like a psalm. Enjoyed :)

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

"While I don't see you, I don't shed a tear " - Adam Mickiewicz; Uncertainty... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8532077-Uncertainty-by-Adam-Mickiewicz

[Danik 2016]

A grammar question: why do you US Americans usually write "in their name" instead of "in his name" or "in her name" depending of the gender?

Wonderful poem about emotional ambiguity(stealing the terms from ia).

Another poem by the same poet, I like him.

"A rich and lovely country wide unrolled,"."The Pilgrim" by Adam Mickiewicz
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8532061-The-Pilgrim-by-Adam-Mickiewicz

[tailor STATELY]

Vanity :) I just cut and paste using 'their' then I don't have to bother with the pronouns.

Enjoyed this complicated poem :)

"Beautiful, beautiful summer!" - Hannah Augusta Moore; June in Maine... https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/june-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

Beautiful June poem. Enjoyed the site.

"A Cat Might Sit up in a Tree"."A Cat Might Sit up in a Tree
by Annette Wynney
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/cat-poems/

[tailor STATELY]

So true... Enjoyed :)

"Dark lies the earth, and bright with worlds the sky:" - Emma Lazarus; Aspiration... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/aspiration-56384073350

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem about frail humanity and the majestic skies.

Ooops! Some hole hear. Completing with "b" and "c" poems and adding the "e" poem.

"Brand new pupil came to school"."The Little New Pupil"
by Annette Wynne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/annette-wynne/the-little-new-pupil/

"Chatter of birds two by two raises a night song joining a litany of running"."Prairie Waters by Night"
by Carl Sandburg
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/carl-sandburg/prairie-waters-by-night/

Now the "e" poem so the next will be "f":
"EVEN in the bluest noonday of July,"."To Mrs. Will. H. Low"
From Underwoods (1913) by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/july-poems/

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... I thought your 'a cat' poem was counting for a 'c' poem, but ok :)

"He's but a kitten gray." Delightful poem :)
"the willows drowse and sleep on the shoulders of the running water." A bit run on but enjoyed :)
I hadn't realized that Robert Louis Stevenson had had such a short life (1850–1894)... A rather grim poem but enjoyable :)

#36 "First the little boats that dream" - Ruby Archer; When the Tide Comes in... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/beach-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Oh, well! No problem!

Cute boat poem! A friendly tide comes in.

"Grown with grass and with tangled"."The Old Stone Quarry"
by Ellen P. Allerton
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-rocks/ #10

[tailor STATELY]

"There are human souls that seem to me
Like this unwrought stone—for all you see—
Is a shapeless quarry of what might be," Morose. Enjoyed :)

"Have I dreamed? or was it real," - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Epimetheus Or The Poet's Afterthought... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/epimetheus-or-the-poet-s-afterthought-68890525541

[Danik 2016]

A bit spectral. I'm rather in a sad mood today.


"If thou must love me, let it be for nought"."If You Must Love Me"
by Elisabeth Barrett Browning
https://new.allpoetry.com/Sonnet-XIV:-If-Thou-Must-Love-Me

[tailor STATELY]

So sorry to hear... Sending you positive thoughts :)

"But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity." Enjoyed this poem very much :)

"June" sang the river, "June" sang the sky;" - Annette Wynne; "June" Sang the River... https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=6748

[Danik 2016]

Thanks! :)

Cheerful June poem! Enjoyed!

"King Francis was a hearty king, and loved"."The Glove and the Lions" by Leigh Hunt
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/knight-in-shining-armor/ #4

[tailor STATELY]

My goodness! Such vanity I've never had related... Enjoyed :)

"Life (priest and poet say) is but a dream;" - Walter Savage Landor; The Dragon-Fly... https://allpoetry.com/The-Dragon-Fly

[Danik 2016]

Love this poem! But who says that insect souls are less eternal than ours?

"Mary thy violets are bright"."The Violets"
by Hannah Flagg Gould
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/violet-poems/ #4

[tailor STATELY]

I don't agree with the poet either. IMHO: Eternal, yes, but human souls are the literal spirit children of our Heavenly Father in my faith and so may become exalted beings.
• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2012/03/to-the-point/do-animals-have-spirits-what-happens-to-them-after-they-die?lang=eng
• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-47-exaltation?lang=eng

"A simple leaf may brush a tear, / Or chase a cloud of care away— / May touch, with pleasant sounds, the ear, / Illumine night, and brighten day." :) Enjoyed.

"Native moments! when you come upon me - Ah you are here now!" - Walt Whitman; Native Moment... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/native-moments-3216324066

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the links. I think this is the first time I read that a Christian Faith admits the idea of animals in heaven.:)

A strong and brave declaration of love by Walt Whitman! Enjoyed!

"Only in sleep I see their faces,"."Only in sleep" by Sara Teasdale
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-memories/

[tailor STATELY]

"I met their eyes and found them mild— / Do they, too, dream of me, I wonder, / And for them am I too a child?" Enjoyed :) Sara is becoming one of my favorites.

"Pearls of bated oxygen" - Kaysina Melody; I Refuse to Drown... https://new.allpoetry.com/poem/16240608-i_refuse_to_drown

[Danik 2016]

An original take!

A poem with its title starting with "q":

"Ho all you eager travelers!"."Quest"
by Winifred Webb
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/winifred-webb/quest/

[tailor STATELY]

"If you have found it, won't you tell / Its happy name to me?" Ah, wouldn't it be nice to edit out our bad memories... of course only if beneficial in the long run as we learn and grow from all experiences. Enjoyed :)

#20 "Roll on, roll on, you restless waves," - Aunt Effie; The Waves on the Sea-Shore... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/beach-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Nice, friendly poem about setting limits. Wondering whose aunt Effie is.

"Squat-nosed and broad, of big and pompous port;"."The Swashbuckler
by Madison Cawein
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/madison-cawein/the-swashbuckler/

[tailor STATELY]

Not exactly as I would imagine a swashbuckler, but enjoyed :)

"the night is calm and the breezes are free" - Robert Poleski; Jasmine Love... https://new.allpoetry.com/contest/2831073-Gold-Poems---Topic-that-starts-with-letter-J

[Danik 2016]

A very scented poem. Enjoyed!

A poem with a title starting with "u":
"The sleep of this night deepens"."Under Stars"
by Tess Gallagher
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48861/under-stars
https://poemanalysis.com/tess-gallagher/under-stars/

[tailor STATELY]

Long distance relationship via snailmail. Enjoyed :)

"vain mankind!" - Kobayashi Issa; Vain Mankind!...

vain mankind!
even in blossoming Kyoto
autumn wind

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Like the word snailmail.

Enjoyed the subtlety of the haiku.


"WHO will go drive with Fergus now,"."Who goes with Fergus?" by William Butler Yates
https://new.allpoetry.com/Who-Goes-With-Fergus-

[tailor STATELY]

Felt ambiguous about Fergus so did some digging:
Published in the Rose: Written early in Yeats's career and published in The Rose (1892), this short lyric draws on Irish myth to offer a ritualized invitation. It summons the youth to join Fergus — a mythic ruler who governs woods, sea and stars — promising escape from anxious love and private brooding. The poem reflects Yeats's early romantic interest in national mythology and symbolic, consolatory imagery rather than autobiographical detail. https://www.poetryverse.com/william-butler-yeats-poems/who-goes-with-fergus/poem-analysis... I would follow Fergus :) Enjoyed :)

Poem with an 'x' in the title:

"As you are both Malcolm's" - Joshua Bennett; X... https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/in-their-own-words/joshua-bennett-on-x

[Danik 2016]

:) Enjoyed the analysis!

No direct access to complete X poem. Your link doesn't work for me, other links I found on Google neither. Maybe blocked because it's a different country.

"Ye lonely peaks, with brows of ice!". "Swiss Mountains by Night"
by F.B. Money-Coutts
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-mountains/ #5

[tailor STATELY]

So sorry... it is a wonderful poem in my estimation and the page gave an author-analysis of the poem... that being said there are options to share the page, so I will hazard to quote the poem


X

As you are both Malcolm's
shadow & the black unknown
he died defending, I praise

your untold potential, the possible
worlds you hold within your body's
bladed frame. I love how you stand

in exultation, arms raised
to welcome the rain, the bolt,
whatever drops from the sky's slick shelf

without warning, as all plagues
do. Miracles too. & bombs that fall
from planes which hold men with eyes

aimed through long glass tubes. Tubes
that make a civilian's life look small.
Small enough to smoke. X marks the cross

-hairs, & the home an explosion turns to blur.
X marks the box on the form that bought
the bombs, paid the trigger man, sent

the senator's son off to school
without a drop of blood to temper
his smile, stain leather

boots, mar the occasion.
X: every algorithm's heart
-beat, how any & all adjacent

quantities bloom. A kiss.
How a signature knows
where to begin its looping

dance. Two hands balled
into fists, crossed
at the wrist, repping

the borough that gave
us b-boys, the Yankees,
my mother's left

hook, swift enough
to knock any living
thing off its feet

like a cartoon villain
bested by banana peel
or spilled oil, his eyes

now two black x's,
denoting absence.
The wrong answer

on a test. How
my great-great
grandfather,

who could not read,
rendered his name,
as if an homage

to his own opacity,
as if to say, I contain
the unthinkable, or, I abstain.

The analysis was featured in The Sobbing School (Penguin, 2016). All rights reserved. Reprinted courtesy of the author, so I wont quote from it.

Loved these lines: "Repentant of renouncèd love, / Lies at your feet the lake". Enjoyed :)

Poet with a 'z' in their name:

"The rudder breaks, the sails are ripped, the roar" - Adam Mickiewicz; The Storm... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8532067-The-Storm-by-Adam-Mickiewicz

[Danik 2016]

It's certainly not your fault. It's from a living author, so there are rules to be followed. But thanks for sharing it, it's a great poem indeed, much of US culture and history in a few lines! Enjoyed it very much.

Very intense and probably realistic representation of a storm and the reactions of the crew of the ship attacked by it. Interesting poet.



"A wish is quite a tiny thing"."A Wish Is Quite a Tiny Thing"
by Annette Wynne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/annette-wynne/a-wish-is-quite-a-tiny-thing/

[tailor STATELY]

"And builds a safe nest anywhere." Enjoyed :)

"Be gentle, O hands of a child;" - Walter De La Mare; Dreams... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/dreams-39566436687

[Danik 2016]

Delicate nostalgic poem

"Crocuses and violets,"."Crocuses and Violets" byHarvey Carson Grumbine
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/violet-poems/ #15

[tailor STATELY]

Cheery poem of 2-triolets. Enjoyed :)

"Dreaming for ever, vainly dreaming," - Thomas Moore; Dreaming For Ever... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/dreaming-for-ever-38012795405

[Danik 2016]

Delicate but pessimistic.


"The Shell and the Heart
by Ruby Archer
Even as the shell doth glow
To myriad tints of beauty
Only upon that side
Not buried in the sand
But yielded to the magic
Of the sun,—
So will the heart take on
Its fairest hues of joy—
The radiance of being—
Turned to that light ineffable
Of love.
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ruby-archer/the-shell-and-the-heart/



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[tailor STATELY]

Beautiful poem :)

"Floating!" - Bliss Carman; Down The Songo... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/down-the-songo-69578442006

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem! Made for dreamers.

"Good morning, pretty Butterfly!"."The Captive Butterfly"
by Hannah Flagg Gould
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-freedom/ #29

[tailor STATELY]

Delightful interactive poem of fancy... with a happy ending. Enjoyed :)

"How strange are dreams. Last night I dreamed about you." - Emma Wheeler Wilcox; Only In Dreams... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/only-in-dreams-82055776970

[Danik 2016]

Lol, a somewhat vindictive poem!

"I am myself—poor, foolish, weak—"."Addition" by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/friendship-poems/ #2

[tailor STATELY]

"My life is all a happy sum; / I'll add as long as figures come!" A simple calculus. Enjoyed :)

"June is here, the month of roses, month of brides and month of bees," - Edgar Albert Guest; June... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8470789-June-by-Edgar-Albert-Guest

[Danik 2016]

Nice, friendly June poem, but I sit here in the cold of a rainy day. I suppose the bees have all looked for shelter.
Still I much prefer this weather to the heat.

Poem by a poet with "k" in her nname
"Our blue sierras shone serene, sublime,"."A Mountain Storm" by Katharine Lee Bates
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/katharine-lee-bates/a-mountain-storm/

[tailor STATELY]

I agree with the heat aversion... trying not to use the AC until the triple digits come. Can tolerate 91°F/33°C or so in the house, Tinky too :(

"All nature seemed convulsed in some fierce crime, / And then a rainbow, and behold! the sun / Went comforting the harebells one by one;" Stormy weather. Enjoyed :)

"Listen! the sombre foliage of the Pine," - Paul Hamilton Hayne; The Pine's Mystery... https://allpoetry.com/The-Pine's-Mystery

[Danik 2016]

Some damp cloths strategically out of the reach of Tinky may help too. And ice cream and much, much water, for Tinky too.

A beautiful but dark nature poem. I love pines and never thought them sorrowful.

"Maids shout to breakfast in a merry strife,"."Farm Breakfast"
by John Clare
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/john-clare/farm-breakfast/

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this rustic poem :)

"Now when I sleep the thrush breaks through my dreams" - Fredegond Shove; A Dream In Early Spring... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/a-dream-in-early-spring-71983810483

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem about the ephemeral nature of life?

"Once a spider built a cobweb on a rainbow bright and gay,"A Rainbow Foundation"
by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/rainbow-poems/#9

[tailor STATELY]

""I'll be content / With foundations not so showy, but more firm and permanent!"" Enjoyed this spiritual poem :)

"Poet, a truce to your song!" - Richard Le Gallienne; Inscriptions (Of Poets And Poetry)... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/inscriptions-of-poets-and-poetry-62209354170

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem that exalts the small contributions.

Poem by a poet with 2 "qs" in his name
"Finches flash yellow through the Imperial"."To my Friend in the Capital"
by Qian Qi
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/5427/to-my-friend-in-the-capital.html

[tailor STATELY]

"But spring is no help to a man bewildered, / Who would be like a cloud upholding the Light of Heaven," Lovely, albeit melancholy poem of the imperial city. Enjoyed :)

#49 "Reflecting ragged" - Raymond Garfield Dandridge; A Brook... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-water/

[Danik 2016]

Charming river poem.

"Soft little hush songs heard in the night,"."Birds at Night"
by Amos Russel Wells
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/bird-poems/ #11

[tailor STATELY]

Likening one's soul to a bird in the night, delicate poem. Enjoyed :)

"'Tis once in life our dreams come true," - Edward Smyth Jones; Harvard Square... https://originalpoems.com/poem?id=24952

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem. Looked for a bio of the poet, to see if that was a real episode in his life, but wasn't lucky.

"Up o'er the tops of the mountains,"."The Rainbow"
by Lizzie F. Baldy
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/rainbow-poems/ #14

[tailor STATELY]

Edward Smyth Jones: https://poets.org/poet/edward-smyth-jones

"Can the loved ones who have left us / Wander down the golden stair, / Bringing heaven from God's palace, / So that heaven is everywhere?" Enjoyed :)

#20 "Voice of the sea that calls to me," - William Stanley Braithwaite; Voice of the Sea... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ocean-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the link with Jones' bio. Sadly the poem is the result of a real experience.

"I am part of your mystery—/Moved by the soul your own soul moves.".Enjoyed!

"WHERE shall we go for our garlands glad"." A Song of Autumn" by Adam Lindsay Gordon
https://new.allpoetry.com/A-Song-Of-Autumn

[tailor STATELY]

"But I go where the last year’s lost leaves go / At the falling of the year.’" Enjoyed :)

Poet with an 'x' in their name:

"for four out of the five years of its life, the Rafflesia arnoldii exists as a single strand of cells within" - Yin Xzi Ho; rafflesia in translation... https://allpoetry.com/poem/15295122-rafflesia-in-translation-by-Yin-Xzi-Ho

[Danik 2016]

One of your amazing discoveries, tailor: a budding poet. Loved the poem immensely, hope we will hear more from her.

"Watching the first sunlight"."Wild Oats"
by W. S. Merwin
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2021/01/01/wild-oats-by-w-s-merwin/

[tailor STATELY]

Found a nice short bio about Yin Xzi https://www.squamishchief.com/local-arts/squamish-arts-a-busker-who-doesnt-sing-songs-but-creates-typewriter-poems-11291000

Another 'w' by you... "In my youth I believed in somewhere else / I put faith in travel / now I am becoming my own tree" Enjoyed :)

Cool, let me search for another 'x'...

Another poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name, which just happens to start with a 'y' so you may choose either a 'y' poem or a 'z' poem after :)

"You are Rapunzel fresh out the tower." - Wenyi Xue; letterboxd review of umma (2022)... https://aaww.org/letterboxd-review-of-umma-2022/

[Danik 2016]

Lovely, also her site. But the poem you posted seems to come from a very young girl. Maybe an old poem, or she is impersonating a young girl.

Oh myohmy! Let's see what I can find to follow your wonderful text!

Poem by an poet with "z" in his name.

"All in the world know the beauty of the". "The Beauty of the Beautiful" by Lao Tzu
https://www.poetseers.org/the-poetseers/lao-tzu/tao-te-ching/2-2/

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed this philosophic poem: "Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech." :)

"After the doctors diagnosed my violences," - Amrita Chand; After the doctors diagnosed my violences, I guessed I’d die immortal... https://aaww.org/1947-poem/

[Danik 2016]

Again a stunning female poem. The feeling of foreigness is expressed in very unusual images.

We have kept the same letters for so long, that I have to get used to the change.

"Break, break, break,"."Break, Break, Break" by Alfred Tennison.
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/alfred-lord-tennyson/break-break-break/ #2

[tailor STATELY]

Me too.

"And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill" Enjoyed :)

#4 "Clouds that wander through the sky," - Anonymous; The Clouds... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-clouds/

[Danik 2016]

Lovely cloud poem.

"Dear heart dost thou complain"."The Blessed Rain"
by Frank L. Stanton
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-rain/ #34

[tailor STATELY]

Bring us the blessed rain... Enjoyed :)

#10 "Each that we lose takes part of us;" - Emily Dickinson; Each that we lose takes part of us... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Few lines that say so much! Enjoyed!

"From the lips of Morning,"."Sky Blooms"
by Amos Russel Wells
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/sunrise-poems/ #4

[tailor STATELY]

Enjoyed :)

"Golden Fairies, one and all—" - Thomas Lake Harris ; Song Of The Fairies’ Gathering... https://allpoetry.com/Song-Of-The-Fairies-Gathering

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed! I think we badly need another Golden Age or, at least more emphaty and harmony.


"Have you seen red-cap moss"."Red-cap Moss" by Hilda Conklin
https://allpoetry.com/Red-cap-Moss

[tailor STATELY]

Me too :)

Lovely, lovely short poem that suits my sensibilities :)

#21 "It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Harvest Moon... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this descriptive poem!


"Jesus!thy Crucifix"."Jesus! thy Crucifix" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Jesus-thy-Crucifix.html

[tailor STATELY]

Surprising poem by Emily. Found a summary: https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/jesus-thy-crucifix/ Enjoyed :)

"Kaleidoscopic colours of your affectionate heart paint the" - Amy Sullivan; A Special Acrostic For Karen... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/best/karen

[Danik 2016]

For me likewise! Thanks for the summary!

Enjoyed this warm "K" poem!

"Letters swallow themselves in seconds."."Burning the old Year" by Naomi Shibab Nye
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2013/01/07/burning-the-old-year-by-naomi-shihab-nye/

[tailor STATELY]

"So much of any year is flammable, / lists of vegetables, partial poems." Haven't thought of burning my partial poems... they become seeds for later days. Enjoyed :)

"Mortal, mortal, have you seen" - Bliss Carman; The Queen of Night... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/bliss-carman/the-queen-of-night/

[Danik 2016]

Wouldn't think of burning anything written that could still be expanded.

Majestic poem! Enjoyed!

"No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,"The Inchcape Rock"
by Robert Southey
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/robert-southey/the-inchcape-rock/
https://en-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Inchcape_Rock?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=pt&_x_tr_hl=pt&_x_tr_pto=tc

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"A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell, / The Devil below was ringing his knell." Karma... Hope no other ships were lost (oops, there were). Enjoyed both the poem and your summary find :)

"Oh, well the world is dreaming" - Bliss Carman; Under the April Moon... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/bliss-carman/under-the-april-moon/

[Danik 2016]

A dreamlike poem!

"Poor, pitiful race of unthinkers!"."Roots and Earth" by Ruby Archer
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-words/

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"No more can our words be enduring, / If thoughts have not truth for their birth." So true. Enjoyed :)

"Queen conch, grovel gallantly aground!" - Dan Wilder; In Formation / Information... https://allpoetry.com/poem/13849249-In-Formation---Information-by-Dan-Wilder

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem, though not sure I understood everything, there is so much word play.

"Roads go ever ever on,"."The Road Goes Ever On"
by J. R. R. Tolkien
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/j-r-r-tolkien/the-road-goes-ever-on/

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I love Tolkien's poems and songs. Enjoyed this tiny poem :)

#15 "Sighed the languid Moon to the Morning Star:" - John B. Tabb; A Spy... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Till I came across it I didn't know that Tolkien writes poetry.

Charming moon poem.

"The birds have vanished down the sky."."Zazen on Ching-t'ing Mountain"
by Li Po (Translated by Sam Hamill)
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2016/04/09/zazen-on-ching-ting-mountain-by-li-po/

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Delightful poem of becoming lost/insignificant within one's milieu. Enjoyed :)

#6 "Up from the dark the moon begins to creep;" - Thomas Bailey Aldrich; Moonrise at Sea... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Interesting images! Curious how the moon inspires so many different interpretations


"visiting a past self. Being anywhere makes me thirsty."Being in This World Makes Me Feel Like a TimeTraveler" by Kaveh Akbar
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2020/07/03/being-in-this-world-makes-me-feel-like-a-time-traveler-by-kaveh-akbar/

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Confused that a follower of Mohamad would be interested in cocktails... or maybe that's the point, where temptation causes the protagonist ill ? Enjoyed :)

#12 "Where is my halcyon blue?" - Ruby Archer; In Cloudy Weather... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-clouds/

[Danik 2016]

You've got a point there. Didn't notice it.One doesn't know if there has been a change of rules.

Lovely poem, lovely message!

A poem by a poet with x in her name:

"Your lovers have thrown flowers at"."Sacred Woman"
by Halima Xudoyberdiyeva
Translated from Uzbek by Johanna-Hypatia Cybeleia
https://johanna-hypatia.livejournal.com/60441.html

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Powerful poem of the sacredness of women. Enjoyed :)

#10 "Ye clouds, who are the ornament of heaven," - John Brainard; Clouds... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-clouds/

[Danik 2016]

Charming cloud poem!

A poem by a poet with a z in her name:
"This morning I dreamed I followed"."A morning dream" by Li Qingzhao
https://listentogenius.com/author.php/323

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"The(y) argued with sharp words over paradoxes." Enjoyed this fantasy :)

"At the end of the road through the" - Bliss Carman; Moonrise... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/bliss-carman/moonrise/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem so complete and harmonic in itself!

"Beneath the holy oaks I wandered"."The Oak-Wood"
by Nicolaus Lenau
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/forest-poems/ #21

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A wonderful tension throughout, childlike at first, then with anticipation... Enjoyed :)

#8 "Clouds that hide the sun with showers" - Anonymous; The Cloud Baskets... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-clouds/

[Danik 2016]

I loved this filling of clouds with flowers.


"Dandelions—Dandelions! I used to pass"."Dandelions"
by Franklin Stanwood
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/dandelion-poems/ 16

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Dandelions!!! At FHE tonight our hostess had a dandelion puff, given to her by a grandson, that was in a pot with a plant of some sort... perfection! :) Oh, loved the poem too :)

#41 "Everything has sisters, brothers," - Annette Wynne; An Orphan... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Moon loneliness! Enjoyed the poem.


"From Heaven's Gate to Hampstead Heath". James Elroy Flecker,
"The Ballad of Hampstead Heath"
https://englishverse.com/poems/the_ballad_of_hampstead_heath

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Rollicking ballad with a bereft Echo... Enjoyed :)

"Gone were but the Winter," - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Spring Quiet... https://allpoetry.com/Spring-Quiet

[Danik 2016]

Idylical spring poem!Enjoyed!

"He watches the great ships swinging"."A Norse Lad" by Oscar H. Roesner
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/oscar-h-roesner/a-norse-lad/

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A longing for sea travel... enjoyed :)

#16 "I looked through others' windows" - Jessie Belle Rittenhouse; Windows... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-perspective/

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem about perspective. We have a saying in Portuguese: " The neighbor's lawn is always greener".

A poem with "j" in its title:
"Some flowers are withered and some joys have died;"."July"
by Helen Hunt Jackson
https://www.litscape.com/author/Helen_Hunt_Jackson/July.html

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Resilient Lilies: "In vain the cruel skies their hot rays shed; / The lily does not feel their brazen glare." Enjoyed :)

#2 "Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya;" - Various. American.; Kumbaya... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lullabies/

[Danik 2016]

Reminds me a bit of Gospel chant! Enjoyed!

This one you probably know. One often finds the melody in music caskets.
"Lullaby and good night,". "Brahm's Lullaby" (Lullaby and Goodnight)
by Johannes Brahms. German.
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lullabies/
In German with English cc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6xCa4EiNcU
One mistaken translation: Tomorrow morning if it is God's will, you will be waked again (this line is repeated twice, there is nothing about God being absent or falling.

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Sweet poem/song/video :)

"Move tirelessly" - Soso / Josef Stalin; To the Moon... https://thewisescribe.org/2012/04/08/to-the-moon-by-josef-stalin/

[Danik 2016]

For Heaven's sake, tailor, didn't even read it.

"No man is an island,"."No Man is an Island"
by John Donne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/john-donne/no-man-is-an-island/

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Ahhh... Soso had so much promise. In my country I see a resurgence of his works, much to my chagrin. Perhaps had he stuck with poetry :) I included him as I was exploring Russian Jewish poetry during a slightly later period, which will come up in subsequent posts, as a contrast of poets and personages (makes sense to me). Forgive me for ruffling your sensibilities. :(

"And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; / It tolls for thee." Classic poem by a master poet... Enjoyed :)

"O May I join the choir invisible" - George Eliot; The Choir Invisible... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/george-eliot/the-choir-invisible/

[Danik 2016]

It's not a matter of sensibility:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
I'm not astonished that his writings find new interest today.

Enjoyed this wonderful poem about human attitude.


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

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Ok.

Enjoyed this minimalist-treatise on sleep :)

̶"̶Q̶u̶i̶e̶t̶ ̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶"̶ ̶-̶ ̶A̶m̶e̶t̶h̶y̶s̶t̶5̶;̶ ̶ ̶[̶i̶]̶P̶e̶a̶c̶e̶[̶/̶i̶]̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶[̶u̶r̶l̶]̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶a̶l̶l̶p̶o̶e̶t̶r̶y̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶p̶o̶e̶m̶/̶1̶8̶2̶8̶8̶6̶4̶7̶-̶P̶e̶a̶c̶e̶-̶b̶y̶-̶A̶m̶e̶t̶h̶y̶s̶t̶5̶[̶/̶u̶r̶l̶]̶ :(

"Quick" - Lauri Meyers; QUERY - Acrostic Poetry for Procrastinators... https://www.laurimeyers.com/2012/07/query-acrostic-poetry-for.html... and 5-others included that I submit as to skip the letter 'q' 5-times in the future :)

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed these query acrostics!


"Run, little rivulet, run!"."The Rivulet"
by Lucy Larcom
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lucy-larcom/the-rivulet/

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Wonderful bright poem. Enjoyed :)

# 17 "Still as" - Adelaide Crapsey; Moon-Shadows... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

Definitive!

"That Mississippi chicken shack."."My Heart" by Kim Addonizio
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/05/04/my-heart-by-kim-addonizio/

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:) Associative poem of the heart. Enjoyed very much.

# 15 "Up hill, with heavy load," - John Edward Everett; The Stone in the Road... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-perspective/

[Danik 2016]

A wise poem. Enjoyed!

"VERSE, a breeze 'mid blossoms straying,"Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Youth and Age"
https://englishverse.com/poems/youth_and_age

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"Life is but thought: so think I will / That Youth and I are housemates still." Enjoyed very much :)

# 12 "We are the music-makers," - Arthur O'Shaughnessy; Ode... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-perspective/

[Danik 2016]

Interesting reflection on human activities. Enjoyed!

Poem with a title beginning with X:
"With the frenzy of an old"."XIV" by Derek Walcott
https://genius.com/Derek-walcott-xiv-annotated

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Just a bit surreal... enjoyed the language very much. Enjoyed :)

"Yes, I am great because," - Dovid Hofshteyn; I believe... https://mkwm.humanities.uchicago.edu/some-poems-by-hofshteyn/

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem! And although writen by a Jewish poet, I think it could be applied to any persecuted human group!

Poem by a poet with a Z in her name:

"What's the best thing in the world?"."The Best Thing In The World" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/elizabeth_barrett_browning/poems/4607

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Surprising poem: "What's the best thing in the world? / —Something out of it, I think." Found a summary at allpoetry: https://allpoetry.com/The-Best-Thing-in-the-World Enjoyed :)

"After setting rat poison in the kitchen corners, placing" - Phi Ta Khon; The Face Beneath the Face... https://thewisescribe.org/2026/06/01/phi-ta-khon-the-face-beneath-the-face/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Seems AI didn't enjoy Brownings poem so much!

Beautifully written text. Enjoyed it so much! Reminded me of my own moments when going on a trip even without maskerades.

"Because birds will show only"."Why Birds Fly"
Simeon Dumdum, Jr.
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/05/11/why-birds-fly-by-simeon-dumdum-jr/

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"Moving without leaving. Leaving without moving." I can relate. Enjoyed :)

#8 "Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy" - George Washington Doane; Life Sculpture... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-perspective/

[Danik 2016]

Solid image! Impressive, but I imagine dreams as more vaporous and indefinite.

"Darwin"."Consolation" by Wisława Szymborska
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/01/24/consolation-by-wislawa-szymborska/

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Lol, Darwinian books... survival only by being successful in an uplifting ending... Enjoyed :)

"Every sort of day together," - Annette Wynne; Days... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/annette-wynne/days/

[Danik 2016]

"Every sort of day together,/Makes a year of every weather," Enjoyed!

"Four things a man must learn to do"."Four Things"
by Henry Van Dyk
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/henry-van-dyke/four-things/

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A truism... Enjoyed :)

"Grandfather Gordon" - Donall Dempsey; HIS WOODEN LEG STARES AT ME...... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2794168/his-wooden-leg-stares-at-me/

[Danik 2016]

Lol Snif! This seems directed at my recently acquired walking stick!


"How beautiful the sun as it skims"."Ten Degrees" by Tom Chandle
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2005/11/26/ten-degrees-by-tom-chandler/

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Certainly not :)

"Tom Chandler was named the Brown University Phi Beta Kappa Poet." - especially liked these lines: "How beautiful this frost, female fingers / tracing down the glass", but these lines bring me pause: "the only perfect tragedy, / which is of course to never have been born." Enjoyed :)

"I could swear I’ve been here before," - Dovid Hofshteyn; On the Way... https://mkwm.humanities.uchicago.edu/some-poems-by-hofshteyn/

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful poem! I like Dovid Hofshteyn very much!


Poem with a title starting with "j". One has to be quick be
"Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes," . "Jazz Fantasia"
by Carl Sandburg
https://allpoetry.com/Jazz-Fantasia

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A most surprising poem. Enjoyed :)

"Karaoke" - Caren Krutsinger; LIVE MUSIC... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/karaoke

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed the karaoke poem and the karaoke page.

"Look, the trees"."In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15374219-In-Blackwater-woods-by-Mary-J-Oliver

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Such a wonderful scene Mary sets... and "when the time comes to let it / go, / to let it go." Enjoyed :)

"My sleeping children are still flying dreams" - Spike Milligan; Summer Dawn... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8503107-Summer-Dawn-by-Spike-Milligan

[Danik 2016]

Loved this blending of the magic with the commonplace.

"Now, brighter than the host that all night"."Daybreak"
by Richard H. Dana
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/peace-poems/ #7

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Must have been a Wednesday's child... full of woes. Enjoyed :)

#11 "Oh, please don't feel guilty" - Anonymous; Crossing Over... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/inspirational-poems-about-death/

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

Seem Anonymous wasn't very happy either.


"poetry has dual purposes you know"."Poetry has dual Purposes" by Caren Krutsinger
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/short/karaoke

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Poetry: "sometimes so rhythmic, you can enter a karaoke sing" ..
lol.Enjoyed :)

Poem title with a 'q' in it:

"if you can’t scientifically explain it" - Rg Gregory; haunting the quark... https://share.google/yIlKe2QXXpjLQ3NkT

[Danik 2016]

A rather serious poem. It seeming nebulous is part of it. Enjoyed!


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

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Odd but enjoyable poem. "Glum was the woman in the ostrich feather hat."... :)

"Star, high star, far in the blue," - Annette Wynne; Blue-Eyed Grass of May... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/annette-wynne/blue-eyed-grass-of-may/

[Danik 2016]

Charming song poem

"The gardener does not love to talk," ."The Gardener" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/robert-louis-stevenson/the-gardener/

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Delightful poem of a child looking to the gardener for a playmate... Enjoyed :)

"Umbrella, how I’d worried Umbrella" - Rachel Treacher; Umbrella... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/umbrella_1805667

[Danik 2016]

Lol!!Jolly poem! Enjoyed the play with language on an unusual theme
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SVM0PbQ7wpY

"VERSE-MAKING was least of my virtues: I viewed with despair"." Verse-Making Was Least of My Virtues"
written by Robert Browning
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Browning/Verse-Making-Was-Least-of-My-Virtues.html

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I'll check out the movie on TUBI - a free content provider :)
Update: Watched the movie (spoilers)... A light tragedy about love with a happy ending during a simpler time. Enjoyed the lightness of the music throughout; not too disconcerting with the dialog always being sung in French (with English subtitles) :)

"Love-making,--how simple a matter!"... Enjoyed this surprising poem by Browning :)

#3 "We played a game—the moon and I," - Annette Wynne; The Moon and I... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-the-moon/

[Danik 2016]

:) Watched it ages ago, the music remained with me for a long time

A poem with X in the title:
"In a dream I spoke with the Cyprus-born," XII
by Sappho
https://poemanalysis.com/sappho/xii/

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Enjoyed the poem and summary :)

#1 "Young men's counsel breathes desire," - Amos Russel Wells; Old Men's Counsel... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/wisdom-poems/

[Danik 2016]

Loved the comparison, though in life atitudes often get mixed up.


Poem by a poet with a Z in her name:
"Yet, my pretty sportive friend,"."To Flush, My Dog" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/elizabeth_barrett_browning/poems/4611

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Good dog :) My wife got a puppy maybe a month ago. First thing in my mind when I read the title was good thing it wasn't a goldfish. Enjoyed the poem :)

#5 "And what is death? the end of being here,—" - Benjamin Hine; Death ... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/inspirational-poems-about-death/

[Danik 2016]

Congrats! Puppies bring joy to a home.

Short and to the point.

"Bend low again, night of summer stars."."Summer Stars"
by Carl Sandburg
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2005/09/18/summer-stars-by-carl-sandburg/

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I don't get the strumming part, but enjoyed :)

#18 "Calm on the bosom of our God," - Felicia Dorothea Hemans; Calm on the Bosom of our God... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/inspirational-poems-about-death/

[Danik 2016]

Don't much enjoy poems about death but this one is simple and beautiful!

"Dawn comes later and later now,"."A Letter in October"
Ted Kooser
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2016/10/19/a-letter-in-october-by-ted-kooser/