Alphabetical Poem First Lines

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Delightful poem lauding the working man... Enjoyed :)

"poetry readings have to be some of the saddest" - Charles Bukowski; Poetry Readings... https://allpoetry.com/poem/12345579-Poetry-Readings-by-Charles-Bukowski

[Danik 2016]

Don´t agree with Bukowsky. I think good poetry doesn´t usually fall from heaven .It needs an training space. These readings are a cultural activity, they keep the production of poetry alive and sometimes this produces a good or even a great poet.. Of course there is a lot of bad poetry too as one can see in those sites that are open to contribution. But even that helps to fertilize the common poetry soil.

"Queen of wit and"."To Betty, The Grisette by Jonathan Swift
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/jonathan-swift/to-betty-the-grisette-35931

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I agree. I was surprised at Boo's poem and thought that perhaps he was being tongue and cheek... the AI doesn't think so, but then the AI might be at sea regarding sarcasm and the ilk. That being said I'm grateful for the off chance for an open microphone to spread my poetic mulch - on the off chance that a toadstool might find a haven and flourish for a færie's fancy :)

Dictionary: "Grisette" - Oh, my goodness! Not sure if this poem is an homage or a poetic undressing... Enjoyed :)

"Rigged poker -stiff on her back" - Sylvia Plath; All The Dead Dears... https://allpoetry.com/All-The-Dead-Dears

[Danik 2016]

Grisette-More used with French I think. It may be both: a homage and a "poetic undressing" but a homage despising the subject of it.Certainly not my favorite poem but a legit "q".

Sylvia Plath on a great day!

"Slopes". "Slopes of Mount Kugami" byTaigu Ryokan
https://allpoetry.com/Slopes-Of-Mount-Kugami".

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legit "q" :)

Enjoyed TR's poem of angst over relocating... have felt the emotion too many times myself and envision it soon/not soon in the future.

"The nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful" - Amy Lowell; Lead Soldiers... http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/amy_lowell/poems/19971

[Danik 2016]

"Lead Soldiers... " Phantastic and terrible poem, a strong criticism on senseless warfare. Having a new respect for Amy Lowell


"UNYIELDING in the pride of his defiance,". "The Flying Dutchman" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/FirstLineIdx/fl-u.html

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Enjoyed this simple 5-stanza ABAB poem :)

"Venus, take my votive glass:" - Matthew Prior; The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-Glass To Venus... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lady-who-offers-her-looking-glass-to-venus/

[Danik 2016]

Forgot to add this context link to the poem in #2006: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman

" Venus..."Grim poem, very much to the point!

'We built a ship upon the stairs"."A Good Play" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/rls02.html#13

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context: :)

Delightful poem of child's play... enjoyed :)

"Xmas isn't only about happiness" - Iain Douglas Miller-Potter; Xmas... https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=59667&AuthorID=14502

[Danik 2016]

For me X-mas is a time of contrasts. The sad ones are more sad than usual, because they think every one else is happy.

"When I was girl by Nilus stream". "The Witch" by Adelaide Crapsey
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543847-The-Witch-by-Adelaide-Crapsey

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Agree.

"Xylophone is my body of bars" - Nasarudheen.P. Parameswaran; XYLOPHONE... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/xylophone-5/

[Danik 2016]

Some interesting internal rhymes.And the idea of being an instrument for emotions about the near by.

"'YE have robb'd,' said he, 'ye have slaughter'd and made an end,".Sir Henry Newbolt, "He Fell among Thieves".
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/newbolt1.html#2

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Enjoyed :) Some background... https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Readings/hefellamongthieves.html

"Zombie Zombie" - Lilly Tereza; Zombie Zombie... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/301179/zombie-zombie/

[Danik 2016]

Helpful background! :)

Enjoyed the handling of the theme in "Zombie, Zombie".

"Across the places deep and dim,". "The Road to Anywhere " by Bert Leston Taylor
https://allpoetry.com/The-Road-To-Anywhere

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BLT: "And when the fragrant day is done, / Night and a shoal of stars." Enjoyed :)

"Be perfect, make it otherwise." - Dorothea Tanning; All Hallows’ Eve... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/all-hallows-eve/

[Danik 2016]

One gets used to the facilities of life. After a good period working fine LitNet today was unavailable the whole morning.
"All Hallows’ Eve...". Earth is not living its healthiest period, but I hope everyone is well.

"Come unto these yellow sands,".William Shakespeare, from The Tempest "Ariel's Song"
https://www.potw.org/archive/potw190.html

And LitNet is working again!

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re: unavailable: Yes, was getting a 502 error if I remember correctly... https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/502-bad-gateway... nothing "we" could do but wait it out it appears.

"Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: / Ding-dong. / Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell."... creepy, enjoyed!

"Do not look for the stones" - Peter Huchel; Eastern River... https://allpoetry.com/Eastern-River

[Danik 2016]

re: For me in a different country it appears as a connection error. Connection fine til US then something goes awry. Anyway you are right: one only can wait till the page is back.

"Eastern River"-Lovely poem about absences.

" E ach wish, my fairest child, I pen,"."To A Little Girl." by Thomas Frederick Young
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/thomas-frederick-young/to-a-little-girl-34515

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Wonderful acrostic poem... enjoyed :)

"From naked stones of agony" - Sara Teasdale; Interlude: Songs Out Of Sorrow... https://www.poemine.com/Sara-Teasdale/Interlude-Songs-Out-Of-Sorrow.html

[Danik 2016]

"Songs Out Of Sorrow...". Powerful poem, but oh so bitter!

"GET up, get up for shame! The blooming morn". "Corinna's Going A-Maying" by Robert Herrick
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/herrick1.html#5

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Lol... I can see Corinna throwing a pillow at someone. Wonderful Verse: "See how Aurora throws her fair / Fresh-quilted colors through the air." Enjoyed :)

"High in the jacaranda shines the gilded thread" - Denise Levertov; The 90th Year... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14328776-The-90th-Year-by-Denise-Levertov

[Danik 2016]

Poem. Wish I am that independent if I reach 90.

"I am tired of limited poetry"."Poetica" by Manuel Bandeira

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8544583-Poetica--English--by-Manuel-Bandeira

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Me too.

Ars poetica... Enjoyed :)

"Jeremy says he want" - Noel Quiñones; ode to new money... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/ode-to-new-money/

[Danik 2016]

"ode to new money..". Complex poem that reproduces the atmosphere of powerty

"See the kitten on the wall,"."from The Kitten and Falling Leaves" by William Wordsworth
https://poets.org/poem/kitten-and-falling-leaves

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Endearing poem... Loved it :)

"Last time I checked," - Anthony Orozco; Land of the Cinder Block... https://www.thenasiona.com/2020/03/07/four-poems-by-anthony-orozco/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed so much Orozco's poem!

"Methought I heard a butterfly"."The Butterfly And The Bee. (From The Villager's Verse-Book.) by William Lisle Bowles
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/william-lisle-bowles/butterfly-and-the-bee-from-the-villagers-verse-book-35385

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Lol... enjoyed :)

"Now tidy your house," - A. K. Ramanujan; Chicago Zen... https://www.poemine.com/A-K-Ramanujan/Chicago-Zen.html

[Danik 2016]

"Chicago Zen.." Very original. How much meaning packed in these few verses! :)

"Our Bog is dood, our Bog is dood,". "Our Bog Is Dood" by Stevie Smith
https://www.poemine.com/Stevie-Smith/Our-Bog-Is-Dood.html

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Foreboding poem; found more insight here: https://lololit.wordpress.com/archive/our-bog-is-dood-stevie-smith/... enjoyed :)

"Press'd by the Moon, mute arbitress of tides," - Charlotte Turner Smith; Sonnet XLIV: Press'd by the Moon... https://www.poemine.com/Charlotte-Turner-Smith/Sonnet-XLIV-Press-d-by-the-Moon.html

[Danik 2016]

"Our Bog is dood".Thanks for the analysis of the poem, tailor.


Poem with title starting with "Q".
"One nostril means latin,"."Queer Things" by Emanuel Carnevali
https://www.poemine.com/Emanuel-Carnevali/Queer-Things.html

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"when I'll be very old / (which will never be)"... sadly true. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Carnevali

"Reynolds, 'tis thine, from the broad window's height," - Thomas Warton; Verses on Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window at New College, Oxford... https://www.poemine.com/Thomas-Warton/Verses-on-Sir-Joshua-Reynold-s-Painted-Window-at-New-College-Oxford.html

[Danik 2016]

An Italian poet writing in English! Very enlightening bio, thanks tailor! T Hat maybe accounts for my feeling of strangeness! By the way loved "Poemine"

"Verses on Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window at New College, Oxford.." - Beautiful window description by a Poet who understands a lot about painting.

"so much dependsupon". "so much depends" by William Carlos Williams
https://www.poemine.com/William-Carlos-Williams/so-much-depends.html

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Poemine: Agree... some gems seeing the light of day :)

WCW: One of my favorite poems/poets... a masterpiece :)

"THERE are no handles upon a language" - Carl Sandburg; Languages... https://www.poemine.com/Carl-Sandburg/Languages.html

[Danik 2016]

Languages-wonderful poem. Brazilian Portuguese is a proof how much a language can change.

"Under the roof where the laughter rings,"."Under The Roof Where The Laughter Rings" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert-Guest/Under-The-Roof-Where-The-Laughter-Rings.html

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Home - a refuge... Enjoyed :)

"Virocon -- Virocon --Still the ancient name" - Mary Webb; Viroconium... https://www.poemine.com/Webb-Mary/Viroconium.html

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem. Found some context:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viroconium_Cornoviorum

"Wallace Stevens says,"."Words" by Ruth Stone
https://www.poemine.com/Ruth-Stone/Words.html

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Enjoyed the history :)

Love the twist Ruth made on Stevens' poem :)

"Xantippe was the lady who was wed to Socrates—" - Wilbur D. Nesbit; XANTIPPE... https://rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-kids/poems-about-famous-people/xantippe-by-wilbur-d-nesbit/

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Wonderful poem. But I think it is all a defamation of poor old Xanty. The truth: Socrates spend the days with his numerous male friends, discussing high philosophy with them. When he noticed Xantippe at all it was to tell her: Put more water on the beans, we will have the whole gang for lunch today. At night he was so tired that he always fell instantly asleep, leaving his wife looking at the ceiling and pondering about the (dis) grace of being married.

"You’ve thrown away all your scholarly books;"To Tseng the Fortuneteller" by Yang Wan-Li
https://allpoetry.com/items/read_by/Yang%20Wan-Li?kind=poem&last_i=8620791&page=1

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Enjoyed the minimalism & disenchantment :)

"Zebras tend to lollygag with the giraffes" - PinkFaerie5; Zebras Lollygag with Giraffes... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17864511-Zebras-Lollygag-with-Giraffes--by-PinkFaerie5

[Danik 2016]

"Zebras Lollygag with Giraffes..."These giraffes look suspiciously human. But congrats on the original "Z Poem"

"A tumbled down, and"."Alphabet Poem" by Edward Lear
https://poets.org/poem/alphabet-poem

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Don't they so.

Lol... an interesting take on an ABC... poem; enjoyed :)

"Beneath the pleasant shade of beauteous leaves"- Francesco Petrarca; Sestina V. Alia dolce ombra de le belle frondi. / He Tells the Story of His Love, Resolving Henceforth to Devote Himself to God... https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-petrarca/sestina-v

[Danik 2016]

Loved these allegories of love!

"Can You See the Pride In the Panther"."Can You See the Pride In the Panther" by Tupac Shakur
https://www.poemine.com/Tupac-Shakur/Can-You-See-the-Pride-in-the-Panther.html

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An artist gone too young... Enjoyed :)

"Do not care if ?you bring only your light body." - Gabrielle Calvocoressi; Miss you. Would like to grab that chilled tofu we love... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/miss-you-would-like-to-grab-that-chilled-tofu-we-love/

[Danik 2016]

Shakur- Yes, much to early.

"Miss you." Heartbreaking poem about someone who misses a (dead?) love, while ordering their favorite dish.

"Eternal Time, that wastest without waste, That art and art not, diest, and livest still;Most slow of all, and yet of greatest haste; Both ill and". "Eternal Time, that Wastest Without Waste" by Anonymous.
https://www.poemine.com/Anonymous/Eternal-Time-that-Wastest-Without-Waste.html

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Wonderful poem: "I lose thee, while I seek to find thee out; The farther off, the more I follow thee;The faster hold, the greater cause of doubt; Was, Is, I know; but Shall, I cannot see. All things by thee are measur'd; thou, by none: All are in thee; thou, in thyself alone." 'Tis said that a poem attributed to anonymous was all too often written by a poetess. Enjoyed :)

"Flanders, the name of a place, a country of people," - Carl Sandburg; Flanders... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/1264/flanders.html

[Danik 2016]

I agree!

The Poems of Poetry Atlas are under copyright for me, but I found the poem here: https://www.lezenswaard.be/view/254/sandburg-carl.Enjoyed!

"Glum is the sky, by night imprisoned,"."Glum Is The Sky" Iby Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
https://www.poemine.com/Fyodor-Ivanovich-Tyutchev/Gum-Is-The-Sky.html

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A bit of light, briefly, in the glumness. Enjoyed :) Thank you for correcting the title :) Found the original Russian and a summary... and a comment re: the typo, lol, gum>glum which was corrected here and there :)

"How many paltry, foolish, painted things,That now" - Michael Drayton; Idea VI... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/sonnets-idea-vi-55473661591

[Danik 2016]

re: And I´m sure you want to share your finds with me.

Impressive sonnet!

"I was the height of a folio, my bed just". "The Voice" by Charles Baudelaire
https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/sonnets-idea-vi-55473661591

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re: Of course !!!

"... From behind the scenery / of vast existence, in voids without light, / I see the strangest worlds distinctly..." :)

"Januaries, Nature greets our eyes" - Elizabeth Bishop; Brazil, January 1, 1502... https://voetica.com/poem/2759

[Danik 2016]

Loved this delicate poem by Elisabeth Bishop:
Found this link on the famous "Casa da Samambaia" where she lived with Lotta.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fd577bb605f16050e9508d0/t/5fd6f94bab1a676c72a3d2bc/1607924048363/RHAPSODY-elizabeth-bishop-feature-rio.pdf

`Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law,'. "`Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law" by Alfred Austin
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Austin/Know-Nature-like-the-cuckoo-laughs-at-law.html

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I found a summary of EB's poem: https://sistermarycatherine.wordpres...anuary-1-1502/

Thank you for the page on EB:

I take out my favorite book of Bishop’s, Questions of Travel, and open to the poem “Sandpiper,” about a tiny shorebird hopping along the beach, obsessed with the millions of grains of sand: "he runs to the south, finical, awkward, / in a state of controlled panic" Bishop, too, flitted between worlds, pecking at the wonder of the universe one grain at a time, taking off time and again, migrating thousands of miles.

Enjoyed AA's poem :)

"Love came to Flora asking for a flower" - Toru Dutt; Sonnet.--The Lotus... https://www.englishcharity.com/the-lotus-by-toru-dutt/

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the link.It didn't open on Duck Duck, but going to try on PC tomorrow.
Charming Lotus poem! :)

"Mother, among the dustbins and the manure"."Mother,
Among the Dustbins"
https://allpoetry.com/Mother,-Among-the-Dustbins

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Interesting poem by Stevie; found this at ipl.org (paywalled):
“Mother, Among the Dustbins” (is) a poem is about the narrator telling his mother about his faith in God... employs an ironic tone to faith in God... apply(s) rhyme to achieve (a) message about God... While the narrator may be speaking to his mother, Smith is talking to the reader asking the reader (a) question as well... The speaker in line 20 is saying “Who are you?” this also draws the attention of the reader. Same concept with the last line Smith is asking the reader this question. These questions are questioning other people’s faith in God. The narrator is implying that the concept of God foolish since men are foolish. Lines 19 and 20 interrupt the flow and make the poem feel more unorthodox... The speaker... however, doesn’t address God himself, only addresses the idea of God. In the poem, the speaker is confessing their negative view of God to their mother. The character asks a few unanswered questions towards their mother as if having a discussion.... https://www.ipl.org/essay/Comparing-Mother-Among-The-Dustbins-And-Hymn-C01AABC8D0BCF2F0
Enjoyed :)

"Now in a thought, now in a shadowed word," - Edwin Arlington Robinson; L'envoy... https://www.poemine.com/Edwin-Arlington-Robinson/L-envoy.html

[Danik 2016]

"Mother, Among the Dustbins"-Interesting comparison with Donne's poem(as far as one can read it.


"L'envoy...".Beautiful poem!

"Once I was sailing for fun"."Once I was sailing for fun (Simple Verses XII) by José Martí
https://www.poemine.com/Jose-Marti/Once-I-was-sailing-for-fun-Simple-Verses-XII.html

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I wasn't familiar with the term "well" in a sailboat... and now I know :) Enjoyed.

"plucked from the pool" - hollow oak; the sea and shore... https://allpoetry.com/hollow_oak

[Danik 2016]

Interesting poem, images of dead and decay!

"Queen Venus on a day of cloud". "Queen Venus" by Robert Laurence Binyon
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Laurence-Binyon/Queen-Venus.html

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Another sea perspective for Venus which brings to mind her origin in Botticelli's painting: https://www.artdependence.com/articles/symbolism-of-the-sea-shell-in-botticelli-s-the-birth-of-venus/
... Enjoyed :)

"Remnants of sun ribbon the river--" - Bai Juyi; Song of the Evening River... https://www.poemine.com/Bai-Juyi/Song-of-the-Evening-River.html

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the interesting link on Venus and Botticelli. Though the setting of the poem is different the poet might have had the well known picture in mind.

"Song of the Evening River... " Delicate, very visual, a painting in words of the river.

"Sweet poet of the woods---a long adieu!" Sonnet VII: "Sweet Poet of the Woods" by Charlotte Turner Smith
https://www.poemine.com/Charlotte-Turner-Smith/Sonnet-VII-Sweet-Poet-of-the-Woods.html

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Delightful poem: "For still thy voice shall soft affections move, / And still be dear to sorrow, and to love!"... Enjoyed :)

"the moon and the stars" - Sherry Anne; Gifts of the Night... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18013637-Gifts-of-the-Night--by-Sherry-Anne

[Danik 2016]

"Gifts of the Night"-a gentle poem.

"Under the mountain, as when first I knew"."Under the mountain..." by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
https://www.poemine.com/Frederick-Goddard-Tuckerman/Under-the-mountain.html

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Enigmatic poem... found this for a summary:
https://www.nysun.com/article/poem-of-the-day-under-the-mountain... enjoyed :)

"Vatic levens gnarl the gloam," - HaviOneEyedRaven; Hate called: 'Paradise'... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17999213-Hate-called---Paradise--by-HaviOneEyedRaven

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, tailor. Enjoyed the open part of the article, maybe going to subscribe for free later. Curious poem, more curious the career of this poet ignored by most of his contemporaneity but who now jumped out from the folds of the poetry of 19 C.

"Hate called: 'Paradise'..." Ambivalence? Contradictory feelings?

"With life's tomorrow time you grasp,". "With Life's Tomorrow Time You Grasp" by Mihai Eminescu
https://www.poemine.com/Mihai-Eminescu/With-Life-s-Tomorrow-Time-You-Grasp.html

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A somehow dreamy rhyme poem in the translation... curious if the original was so... enjoyed :)

"Xanthippe, one day, urged her Socrates" - Wolfgang Niesielski; Socrates & Xanthippe... https://philosophynow.org/issues/151/Socrates_and_Xanthippe

[Danik 2016]

re Eminescu:
Found a slightly different translation by Octavian Cocos in this Eminescu poem collection:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358635512_Mihai_Eminescu_-_83_poems_translated_into_English_by_Octavian_Coco s

Lol: This Xantippe poem confirms my Xantippe thesis, as exposed above about the last Xantippe poem.# 2038 or 2048.

"You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon—"."You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/You-ll-know-itas-you-know-tis-Noon.html

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Found it: "You get more days with your tomorrow...[Cu mâine zilele-ţi adaogi...]" Not sure which translation is better, being totally inept in languages... the second is more pleasing to me to read.

Yes, agree re: Xantippe in #2038. Lol, I remember you called out my lol... thread poem, a villanelle attempt, #20: "After thunder comes the rain !" on 7/4/2022: "Lol! Somewhat partial to Xanthippe, but laving the chamberpot on the pate is mean!" :)

Wonderful poem by dear Emily... more in tune with my other distant poet/lyricist cousin Eliza R. Snow :)

"Zinging the zen-zone I was in" - Lori Jones McCaffery; A 'Z' POEM FOR SUN PRINCESS... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1892046/a-z-poem-for-sun-princess/

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re Eminescu. I prefer the second translation too. it flows better. I think you have a good feeling for foreign languages but little opportunity for using them.

Xantippe: Lol! Socrates didn´t have an easy life it seems, but neither did Xantippe.

Enjoyed the intrinsic Ziness of that Z poem!

"I ran across the street, I didn’t know any better."."Across the Street" by Austin Segrest.
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/across-the-street/

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An interesting tension within the poem, and enjoyed the awkward repetition throughout :)

"By day the bat is cousin to the mouse." - Theodore Roethke; The Bat... https://voetica.com/poem/984

[Danik 2016]

"The Bat..."- Enjoyed this poem. It draws the bat with much sensibility.

"Come into the garden, Maud,"Come Into The Garden, Maud" by Alfred Tennyson
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Tennyson/Come-Into-The-Garden-Maud.html

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An enchanting poem by a master romanticist. "On a bed of daffodil sky," particularly stood out for me :) ... But, after a wee bit of research one finds this is only one scene in a web of poetic complexity... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud,_and_Other_Poems Enjoyed :)

"Dusk fairies fly by across the night sky," - Natliegh; Dusk Fairies... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17181855-Dusk-Fairies-by-Natliegh

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the enlightining link on "Maud,tailor!

"even a pencil has fear to"."even a pencil has fear to" by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/even-a-pencil-has-fear-to

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lol... attempted an anagram of the first line "even a pencil has fear to" = safe catnip heaven lore... enjoyed :)

"Five moons ago," - Kaplan-Karl; A pearl (original eng)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18016841-A-pearl-original-eng--by-Kaplan-Karl

[Danik 2016]

re e.e- cummings:lol!
A pearl- Ilustrative of relationships.

"Grief sat beside the fount of tears,"."Grief sat beside the fount of tears" by Richard Monckton Milnes
https://www.poemine.com/Richard-Monckton-Milnes/Grief-sat-beside-the-fount-of-tears.html

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Another pearl: ``Friendship and Love on every leaf / Shall wear the pearly toy, / And all, who shrink from tears of Grief, / Shall pray for tears of Joy.'' :)

"Hearken to the reed-flute, how it complains," - Rumi; Book1 Prologue... https://allpoetry.com/Book1-Prologue

[Danik 2016]

Rumi-a gush of feelings!


"I am watching Cleo listening, our cat"."Cat Scat" by Eamon Grennan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14371782-Cat-Scat-by-Eamon-Grennan

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Amusing poem though the last line has me at odds... Enjoyed :)

"Jaya, Jaya, Jaya, Jayahe!" - Ahmad Shiddiqi; A Tale of India... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tale-of-india/

[Danik 2016]

re: Sorry, there is a mistake in the verb "do". Here is another link with the correct form.
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-116/cat-scat/

"a graceful Namaste" - Colorful poem, but I felt it as a touristic presentation of India.

As we are speaking about India:
"Kanha eats in Yasoda's lap.". "Krishna's Meal" by Sant Surdas
https://allpoetry.com/Krishna's-Meal

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Ah, much better... my mind wouldn't take the leap :)

Yes... it seems a list poem with all the sites to see in each offering.

Enjoyed the mealtime of Krishna :)

"Like a huge Python, winding round and round" Toru Dutt; Our Casuarina Tree... https://www.poetrycat.com/toru-dutt/our-casuarina-tree

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"Our Casuarina Tree"-Beautiful tree poem, beautiful images.

"Most brightly of all burned the hair of my evening loved one:"Night Ray" by Paul Celan
https://www.poetrycat.com/paul-celan/night-ray

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Influential/ complex/ tragic life - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Celan
Celan’s poetry, with its many radical poetic and linguistic innovations, is characterized by a complicated and cryptic style that deviates from poetic conventions.... yup. Enjoyed :)

"Napoleon’s hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famous" - James Tate; The List of Famous Hats... https://www.americanpoems.com/poets/jamestate/the-list-of-famous-hats/

"Hat's" author corrected :)

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re Celan: There was a lighter Celan poem starting with "M". But this one does more justice to his life experience and his style.

Enjoyed very much this curious poem. The perplexity starts with the title, one expects a list of famous hats. But the poem tells a lot about Napoleon. A bit more about Edward Taylor:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edward-taylor

"O mother, darling mother, lost in time's formless haze"."O Mother..." by Mihai Eminescu (hope this translation by Popescu does full justice to the poem).
https://www.poemine.com/Mihai-Eminescu/O-Mother.html

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ET: From your link - "Considered one of the more significant poets to appear in America in the 17th and 18th centuries,"... In “A Letter sent to his Brother Joseph Taylor and his wife after a visit” Taylor exhibited his early interest in acrostic verse, a form in which he continued to write in Massachusetts."... interesting for the times :)

However, my mistake... I somehow stated the poets name incorrectly, typing Edward Taylor instead of James Tate (no clue)... here's Tate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tate_(writer)

ME - Sad poem anticipating his death before his mother's ? Sardonically: "On 8 April 2008, a crater on the planet Mercury was named for him." - wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu

"Poet! if on a lasting fame be bent" - Henry Timrod; Poet! If on a Lasting Fame Be Bent ... https://www.poemine.com/Henry-Timrod/Sonnet-I-Poet-If-on-a-Lasting-Fame-Be-Bent.html

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re: The mistake was mine, tailor. You typed the name James Tate correctly (see above) and I somehow changed it for Edward Taylor. Must have read some poem by him.

HT- Beautiful and positive sonnet about the art of the poet!

"Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,"."Queen and Huntress" by Benjamin Jonson
https://www.poemine.com/Benjamin-Jonson/Queen-and-Huntress.html

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No, no, no... my error :)

Moon's names anciently were: Diana or Cynthia in Latin, also Diana; and Artemis/Selene/Mene in Greek. Wonderful poem :)

"Rid of the world's injustice, and his pain," - Oscar Wilde; The Grave Of Keats... https://allpoetry.com/The-Grave-Of-Keats

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rater-lol! These astronomers like to pay homage naming their finds after famous people.

"The Grave Of Keats..."- Oscar Wilde´s romantic side. Beautiful Poem!

"Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!"."Sound, Sound the Clarion" by Sir Walter Scott
https://www.poemine.com/Sir-Walter-Scott/Sound-Sound-the-Clarion.html

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Lol, appears SWS likes to party.. enjoyed this brief poem :)

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

[Danik 2016]

Delicate Spring poem. Officially we have Spring now, but the temperatures are mostly above 30 grades and the streets are strewn with leaves.

"Up to the ceiling"."Up to the Ceiling" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert-Guest/Up-To-The-Ceiling.html

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30° C ~ 86° F... a bit warmer here.

Sweet pom... enjoyed :)

"VOICES of strange sea breezes caught," - Paul Hamilton Hayne; The Imprisoned Sea-Winds... https://www.poemine.com/Paul-Hamilton-Hayne/The-Imprisoned-Sea-Winds.html

[Danik 2016]

Loved the poem. Line before last. Shouldn´t it be "cheek" instead of "check"?

"WITH klingle, klangle, klingle,"When the Cows Come Home" by Agnes E. Mitchell
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/a-library-of-american-literature/when-the-cows-come-home/

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PHH - I would think so... but it seems to be perpetuated even here... https://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/hayne/hayne.html

Wonderful!... One can hear the cows come slowly home :)

"...Xenon cry, reverberator night" - Joe Geraci; Xenon Cry... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/xenon_cry_876511

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re: Saw it but got lost. But another edition I saw also stated "check".

Interesting X poem: a cry of distress.

"You've seen Balloons set—Haven't You?"."You've seen Balloons set—Haven't You?" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/You-ve-seen-Balloons-setHaven-t-You.html

https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2024/06/youve-seen-balloons-set-havent-you.html

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Metaphorically dense poem... and a well needed summary (thanks) :) Enjoyed.

"Zonked Yanks eXport Weird Views Underpinning Terrorist Suspects," - Daniel Simon Black; A-Z_Z-***... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/526378/a-z_z-a/

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Enjoyed the zonked Yanks. The Litnet thread with similar exercises must be buried somewhere.

"A sincere man am I"."A Sincere Man Am I" by José Martí
https://www.poemine.com/Jose-Marti/A-Sincere-Man-Am-I.html

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Interesting poem by a complex man/poet... enjoyed :)

"Booth led boldly with his big bass drum " - Vachel Lindsay; General William Booth Enters Into Heaven... https://allpoetry.com/General-William-Booth-Enters-Into-Heaven

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A bit more about José Marti:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD

The song with verses of the poem:
Cuban version with translation of the lyrics (in yellow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmE0Cw1JgTg

Slightly different version with English lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85mRjBajzcs

Vachel Lindsay- Beautiful poem. Tried to imagine it with the musical background

"Child! do not throw this book about!"."On The Gift Of A Book To A Child" by Hilaire Belloc

https://allpoetry.com/On-The-Gift-Of-A-Book-To-A-Child

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Marti was spot on in his criticisms. I remember the song and will think of it through a different lens :)

Loved Belloc's poem, especially the last stanza :)

"Dark forms slip through he sky" - SilverHeart12; Night Flyers... https://allpoetry.com/poem/12601245-Night-Flyers--by-SilverHeart12

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re Marti: :)

Enjoyed the poem. You have posted several interesting poems from users of all poetry. Though I can't help associating these dark forms with missiles and drones.

"Elijah's example declares,"."Elijah Fed By Ravens" by John Newton
https://www.poemine.com/John-Newton/Elijah-Fed-By-Ravens.html

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So sorry for that perception... these are trying times.

A wonderful poem of faith :)

"Fine as the dust of plumy fountains blowing" - Aldous Huxley; The Elms... https://allpoetry.com/The-Elms

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Loved "The Elms". From a time when the trees weren´t considered the villains of the environment.

"Green and blue". "Green and blue" by Lesbia Harford
https://www.poemine.com/Lesbia-Harford/Green-and-blue.html

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Enjoyed very much. From her bio linked on the same page: "her poetry did not follow the actions of her activism, the partial reason for this was that she felt that ?poetry and fiction should not be consciously propagandised? and secondly that because the majority of her work did not resemble the bush worker ballad or satirical feel of much that was published." :)

"He is known" - Deepak Kumar Pattanayak; Game of God... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/game-of-god-2/

[Danik 2016]

Game of God-interesting poem!

"I never saw that land before,"."I never saw that land before" by Edward Thomas
https://www.poemine.com/Edward-Thomas/I-Never-Saw-that-Land-Before.html

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"The blackthorns down along the brook / With wounds yellow as crocuses / Where yesterday the labourer's hook / Had sliced them cleanly; and the breeze / That hinted all and nothing spoke."... Enjoyed :)

"Juno, Queen of Heaven, wears her strand of opulent sea gems," - RobotStarfish; Juno's Pearl... https://allpoetry.com/poem/4856257-Juno-s-Pearl-by-RobotStarfish

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Juno poem-opulent imagery. Enjoyed!


"Koenig knew now there was no one on the river."."Koenig Of The River" by Derek Walcott
https://www.poemine.com/Derek-Walcott/Koening-Of-The-River.html
(Tailor, I corrected the German word in the first line and in the title. I didn't correct it in the link, because the link might not work. Several versions of the poem contain the mistake.)

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Noticed the typo, one of the multitude of words in German I still remember... also used in chess on occasion, there are a few other typos. Found the typo perpetuated on another page, but with an analysis that helped me with this wonderful poem... https://eliteskills.com/c/14838 Enjoyed :)

"Let all the flowers wake to life;" - Fannie Isabelle Sherrick; Easter... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8608469-Easter-by-Fannie-Isabelle-Sherrick-

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re: Didn't know it was used with chess. Did you learn German? Thanks for the analysis. It is also by AI I see.

Delicate Easter poem

"Marriage is not". "Habitation" by Margaret Atwood
https://www.poetrycat.com/margaret-atwood/habitation

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3-yrs study German in HS ages ago; prior ~3-yrs French; also tried "Duo Lingo" free app study for French a year? ago but couldn't keep up.

Found a longer version of Atwood's poem including a short summary... https://thedewdrop.org/2020/06/24/margaret-atwood-habitation/ Enjoyed :)

"New house Mengcheng entrance" - Wang Wei; Mengcheng Col... https://allpoetry.com/Mengcheng-Col

[Danik 2016]

Good HS teaching two foreign languages. It is difficult to keep up with a foreign language, when there is no opportunity for using it. What helps me to maintain written fluency in English: LitNet and WLF :).

Thanks! Why any one would omit those two or three lines of the poem is a riddle to me.

" Mengcheng Col...". How much is expressed in four concise lines. The poet is not interested in the house itself, he merely points out its localization. He is interested in the feelings of the people that live/lived in it.

"Oh, we started down from Roto when the sheds had all cut out."."On The Road To Gundagai by A B Banjo Paterson
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14373887-On-The-Road-To-Gundagai-by-A-B-Banjo-Paterson

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A rollicking ditty... enjoyed :)

"Poor throbbing heart! the battle wave of life" - Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney; At A Time Of Deep Proving... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/at-a-time-of-deep-proving-67664929814

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Eliza Gurney-A very intense poem.

"Quite empty, quite at rest,"."Quite empty, quite at rest" by Emily Dickinson

https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/Quite-empty-quite-at-rest.html
The AI analysis from eliteskills
https://eliteskills.com/c/5970

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Interesting tension in ED's poem... the AI offers some interesting explanations for lines that do not exist. I revisited the ED Riddle pages and found this: https://emily-dickinson-riddle.blogspot.com/2016/02/quite-empty-quite-at-rest-migration.html Enjoyed :)

"Roads not yet glistening, rain slight," - Du Fu; Rain... https://www.poemine.com/Du-Fu/Rain.html

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Lol, this made my day." the AI offers some interesting explanations for lines that do not exist." Used to get crazy about those eliteskills analysis until it dawned that they weren´t human work. AI is so intelligent that it recreates the poem.

ED reminds me of an episode I witnessed these days. I make physiotherapy near my flat. From the window of the room one could observe a dove´s nest in a nook outside and the dove taking care of the eggs. The next day one of the two eggs was broken and the dove had disappeared. Since then the nest has been abandoned.

Beautiful poem by Du Fu!

"Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,"."Sonnet LXV" by William Shakespeare
https://shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/65

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Lol...

Strong sonnet: "That in black ink my love may still shine bright." - How to immortalize Love :)

At least for us Northerners:
"Turn and turn again" - LindseyCalvert; Octobers Child... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18031019-Octobers-Child-by-LindseyCalvert

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Charming October poem, but here we are having quite a mix̌ of seasons with heat predominating.

"Until she died we never knew"."Until She Died" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert-Guest/Until-She-Died.html

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Heat: Here too... heat advisories for previous days and for at least the next 2.

Touching poem. A funeral service for a church friend tomorrow, this poem fits nicely for our dear sister-in-Christ and her family... Enjoyed :)

"— VIRTUOUS youth!" - Christopher Anstey; ON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK... https://allpoetry.com/On-The-Much-Lamented-Death-Of-The-Marquis-Of-Tavistock

Note: Not shown on this website is the epigram: "sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt" or "even here, the world is a world of tears and the burdens of mortality touch the heart." - Virgil (from the Aeneid)

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Sorry for your church friend!

Solem elegy on the death of a young nobleman.

"Wei City morning rain"."Wei City Song" by Wang Wei

https://allpoetry.com/Wei-City-Song

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The now vs. the unknown later... Enjoyed this brief poem :)

"X-ray explore xenolith," - Peter Rose; X-ray explore xenolith... https://ks5.vocal.media/poets/alphabet-poems

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Lol! Legitimate "X" segment in an alphabetical poem. Curiously "Y" was left out.

"You ought to have a medal, Mrs. More,"."You OughtTo Have A Medal,Mrs.-More" by A. P. Herbert
https://allpoetry.com/You-Ought-To-Have-A-Medal,-Mrs.-More

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Domesticity acknowledged with blessings :"But all the rest of every day is yours."... with a few lines for the men. Enjoyed :)


"Zaiden Ziggy my grandson" - Teres Dana; Zaiden Ziggy Zookeeper... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17621464-Zaiden-Ziggy-Zookeeper-by-Teres-Dana

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Cute "Z" poem. Enjoyed !

"At gauzy dusk, thin haze like cigarette smoke"."Hospital-Window" by Allen Guinsberg
https://allpoetry.com/Hospital-Window.

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I understood the NYC view from the window... then the poem got weird; found this as a help: https://www.josieholford.com/nyc-window-poetry/ I still want to visit NYC someday... Enjoyed :)

"Between two nights" - Peter Huchel; Answer... http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/peter_huchel/poems/14103

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re: Thanks for the helpful analysis. Enjoyed this poem because it reminded me of the time I went to NY city.

"Answer" beautiful nostalgic poem.

"Caledonia! thou land of the mountain and rock,"."Caledonia" by James Hogg
https://www.poemine.com/James-Hogg/Caledonia.html

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Wonderful homage of where I have many forebearers :)

"Demons dwelling within shadows" - silver thunder; Halifax... https://allpoetry.com/poem/9682001-Halifax--by-silver-thunder

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Lol!Legit Halloween poem. Younger generations tuned in.


"Every journey begins"."Facing the Future" by Mattie Stepanek
Bio
https://www.poemine.com/Mattie-Stepanek/Facing-the-Future.html

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Heartbreaking poem given the poet's life.................................

Fare thee well, we've no wish to detain thee," - Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney; Farewell... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/eliza-paul-kirkbride-gurney/farewell-17105#google_vignette

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"Farewell" Trying to accept the loss of a loved one.

"GOOD-BY to the cradle, the dear wooden cradle,".'Good-By To The Cradle" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://www.poemine.com/Wilcox-Ella-Wheeler/Good-By-To-The-Cradle.html

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Enjoyed... These lines caught my attention: "I bow to Progression; and ask no concession, / Though strewn be her pathway with wrecks of the Past." :)

"Hush'd be the camps today" - Walt Whitman; Hush'd Be the Camps Today... https://whitmanarchive.org/item/ppp.00707_00894

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Enjoyed the poem, though sad.Thanks specially for the WW archive.

"It is foolish"."Tree " by Jane Hirshfield
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15333984-Tree-by-Jane-Hirshfield

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Sad poem of consequences... Enjoyed :)

"Jesus, do I love Thee?" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Jesus, Do I Love Thee?... https://www.poemine.com/Christina-Rossetti/Jesus-Do-I-Love-Thee.html

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"Jesus, Do I Love Thee?" - Intense poem from the point of view of the barren fig tree!

"Krinken was a little child,"."Krinken" by Eugene Field
https://www.poemine.com/Eugene-Field/Krinken.html

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Delightful bitter-sweet poem of youth and loss. Interesting bio. Enjoyed :)

"Let the Nile cloak his head in the clouds, and defy" -
Joel Barlow; On The Discoveries Of Captain Lewis (January 14, 1807)... https://www.poemine.com/Joel-Barlow/On-The-Discoveries-Of-Captain-Lewis-January-14-1807.html

[Danik 2016]

Curious to read a heroic discovery premature a time when climate is redefining boundaries and rivers. Enjoyed!

"My name is Johnson"."Madam's Past History" by Langston Hughes
https://www.poemine.com/Langston-Hughes/Madam-s-Past-History.html

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The seedy side of the Depression of '29 - '41 in the last century... with a little spunk... Enjoyed :)

"No longer I follow a sound;" - William Cowper; Song On Peace... https://www.poemine.com/William-Cowper/Song-On-Peace.html

[Danik 2016]

Poem on much needed peace of mind. Enjoyed,

"Oh earth, oh dewy mother, breathe on us"."A Prayer" by Archibald Lampman

https://www.poetrycat.com/archibald-lampman/a-prayer

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Googled "dolorous": dol·or·ous /ˈdōlərəs / adjective / literary: feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. "a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity"... A poem of prayer and lamentation. "Grant us, oh mother, therefore, us who pray, / Some little of thy light and majesty." Enjoyed :)

"Poets with whom I learned my trade," - Yeats; The Grey Rock... https://celt.ucc.ie/published/E910001-002/text001.html

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A bit digressive as story telling in a bar would be. The closest to an analysis that I found (excepting the inevitable analysis from AI eliteskills):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273312762_The_Grey_Rock_Revisited_An_Ironic_Relati onship_between_Men_and_Gods
Enjoyed!


An author with name beginning with "Q":
"I NEVER quite saw fairy-folk"."Very Nearly!" by Queenie Scott Hopper
https://allpoetry.com/Queenie-Scott-Hopper

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I liked what I saw in the abstract and have requested the full text... also joined :)

Delightful poem! "I very, very nearly did !" Whimsical... Enjoyed :)

"Rose o' my hert," - George MacDonald; A Lown Nicht... https://www.poemine.com/George-MacDonald/A-Lown-Nicht.html

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:)

"A Lown Nicht... "Enjoyed the poem very much,specially that I understood most of the words.

"She gave a rose,"."She Gave Me A Rose" by Paul Dunbar
https://allpoetry.com/She-Gave-Me-A-Rose

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:)

Very sentimental poem... not what I'd expect from Dunbar after reading his bio... Enjoyed :)

"There is wind where the rose was," - Walter de la Mare; November... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494499-November-by-Walter-de-la-Mare

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Beautiful, nostalgic images.

[under the evening moon]
by Kobayashi Issa

'Under the evening moon
the snail
is stripped to the waist.'
https://www.poemine.com/Kobayashi-Issa/under-the-evening-moon.html

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Beautiful evocative images in such a short poem... Issa is truly a master :)

"Vitus came tripping over the grass" - Lord Alfred Douglas; The Ballad Of Saint Vitus... https://www.poemine.com/Lord-Alfred-Douglas/The-Ballad-Of-Saint-Vitus.html

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful legend of St. Vitus. But do you remember, who Lord Alfred Douglas was? If not, take a look at his bio.

"We, too, had known golden hours"."WeToo Had Known Golden Hours" by W Auden
https://allpoetry.com/We-Too-Had-Known-Golden-Hours

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Yes, I read his bio... a rather colorful life... some might say wilde.

Things haven't changed too much: "Concocted by editors / Into spells to befuddle the crowd"... enjoyed the poem :)

"Xceptionally creative, your ideas are a boundless" - (author not stated); Xanthus... https://namesaurus.com/name/xanthus/2/

[Danik 2016]

Interesting information from namesaurus. Is the name Xanthus usual in US?
Here in Brazil we have Xande, nick for Alexandre.


"You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon—"."You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickinson/You-ll-know-itas-you-know-tis-Noon.html
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2013/03/youll-know-it-as-you-know-tis-noon.html

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No... no one named Xanthus that I can recall.

Ah, yes... perhaps the spiritual eye... as far as personal revelation goes anyone with a spiritual bent is open to it IMHO. Enjoyed :)


"Zap Zap Zap" - Mallow; Take Me To The Nest... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1257640/take-me-to-the-nest/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed "Zap Zap Zap"!

"A man without a party, he"."The Lone Wolf Of Canberra' by C J Dennis
https://allpoetry.com/'The-Lone-Wolf-Of-Canberra'

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Got a 404 error... tried https://allpoetry.com/%27The-Lone-Wolf-Of-Canberra%27
Freedom from a party... Enjoyed :)

"BLACK in the midnight lies the City vast." - Christopher Pearse Cranch; Sonnet XLIII. London... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-xliii-london/

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Some error from me. Got the error too.

Loved this city poem!

"."Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,".Claude-McKay,"America"
https://www.poemine.com/Claude-McKay/America.html

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Defiantly in love with America... Enjoyed :)

"Down the road someone is practising scales," - Louis MacNeice; Sunday Morning... https://allpoetry.com/Sunday-Morning

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this poem a lot the justaposition of music and mobility.

"enter no(silence is the blood whose flesh"."enter no(silence is the blood whose flesh" by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8493935-enter-no-silence-is-the-blood-whose-flesh-by-e.e.-cummings

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Lol... Wonderful poem! - "one / dead leaf stirring makes a crash".

"From yonder gilded minaret" - Thomas Bailey Aldrich; Batuschka... https://allpoetry.com/Batuschka

[Danik 2016]

"Batuschka" Though in it´s form it is a XIX century poem, it reads so very modern.

"t's guessing time at our house; every evening after tea"."Guessing Time" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert-Guest/Guessing-Time.html

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"Batuschka": agree

Delightful Christmas tradition... enjoyed :)

"He who walks through the meadows of Champagne" - Emile Verhaeren; The Cathedral Of Rheims... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-32048

[Danik 2016]

Beautiful and terrible poem!To think that today it takes only minutes to work that kind of destruction!

"I am a bard - I am a heaven bird,"."I Am A Bard" by Anna Akhmatova
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327860-I-am-a-Bard...-by-Anna-Akhmatova

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Enjoyed very much this brief little gem :)

"John-a-Dreams and Harum-Scarum" - Madison Julius Cawein; Ballad Of Low-Lie-Down... https://www.poemine.com/Madison-Julius-Cawein/Ballad-Of-Low-Lie-Down.html

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this realistic and romantic ballad! :)

"KNOW you the river near to Grez,". "Know You The River NEar To Grez" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Louis-Stevenson/Know-You-The-River-NEar-To-Grez.html

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Love lost... "So may that love grow never old, / But, clear and pure and fountain-cold, / Go on from grace to grace."..... wonderful :)

"LIGHT and silv'ry cloudlets hover" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; May... https://www.poemine.com/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe/May.html

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May- lovely poem

"My felisberto is handsomer than your mergotroid,"My Felisberto" by James Tate
https://www.poemine.com/James-Tate/My-Felisberto.html

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O k. Proof that poetry is in the eye of the beholder... but here's an eye opener: http://www.cosmoetica.com/TOP113-DES110.htm... Amazing :)

"Now fare-thee-well, England; no further I'll roam;" - Robert Bloomfield; Song For A Highland Drover Returning From England... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Bloomfield/Song-For-A-Highland-Drover-Returning-From-England.html

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I don't know, tailor, the critic may be right, but he may also be dictated by envy, as Tate received the Prizes and honors of a good poet.I don't find the poem outstanding but it reminded me a bit of Lewis Carrol.

Sweet homecoming poem!

"Of old sat Freedom on the heights,"."Of Old Sat Freedom by Alfred Tennyson
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Tennyson/Of-Old-Sat-Freedom.html

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Tate: Hmmm... maybe... more research needed!!! :)

Oh those pesky extremes... Enjoyed :)

"Pigeons shake their wings on the copper church roof" - Allen Ginsberg; Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Writing Letters... https://www.poemine.com/Allen-Ginsberg/Fourth-Floor-Dawn-Up-All-Night-Writing-Letters.html

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Lovely poem that reminds me of my dawn vista with pigeons.

'Quick! we have but a second,'."Quick! We Have But A Second" by Thomas Moore
https://www.litscape.com/author/Thomas_Moore/Quick_We_Have_But_A_Second.html

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Very evocative... cup/glass, a lip... opportunities not to be wasted: "Then quick! we have but a second, / Fill round, fill round while you may; / For Time, the churl, hath beckoned, / And we must away, away!"... Enjoyed :)

Asked Alexa to play a favorite artist of mine and was shared this beautiful piece (amongst others :) )... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnhxbZL5P8s

"Rushing war-hosts, horsemen or foot or galleys ?" - Sappho; To Anactoria, Who Has Forsaken A Once-Loved Girlfriend Of Sappho... https://www.poemine.com/Sappho/To-Anactoria-Who-Has-Forsaken-A-Once-Loved-Girlfriend-Of-Sappho.html

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Thanks for the link,will play it tomorrow.

Dramatic poem by Sappho.
"SHUT not your doors to me, proud libraries,"."by Walt Wĥi
https://www.poemine.com/Walt-Whitman/Shut-Not-Your-Doors-andc.html

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"The words of my book nothing—the drift of it everything;" Enjoyed the witticism :)

"There is a bird in the poplars!" - William Carlos Williams; Metric Figure... https://www.poemine.com/William-Carlos-Williams/Metric-Figure.html

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'Metric Figure'- Wonderful images"! Enjoyed!

'Unto like Story—Trouble"."Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me—" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2012/07/unto-like-storytrouble-has-enticed-me.html

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Triumphant poetic role playing... enjoyed both the poem and the summary :)

"VHEN sommer drees shake fort deir leafs," - Charles Godfrey Leland; Breitmann In Belgium. Spa.
... https://www.poemine.com/Charles-Godfrey-Leland/Breitmann-In-Belgium-Spa.html

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lololol Englisch vith Scherman akzent. You have never heard me speaking English Enjoyed!

"With life's tomorrow time you grasp,"."With Life's Tomorrow Time You Grasp" by Mihai Eminescu
https://www.poemine.com/Mihai-Eminescu/With-Life-s-Tomorrow-Time-You-Grasp.html

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The lyricism in the translation was done very well: "A radiant and brilliant view, / In many rapid glimpses caught, / Of infinite, unending calm, / Bathed in the rays of timeless thought."... Enjoyed :)

"Xanadu, a replica of paradise" - Abdul Malik; Xanadu... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/xanadu_1543807

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Enjoyed "Xanadu", glittering images!

"Your past is past and never to return,". "To Virginia (On Her Birthday) by Abram Joseph Ryan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8590853-To-Virginia--On-Her-Birthday--by-Abram-Joseph-Ryan

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The tone of the poem starts ominously with the past, but brightens with a hope, a prayer for the future... enjoyed :)

"Zebra stripes, and a zebra" - Reflectionshadow; Ink Zebra... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14290489-Ink-Zebra-by-Reflectionshadow

[Danik 2016]

Oh, enjoed so much this zebra poem.

"A ray of sun strayed softly round,"."Kittens" by Robert William Service
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-William-Service/Kittens.html

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Bitter sweet poem... and kitties!: "So Mother, drop your foolish dreams / And emulate the Cat." :)

"BECAUSE I show a guarded face" - Aline Murray Kilmer; To An Intruder... https://www.poemine.com/Aline-Murray-Kilmer/To-An-Intruder.html

[Danik 2016]

Curious poem about being reserved. Enjoyed¡

"Close her eyes: she must not peep!« Cottage-Songs(by the craddle) by George MacDonald

https://www.poemine.com/George-MacDonald/Cottage-Songs.html

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Delightful poem of the everyday... Enjoyed :)

"Don't kill the spider, little Fred," - H. P. Nichols; The Spider... https://www.poetrycat.com/h-p-nichols/the-spider

[Danik 2016]

Not fond of spiders but cute, wise poem. Enjoyed!

"Eddi, priest of St. Wilfrid"."Eddi's Service" by Rudyard Kipling
https://www.poetrycat.com/rudyard-kipling/eddis-service

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Such a poem of faith I had yet to see... Enjoyed :)

"Farewell, Romantic Tivoli!" - John Kenyon; A Day At Tivoli - Epilogue... https://allpoetry.com/A-Day-At-Tivoli---Epilogue

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:)

"A Day At Tivoli"-Charming travel poem.

“Gabble-gabble,… brethren,… gabble-gabble!” . "A Boy in Church" by Robert Graves
https://www.poetrycat.com/robert-graves/a-boy-in-church

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Loved the mind-wanderings of a parishioner both inside the church and viewing outside... Enjoyed :)

"How wonderful are the cities that man hath builded:" - Henry Van Dyke; The Great Cities
... https://www.poemine.com/Henry-Van-Dyke/The-Great-Cities.html

[Danik 2016]

Poem showing aspects of the big cities!

"In covert of a leafy porch,". "A Blind Singer." by Susan Coolidge
https://www.poetrycat.com/susan-coolidge/a-blind-singer

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Sad poem... Especially enjoyed the last stanza: "O, what is joy? In vain we grasp / Her purple wings;
Unwon, unwooed, she flits to dwell / With humble things; / She shares my sightless singer's cage, / And so--he sings." :)

"Joy of the Milliner, Envy of the Line," - William Ernest Henley; London Types:Life-Guardsman... https://www.poemine.com/William-Ernest-Henley/London-Types-Life-Guardsman.html

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Lol! Reminds me of the one time I was in London. Ŵe went to watch the change of the guards at Westminster. Everyone behaved impeccably including the horses. No horse of the Royal Guard would follow a call of nature in this grand moment.

«Kept up by relays of generations young"."Jack Roy by Herman Melville
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/herman-melville/jack-roy-25972

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A rollicking sea shanty of Captain Jack Roy... enjoyed :)

"Let's get our dreams unstuck" - Jean Cocteau; Preamble, A rough draft for an ars poetica...
https://www.poetrycat.com/jean-cocteau/preamble-a-rough-draft-for-an-ars-poetica

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" Preamble, A rough draft for an ars poetica... " Wonderful! I think this is the most creative ars poetica I ever read. The poet practices it, while writing about it.

"Millions busily toil, that the human race may continue;"."Different Destinies" by Friedrich Schiller
https://www.poetrycat.com/friedrich-schiller/different-destinies

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"But if one only can blossom, that one is able to scatter"... Enjoyed this thoughtful poem :)

"Never thy veil, in sun or in the shade," - Francesco Petrarca; Ballata I. A poem by Lassare il velo o per sole o per ombra. / Perceiving His Passion, Laura's Severity Increases.... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/ballata-i-93623128540

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Liked the playful translation of Nott. whoever that may be. And Laura must have had her reasons...

"Over the moonless land of Bathrolaire"."The First Sonnet Of Bathrolaire" by James Elroy Flecker
https://www.poetrycat.com/james-elroy-flecker

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Laura had excellent reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch

Fanciful poem of the land of Bathrolaire... at first a bit bright, then ambiguous. Enjoyed :)

"Poor Molly O'Flannagan (Lord rest her soul!)" - John Carr; An Irish Song... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-carr/an-irish-song

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Lol! indeed she had. Mostly an absorbing platonic love it seems!

Poor Molly O'Flannagan

By Francisco Quevedo- A poet with surname starting with "Q".

"You, the lovely princess of the dawn,"(‘He asks Aurora, the Dawn, to stay, so he may view his lover’s image in the sky’) by Francisco Quevedo (translated by A. S. Kline ).

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Spanish/QuevedoSonnets.php#anchor_Toc145324019

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Aurora:

• (AI Overview) "In Greco-Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess of dawn and the sister of the sun and the moon"

• Wikipedia: Aurōra appears most often in sexual poetry with one of her mortal lovers. "
I think the translation of the original word rendered into "flagrant" could have been a bit more poetic.

Enjoyed :)

"ROSE of all Roses, Rose of all the World!" - William Butler Yeats; The Rose Of Battle... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/9799/the-rose-of-battle/

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re: it is "flagrante" in the Spanish original. But the disposition of the verses is very different:

"Tú, princesa bellísima del día…
[Poema - Texto completo.]

Francisco de Quevedo

Tú, princesa bellísima del día,
de las sombras nocturnas triunfadora,
oro risueño y púrpura pintora,
del aire melancólico alegría;

pues del sol que te sigue y que te envía
eres flagrante y rica embajadora;
pues por ennoblecerte llamé Aurora
la hermosa sin igual, zagala mía;"
https://ciudadseva.com/texto/tu-princesa-bellisima-del-dia/

"The Rose Of Battle" Wonderful poem!

"Space"."Spaces" by Octavio Paz
https://www.poemine.com/Octavio-Paz/Spaces.html

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Ah... never took Spanish, which is bad on me being a Californian. Re: "pues del sol que te sigue y que te envía / eres flagrante y rica embajadora;"... Google AI: "This line, from a poem, means "because of the sun that follows you and sends you, you are a radiant and rich ambassador"; essentially saying that the person being addressed is like a shining representative of the sun's light and warmth."
If the translator had even used "flagrante" it would have read better... so, not a stellar translation... which always bugs me when we read translated poetry.

Case in point, after reading this article on Paz: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v11/n10/edwin-williamson/spanish-practices I've come to the conclusion that the passion, the soul of the poem is lost... even if rendered faithfully in another language. "Space" may be of these poems; as brilliant it may be in English it appears almost sterile, devoid of the poet's intent. Enjoyed otherwise

"The faieries gave him the propertie of the Thracian" - Katharine Lee Bates; The Thracian Stone... https://www.poetry.com/poem/24917/the-thracian-stone

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I think you have got a point there. I love Spanish poetry, but it is very difficult to translate it maintaining its soul. Also it often delights in dramatic exaggeration, or spelling of feelings which sounds beautiful, if it's good poetry and one loves the Spanish language which is my case.English poetry is more sober and contained, another sort of beauty.

Interesting poem about contentement

"Unable are the Loved to die"."Unable are the Loved to die" by Emily Dickinson.

https://www.poetry.com/poem/12388/unable-are-the-loved-to-die

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Allpoetry AI:
Analysis (ai): This poem explores the enduring nature of love, suggesting that love is not subject to the constraints of mortality. The speaker asserts that the loved cannot truly die because love itself is immortal, even divine. Love has the power to transform the very essence of life, elevating it to a higher plane of existence. This theme of love's transcendence is echoed in other works by the author, who often writes about the transformative power of love and its enduring legacy. The poem also reflects the Romantic era's emphasis on emotions and the celebration of love as a spiritual force.... https://allpoetry.com/Unable-are-the-Loved-to-die Enjoyed this take on ED's poem :)

"Vain the Concern which You express," - by Matthew Prior; To the Duke de Noalles... https://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10117015

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Thanks for the reference, tailor. I agree.

"To the Duke de Noalles..." A wise suggestion

"Well, there was still a sure hand, anyway,"."Amorosa and Company" by Conrad Aiken
http://www.blackcatpoems.com/a/amorosa_and_company.html

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Found a summary to help immensely... https://www.poetryexplorer.net/exp.php?id=10000444

"Xanadu," - Kylieshada58;Xanadu... https://www.wattpad.com/1306727437-hiraeth-xanadu-poem

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Xanadu-Charming, light poem. Enjoyed!

"your little voice"."your little voice" by e e Cummings
https://www.poemine.com/Edward-Estlin-Cummings/your-little-voice-I.html

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Over the moon listening to a voice... enjoyed :)

"Zippity Zappity Zap" - Nicholas Fonte; Superior... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2407243/superior/

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Enjoyed "Superior"!

"After yesterday"."After Yesterday" by A.R. Ammons
https://allpoetry.com/After-Yesterday

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Lovely poem and concise summary... Enjoyed :)

"By painful sickness long severely prest," - Sir John Carr; Epitaph On A Friend... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/epitaph-friend-0

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Epitaph the feeling of loss is proportional to the virtues of the deceased.

"COME balmy Sleep! tir'd Nature's soft resort!"."SONNET [11] XI. "To Sleep." by Charlotte Smith

https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/n22cs-w0110.shtml

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Enjoyed :) A short summary included: https://allpoetry.com/Sonnet-XI.-To-Sleep To get quality sleep would be a blessing.

"Dear is my little native vale," - Samuel Rogers; An Italian Song... https://www.poemine.com/Samuel-Rogers/An-Italian-Song.html

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Thanks! Lol! It refers to a tradition of "sleep poetry" in the 18 C. Insomnia seems to be no recent phenomena.

Charming idyllic Italian song!Enjoyed!

"Earliest morning, switching all the tracks"."Love Lies Sleeping" by Elisabeth Bishop
https://allpoetry.com/Love-Lies-Sleeping

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Love this poem by EB... so descriptive with her use of words... guess nothing really changes with cities. She even took pains to make her poem visually consistent and pertinent. Enjoyed the summary :)

"Fasten your hair with a golden pin," - William Butler Yeats; Aedh Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes... https://americanliterature.com/author/william-butler-yeats/poem/he-gives-his-beloved-certain-rhymes

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:)
Yeats-Wow!

"Giacinta sat upon the garden wall"."Giacinta" by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
https://www.poemine.com/Wilfrid-Scawen-Blunt/Giacinta.html

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"``And Simon loved you, and for this he died?''"... such an odd tension in this poem. I found a link that mentions a novel? of a psychological bent: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Capuana
A snippet google translated from an Italian wikipedia about Giacinta ( https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacinta_(romanzo) ): "the protagonist of the novel who, after a difficult adolescence, challenges the conventions and hypocrisy of the society in which she lives, triumphing over them temporarily. Giacinta is a pathological case, whose crisis is observed and analyzed by Capuana and her narrative alter ego, Doctor Follini." Hmmm... enjoyed but need further study :)

"HildaDoolittle" - George Starbuck; Session... https://static.poetryfoundation.org/jstor/i20601548/pages/15.png

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re: Agree. The poem hints at tragedy, but doesn't reveal the story
Interesting finds. Some more: Amazon blurb about the novel by Capuana:https://www.amazon.com/Giacinta-Luigi-Capuana/dp/1436858674
A lot about Wilfrid Blunt but no mention of the poem "Giacinta":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Scawen_Blunt

Hilda Doolittle-Curious poem!

"In the silent depth of space,"."Alcyone" by Archibald Lampman
https://www.poetrycat.com/archibald-lampman/alcyone

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Interesting finds...the poet quite the scoundrel if I interpret correctly.

Enjoyed, although it is a rather young star: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyone_(star) :)

"Janus am I; oldest of potentates;" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Poet's Calendar... https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-poets-calendar

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re: Agree! The myth of Hyacinth isn´t very helpful either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology). Blunts Giacinta is very ambiguous. Maybe he just made her up that way ?!.

Enjoyed the "The Poet's Calendar..." A correspondence with the astrological signs.

Cheating a bit on letter "K". "K" however in title or the second word:
"Be kind to animals, my child:Don't make the gentle ringworm wild.". "Kindness to Animals" by Arthur James Marshall Smith
https://www.poemine.com/Arthur-James-Marshall-Smith/KINDNESS-TO-ANIMALS.html

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Agree... the myth muddies the waters even more.

Cute poem for children to have better regard for other beings.

"Lift up thy torch, O Year, and let us see" - Madison Julius Cawein; The New Year... https://www.poemine.com/Madison-Julius-Cawein/The-New-Year.html

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The new year. Enjoyed the poem, specially the play with opposing terms.


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

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Short and sweet by Stevie :)

"Nymph of the downward smile and sidelong glance!" - John Keats; Sonnet VI: To G. A. W.... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/sonnet-vi-to-g-a-w-62743933635

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Infatuated sonnet by Keats.

"Oh, give me a home where the buffalo"."The Western Home" by Brewster Higley
https://allpoetry.com/The-Western-Home

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Very familiar first stanza... and now I've read the rest of the poem... enjoyed :)

"Poor the pleasure" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Memento Mori... https://www.poetrycat.com/christina-georgina-rossetti/memento-mori

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Stern poem( remember that you are a mortal)!

Author with surname starting with "Q":

"CLOSE now thine eyes and rest secure;"."A Good-night" by Francis Quarles
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/quarles1.html#2

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A good night indeed... Enjoyed :)

"Regal the earth seems with diamonds today," - Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass; The Sleet... https://allpoetry.com/The-Sleet

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The Sleet-Loved the beautiful images!


"Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes"."Sancta Maria" by Edgar Allan Poe
https://allpoetry.com/Sancta-Maria

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Enjoyed Poe's devotional poem :)

"The shadows lay along Broadway," - Nathaniel Parker Willis; Unseen Spirits... https://allpoetry.com/Unseen-Spirits

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"Unseen Spirits"- Victorian morals.

"Uncle, whose inventive brains"."Uncle" by Harry Graham
https://www.poemine.com/Harry-Graham/Uncle.html

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Lol tragic poem of the inventive and advantaged... enjoyed :)

"View not this Spire by Measure giv'n" - Matthew Prior; Engraven on a COLUMN In the Church of Halstead in Essex, The spire of which, burnt down by Lightning, was rebuilt at the Expense of Mr. Samuel Fiske, 1717.... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/pmp18-w1070.shtml

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"Engraven on a column..."Enjoyed this sober poem.


"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high"."Where the Mind Is Without Fear" by Rabindranath Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/Where-The-Mind-Is-Without-Fear

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"... let my country awake" :) Task done? Otherwise enjoyed :)

"xenophobia" - David Alexander Walker; All ******* Up... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1586903/all-trumped-up/

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Alas, no! Worried!:(

"Xenophobia", to the point! Enjoyed!

"Ye have sung me your songs, ye have chanted your rimes".John McCrae, "The Song of the Derelict"
https://www.poeticous.com/poets/john-mccrae/poems/the-song-of-the-derelict

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A moving sea shanty of a ship left derelict; her sister 'Terrible" hosting Davey Jones locker... Enjoyed :)

"Zigzag Universe says: "I am the space of Devananda" Way of God "and" - Jose Luis Carreño Troncoso; Zig Zag Universe... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4113889/zig-zag-universe/

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Curious poem that looks more like a treaty. Thought it was an ancient author but seems to be contemporaneous with similar looking works that can be had as free e-books at Amazon.

"am was. are leaves few this. is these a or"."am was" by e e cummings
https://allpoetry.com/am-was

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Concise and to the point (just kidding)... Thank heavens for the analysis... enjoyed :)

"Behold! a giant am I!" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Windmill... https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-windmill

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re cummings : Lol, yes, soo easy to understand! ;)
The Windmill-Charming poem!

"Clear and cool, clear and cool,"."The Tide River" by Charles Kingsley
https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-kingsley/the-tide-river

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The poem begins with a pristine river that then enters into civilization and its resultant pollution, only for redemption before it enters the sea... similar to our purity as children that as we grow become worldly, with redemption available... Enjoyed :)

"Down in the dear West Country, there's a garden where I know" - Fay Inchfawn; The Lad's Love by the Gate... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/the-lad-s-love-by-the-gate-33246274813

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"The Lad's Love by the Gate..." Lovely poem!

"Each morning I pass on my way to work".""Each morning I pass on my way to work" by Lesbia Harford
https://www.poemine.com/Lesbia-Harford/Each-morning-I-pass-on-my-way-to-work.html

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Enjoyed very much the content and the structure of the poem :)

"Full many a shining wit one sees," - Friedrich Schiller; Breadth And Depth... https://allpoetry.com/Breadth-And-Depth

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Enjoyed Schiller's poem!

"Gather around me,"."The Other One" by Robert William Servic! I
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/robert-william-service/other-one-31064

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A touching poem about the loss of a little one. Enjoyed :) A wiki of the author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service#:~:text=Newly%20wealthy%2C%20Ser vice%20was%20able,45%20in%20Dawson.

"He is known" - Deepak Kumar Pattanayak; Game of God... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/game-of-god-2/

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RS- Quite an adventurous life! Thanks for the link, tailor.

"Game of God..." A sad story with a happy end!

"It's a year almost that I have not seen her:"A Bird Song" by Christina Georgina Rossetti
https://www.poetrycat.com/christina-georgina-rossetti/a-bird-song

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Sweet little poem... Enjoyed :)

"Jessie, Jessie Cameron," - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Jessie Cameron... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/jessie-cameron-57492066685

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Enjoyed the saga of Jessie Cameron!

"Knows how to forget!"."Knows how to forget!" By Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/2012/12/knows-how-to-forget.html

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I forget: What was the poem about ? Lol, playful poem, and also enjoyed the summary :)

"Light cloud pavilion light rain" - Wang Wei; A Study... https://allpoetry.com/A-Study

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Loved the poem! As the first translation shows, Chinese seems to get down to essentials: no articles, no prepositions or conjunctions that glue words and sentences together. Enjoyed one comment which begged the poet to keep up his good work.


"My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics?". "1940" by Berthold Brecht.
https://www.poetrycat.com/bertolt-brecht/1940

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"Enjoyed one comment which begged the poet to keep up his good work." - Lololololololol !!!

Mathematics: high schoolers lament learning geometry yet will cut corners consistently through a rectangular quad.

French: the only way I can remember how many days are in each month is using an old French song I learned in the 2nd grade.

History: Bertolt Brecht lived through WW I and WW II and died in East Germany... plenty of reasons to remember history IMHO.

Enjoyed the sombre poem :)

"Nothing is new; we walk where others went;" - Robert Herrick; Nothing New... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/nothing-new-56060668165

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Nothing New-minimalistic and to the point!


"Once I am sure there's nothing going on". "Church Going" by Philip Larkin
https://www.poetrycat.com/philip-larkin/church-going
https://poemanalysis.com/philip-larkin/church-going/

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Lol, fell asleep at the keyboard again... found this .pdf for a summary of Church Going... https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/eStoreImages/Bank/410.pdf ... a sad poem for me though I enjoyed Larkin's musings :)

"Places I love come back to me like music," - Sara Teasdale; Places... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504319-Places-by-Sara-Teasdale

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Lol! Thanks for the pdf but sleep comes first!

"Places". "Beautiful poem!

"Quick through the gates of Fairyland"."Early Spring" by Fay Inchfawn
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/fay-inchfawn/early-spring-21143

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Fairyland! A South Wind would be welcome now... Enjoyed :)

"Rose, when I remember you," - Sara Teasdale; To Rose... https://allpoetry.com/To-Rose

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"To Rose"-Loved this poem! One almost sees Rose at two.
Two poems starting with "S" by Yoaa Buson:

"Straw sandal half sunk"."Straw sandal half sunk" by Yosa Buson

"Sparrow singing--"."Sparrow singing" by Yosa Buson
Both on https://www.poemine.com/poems/S/287/
https://asianartnewspaper.com/yosa-buson/

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Exquisite haiku :) Wonderful article. "Painting is Poetry Without Sound" is a wonderful rendition of the art of YB and his contemporaries. Being a devotee of Basho he made advances in both the poetic and painting arts :)

"Tumble me down, and I will sit" - Robert Herrick; To Fortune... https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/emoticon-robert-herrick-s-17th-century-poem-to-fortune-does-not-contain-a-smiley-face.html

[Danik 2016]

re: Found the whole Herick poem, but the punctuation is different in this version:
https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/to-fortune-4434016595

"Up the ash tree climbs the ivy,"."Upper Lambourne" by John Betjeman
https://www.poemine.com/John-Betjeman/Upper-Lambourne.html
https://poemanalysis.com/john-betjeman/upper-lambourne/

[tailor STATELY]

Good catch... found this with some interesting comments :) https://www.thenewatlantis.com/text-patterns/smileys-emoticons-typewriter-art ... one being:
Unknown, April 15, 2014 at 2:53 am...
I'm with you in doubting that Herrick or his earliest publishers included a smiley face in "To Fortune," but I should note that a 1648 printing of his works (from a copy at the Huntington Library) does indeed feature a colon beside an end parenthesis in this early version of "To Fortune." On the other hand, that collocation also appears on the very next page, in "To Anthea," as well as on the preceding page in a poem called "To M. Denham, on his Prospective Poem." A JPEG of "To Fortune" and "To Anthea", along with bibliographical information can be found for a week or so at http://ow.ly/vN9oO

Interesting rhyme scheme by JB: ABCBDB Enjoyed :)

"Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith," - Christina Georgina Rossetti; The One Certainty - Sonnet... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/the-one-certainty---sonnet-63618942127

[Danik 2016]

re: I agree with this author. The poem he cites is also without parenthesis and to have an emoticon one must have an audience that knows what an emoticon is and recognises is, I think.

"The One Certainty"- Rather a sad ,pessimistic poem

"What we want"."What We Want" by Linda Pastan
https://www.poemine.com/Linda-Pastan/What-We-Want.html

Good luck with the elections!We all need it!

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emoticons: I thought it was a fun diversion :)

Elections? Oh, yeah. Thanx!

"But what we want appears / in dreams, wearing disguises."... in my case it's sunglasses :coolgleamA: ... enjoyed the poem :)

"Xenophobic?" - Simon 74; Barrows claiming yams... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18027236-Barrows-claiming-yams-by-Simon-74

[Danik 2016]

:)

Enjoyed the precision of the poem.

"Young mother! proudly throbs thine heart, and well may it rejoice"."To A Young Mother On The Birth Of Her First-Born Child" by Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
https://www.poetrycat.com/rosanna-eleanor-leprohon/to-a-young-mother-on-the-birth-of-her-first-born-child

[tailor STATELY]

Sweet Poem :)

"zzzzz.....zzzzz...shhh.....zzzzz." - Raj Arumugam; 2-body talk... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/154559/2-body-talk/

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed this Zpoem-original theme.

"America, I sing back. Sing back what sung you in.","America, I Sing You Back" by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/search/?type=poem

[tailor STATELY]

Found your poem here: https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/america-i-sing-you-back/

Wonderful poem. We need more singers like she... Enjoyed :)

"Becalmed upon the sea of Thought," - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; In The Harbor - Becalmed... https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/in-the-harbor---becalmed

[Danik 2016]

Sorry for the wrong link.
Becalmed-Enjoyed the metaphor of the ship with the flacid sails.

"COME, here is adieu to the city"."Come, Here Is Adieu To The City by Robert Louis Stevenson

https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Louis-Stevenson/Come-Here-Is-Adieu-To-The-City.html