Loved this poem, but didn't enjoy the part of the wheelchair at 80 :(.
"Once there was a little boy,"."The Boy Who Never Told a Lie"
by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ano...er-told-a-lie/
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Loved this poem, but didn't enjoy the part of the wheelchair at 80 :(.
"Once there was a little boy,"."The Boy Who Never Told a Lie"
by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ano...er-told-a-lie/
Good boy; good poem :)
"People say, friendship-" - shygirlbabygirl; Friendship ... https://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index...=t&item=poetry
Agree with the argument of the poem.
Poem by a poet with q in his/her name.
"In every direction I turn, a weathered"."HOMAGE TO THE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS"
by Liu Quan
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php
Lovely poem, especially S3 :)
"Reaching, arms circling" - Deborah Steele; Friendship... https://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index...=t&item=poetry
Moving poem!
"Smile a little, smile a little,"."Smiles"
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ell...wilcox/smiles/
Good advice... smile in the face of adversity. Enjoyed :)
"Through portico of my elegant house you stalk" - Sylvia Plath; Conversation Among The Ruins... https://allpoetry.com/Conversation-Among-The-Ruins
A great poem, a most recent favorite. Plath at her best and ai too!
"Undone! undone! the lawyers cry"."The Downfall of Charing-Cross" by Charles Mackay
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1030...0-h.htm#page56
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_Cross
Enjoyed the historical poem and wiki :) I only knew of Charing Cross railway station through Harry Potter (the last book?).
"Virgin, Mother of God, God-famed Mary! " - Anonymous; Bogurodzica (Mother of God)... https://www.fisheaters.com/mostholynameofmary.html
Me too. Didn't remember it any more.
Loved the whole page, the story behind the song and that funny confusion about the cities. And I never stopped to think that cappuccino comes from capuchinhos, an religious order where the frias wear hoods.
"Why do you stand on the air"."Humming-Bird" by Hilda Conklin
https://allpoetry.com/Humming-Bird2
Marvelous poem! Enjoyed so much :)
Poet with a 'x' in their name:
"Flowers bloom:" - Xue Tao; Gazing at Spring... https://allpoetry.com/Gazing-at-Spring
Delicate but very sad poem. Enjoyed!
"Yes! from mine eyes the tears unbidden start,"."Distant View of England..." by William Lisle Bowles
https://allpoetry.com/Distant-View-O...d-From-The-Sea
"Yet still I gaze, and count each rising wave / That bears me nearer to my home again"... Enjoyed :)
Poet with a 'z' in their name:
"We walked beside the sea," - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; A Sea-Side Walk... https://allpoetry.com/A-Sea-Side-Walk
Loved this poem loaded with atmosphere. And this is a very clever "z" find.
"Across the red sky two birds flying,"."Across the Red !Sky"
by Katherine Mansfield
https://allpoetry.com/Across-The-Red-Sky
Somber poem of a warring sun. Enjoyed :)
"Bedad, that hurt!" and Patrick held" - Anonymous; Reptilian Anatomy... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/irish-poems/
Lol! Enjoyed! Anonymous showing sense of hum
"Come to the sunset tree,"." Evening Hymn" by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/night-poems/ #4
"Sweet is the hour of rest," Enjoyed so much :)
"Down the highroad of the Milky Way" - Hilda Conkling; The Milky Way... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/hil...the-milky-way/
Wonderful poem! What a rich imagination!
"Enthroned upon the mighty truth,"."Justice " by Paul Laurence Dunbar
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/pau...unbar/justice/
"True" justice... a shame justice needs a qualifier... Enjoyed :)
"Friendship! peculiar boon of Heaven," - Samuel Johnson; Friendship... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/sam...on/friendship/
"To men and angels only given,/To all the lower world denied." What does he mean with "lower world"?
"Good morning Lord, I thank you for this"."A Morning Prayer"
by Gigi Ryan
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/gig...orning-prayer/
"lower world": I'm thinking outer darkness, or what some call h e l l.
Beautiful prayer poem by Gigi. I have one I've been working on for years that may yet come to fruition. Enjoyed :)
"How sweetly on the autumn scene," - Charles G. D. Roberts; The Hawkbit... https://allpoetry.com/The-Hawkbit
Yes. But it might also mean the animal world
Charming Autumn poem.
"It is so long ago; and men well-nigh"."The Departing of Gluskāp" by Charles G. D. Roberts
https://allpoetry.com/The-Departing-of-Gluskp
https://bunko.jp/books/pg_57102/chapters/62
Hmmm...
Enjoyed the poem about Gluskāp the mythological warrior-being. Had to render the second link into plain text using an extension, but got it done :)
"Just to let you know," - jayla; Friendship... https://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index...=t&item=poetry
:)
A very straightforward poem!
Poem by a poet with "K" in her name:
"Action is the golden key"."Action"
by Kate Louise Wheeler
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/action-poems/
Enjoyed Kate's quatrain :)
"Life (priest and poet say) is but a dream;" - Walter Savage Landor; The Dragon-Fly... https://allpoetry.com/The-Dragon-Fly
Enjoyed this philosophical poem!
"My legacy --"."My Legacy" by Taigu Ryokan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8602791-M...y-Taigu-Ryokan
Enjoyed how he let Winter go begging in his legacy :)
"Now the last day of many days," - Percy Bysshe Shelley; To Jane: The Recollection... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...on-29776234929
Wonderful description of an walk with a beloved person.
"Out from Jerusalem"."King Solomon and the Ants"
by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/wisdom-poems/ #4
"Happy must be the State / Whose ruler heedeth more / The murmurs of the poor / Than flatteries of the great." Enjoyed the beneficence of the King's :)
"Past the town's clamour is a garden full" - Edward Dowden; In The Garden I: The Garden... https://allpoetry.com/In-The-Garden--I:-The-Garden
Love this depiction of a peaceful nature!
Poem by a poet with "Q" in his name:
"I conquer the world with words,"."Conquer the World with Words" by Nizar Qabbani
https://allpoetry.com/I-Conquer-The-World-With-Words
Enjoyed... I thought of ee cummings' poetry while reading :)
#3 "Recorded in the book of life—blest name;" - Eliza Wolcott; Charityhttps://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poe...ut-compassion/
:)
«...blest the soul that feels another's wo;" and does something about it.
"So passed the morning away. And lo!"."The Church Scene from Evangeline"
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/forgiveness-poems/
A poem of the tragedy of the Acadians brought forth by the crown and subsequent events including a love story... Enjoyed :)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline
"The force that through the green fuse drives the flower" - Dylan Thomas; The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower... https://allpoetry.com/The-Force-That...ves-The-Flower
An interesting story, Taylor, thanks! I don't know anything about Nova Scotia.
I believe this poem has much to do with Dylan Thomas own turbulent youth and becoming a poet. Enjoyed itvery much!
Poem by a poet with his name starting with "U":
"Say, what is the sparkling light before us"."Say, what is the sparkling light before us" by Ulrich von Buwenburg
https://allpoetry.com/Ulrich-von-Buwenburg
"May heav'n complete thee, thou fair creation," Enjoyed... First poem by UvB that I've read possibly :)
"Very dark the autumn sky," - Oliver Herford; A Belated Violet... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/violet-poems/
Me too!
Ai! Cute but sad poem!
"When Dandy Dandelion wakes"."Dandy Dandelion"
by Christopher Morley
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/chr...ndy-dandelion/
:) :) :)
Poet with an 'x' in their name:
"In February, light, fine willow catkins" - Xue Tao; Willow Catkins... https://allpoetry.com/Willow-Catkins
Lovely quatrain. Reminds me of our maybe oldest poet, angliholic.
"Ye careless souls, be wise,"."Time is Precious"
by Peter Burn
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/pet...e-is-precious/
So true... for angliholic https://www.online-literature.com/fo...6&pp=15&page=1: Come out, come out dear poet / from beneathe the willow's caress / bless us with your poetry / leave us not bereft - tailor
"Awake from lethargy! / Behold, time swiftly flies, / Like lightning o'er the skies, / Into eternity." Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:
"We cannot live, except thus mutually" - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Love... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327250-...rrett-Browning
How good that you recovered his thread! Many of these poems were probably in memory of his deceased wife.
"But when a soul, by choice and conscience, doth
Throw out her full force on another soul,
The conscience and the concentration both make
mere life, Love." Beautiful definition of love!
"And from aloft, overhead,"."The Delights of Summer" by Theocritus
https://allpoetry.com/The-Delights-of-Summer
"And near by, a sacred stream / Kept murmuring, / As it flowed from a cavern of the nymphs;" Would have liked more information on the magical folke... Enjoyed :)
"Baroque, but beautiful, between the lunes," - Madison Julius Cawein; Pearls... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/pearls-46124686166