Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Beautiful poem!

"The summer everyone left for the moon"."1969" by Alex Dimitrov
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/1969/

"Then returned to continue the war." I remember the optimism of the the space program in 1969, '70, '71, '72 balanced with the realization of needing to register for the draft in a few years, 3-months into my senior year (1971/72) of high school. Wasn't called up through the lottery that year nor subsequent years, nor did I enlist, but many were/did. Alex's poem seems a bit disjointed in spots, but so were the times... enjoyed :)

"Unsought by man, and whose untrodden depths" - Sallie Bridges; The Sovereign of the Pampas
... https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poe...of-the-pampas/

Internet issues yesterday, as they were substituting the cables in my street.

re1969: I also remember the optimism of those years. But I think you were lucky for not having to enlist. You probably would have been a very different man today, if you did.
Majestic poem! Sadly I have never been to the Pampas, but the torrid heath goes on here too. It´s now May and temperatures are still soaring about 30°.

"Vague mystery hangs on all these desert places". "On a Headland in the Bay of Panama" by Bryan Waller Procter
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...of-panama.html

Ah, you were missed. Today we're getting brisk winds and rain from a system originating in Alaska with a high of 8º C; no snow here but 305 m higher may get some. My BBC news feed from my Alexa flash briefing just referred to terrible weather in Brasil such that rivers are flooding and one dam has burst and another dam being threatened all with hot weather... prayers.

Quite a mystery of an ancient peoples... enjoyed

"We've always been out looking for answers," - Diane Thiel; Listening in Deep Space... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/l...in-deep-space/

Prayers so very welcome. The state most south of Brazil is flooded, more than 30.000 people are homeless.There are also several dead and disappeared people.

I have to cheat, "X" poems have become so seldom


"ON these white cliffs, that"."X. On Dover Cliffs." by William Lisle Bowles
http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=538682

I only have 2-"x" poems left in my research queue :(

The English half of me longs to see the cliffs of Dover... enjoyed very much :)

"Your hair draping down" - Captain Cur; Adagio, Love Poems... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/adagio-love-poems/

Enjoyed the images!

A Ztitled poem
"A sunny shaft did I behold".Zapolya (song) by Samuel Coleridge
https://www.poetry.com/poem/34404/zapolya

Sweet poem :)

"Art thou asleep? or have thy wings" - Walter De La Mare; The Glimpse... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/glimpse-6

"The Glimpse..." so very suited to our time of life! Enjoyed with some heartache.

"Barkindji are weeping for their Baarka mother"."Darling" by Sue Aldred
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...8/darling.html

Sickening :( Enjoyed the poem :)

"Cover thy spacious heavens, Zeus," - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Prometheus... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...ometheus-16650

This is my favorite poem by Goethe! See this proud words of defiance:

"Here sit I, forming mortals
After my image;
A race resembling me,
To suffer, to weep,
To enjoy, to be glad,
And thee to scorn,
As I!"

"Dante, old Ghibelline! Your godlike head". "Dante" by Auguste Barbier
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/2620/dante.html

The poem depicts what a contentious world Dante lived in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri
... enjoyed :)

"Essential oils are wrung:" - Emily Dickinson; Essential Oils Are Wrung:... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...re-wrung-13769

re Dante:I agree. Thanks for the link.
Found this analysis of the poem by Emily Dickinson :https://eliteskills.com/c/17530

"Fain would my Muse the flow'ry Treasures sing,"In Imitation Of Cowley : The Garden" by Alexander Pope
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...he-garden-1639

re: Emily - Incredible depth that eluded me... thank you for the link for the analyses... :)

Wonderful romantic language used by Pope... Enjoyed :)

"Gabble-gabble,... brethren,... gabble-gabble!" - Robert von Ranke Graves; A Boy In Church... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...n-church-37803

re Emily The poem eluded me too.

"A Boy In Church..." Loved this poem build on contrasts: church x weather outside; "serious" prayer x mad prayer; humans x trees.

"Hail to thee, monarch of African mountains,"."Kilimandjaro" by Bayard Taylor.
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...imandjaro.html