Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Very original take. Aren't the holes the beginning and the end of all beings?

"Tenderness and rot"."Tenderness and Rot by Kay Ryan
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...-kay-ryan/amp/

re: holes - I hadn't thought of it that way... this is what touched me: "But I want the infinite man who sleeps / in my veins to rise".

T&R: the political aspects of the poem are obvious; the personal aspects a bit more ambiguous... one of my Daughter's brother-in-laws just passed on due to cancer, age 45 or so; service tomorrow. He tried to turn his life around at the end :) Enjoyed the poem.

"Unbind thee, love, unbind thee, love," - Thomas Moore; Unbind Thee, Love... https://tercul.com/en/works/unbind-t...nguage_code=en

re: Sorry about your daughter's brother-in-law: 45 is so very young and cancer is a devastating illness.
T&R I hadn't thought about the political aspects.


" Uncle he says 'at 'way down in the sea"."Session With Uncle Sidney - II - Uncle Brightens Up" by James Whitcomb Riley
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...htens-up-29265

Delightful vernacular poem :)

"verily everything that is lost will be" - Safia Elhillo; asmarani makes prayer... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2021/0...safia-elhillo/

"asmarani makes prayer..."Interesting poem, shaped as a wound. Enjoyed.



"We live in a modern society. Husbands and wives don’t grow". "The Archipelago of Kisses" by Jeffrey McDaniel
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...frey-mcdaniel/

Wow! Incredible poem :)

"Xola is your name so sweet," - Edward Kofi Louis; Xola... http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=380792

Enjoyed the poem. Astonished at each new "x" poem.

"You put on some new pants. I put"."You Think You Are Something Less Real Than You Are" by Wendy Xu
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2021/0...-wendy-xu/amp/

That was my last "x" poem...

Fanciful poem... I have no clue, lol... enjoyed :)

"Zimbabwe frightened you," - Gert Strydom; Zimbabwe frightened you... http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=400458

re: We were already flexibilizing the rules. Suggestion: Poet with name starting with "X" or simply jumping to "y".

re Wendy Xu:A general (not long) survey:
https://chireviewofbooks.com/2017/04...ge-in-phrasis/


"A heart that’s been broken"."A Heart That’s Been Broken" by Maureen Owen
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...-maureen-owen/

re: We¹... 'k

re: We²... now that makes sense, lol

Touching poem... enjoyed :)

"Beleaguered on all sides," - Captain Cur; Autumnal Equinox... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/autu...-weymouth-bay/

re We1 didn't understand...`k

Loved this sea poems :" view the world from these marvelous heights
where the hands of time lie still."

"Clear night, thumb-top of a moon, a back-lit sky."."Clear Night" by Charles Wright
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2018/0...es-wright/amp/

Sorry, 'k or k = ok.

Enjoyed Charles' poem: "I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed." :)

"Darkness: the rain sluiced down; the mire was deep;" - Siegfried Sassoon; The Redeemer... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-redeemer/

Sasson, the great war poet, impressive. The poem reminded me of a German war song (lyrics translated):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1cKNcf1mpk.


"Even Eve, the only soul in all of time"."History" by Jennifer Michael Hecht
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...michael-hecht/

Somewhat somber but moving song... enjoyed :)

Hmmm... I might agree to disagree with the premise of the poem, but who am I ? The irony is that the owner of Read A Little Poetry's opening remarks lead in to the poem quite well. :)

"Fly swift, my light gazelle," - Thomas Moore; The Language Of Flowers... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/language-flowers-2

re "History"-I have to agree that the Eve of the poem is not very like the biblical Eve

Enjoyed the delicate poem!


"Glad tidings hath my Saviour brought"."WRITTEN ON EASTER DAY." by Mary Alcock
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....99-w0040.shtml