Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Inspired poem written on Easter... enjoyed :)

""Hurra! hurra!" I heard them say," - Thomas Moore; The Periwinkles And The Locusts. A Salmagundian Hymn... https://tercul.com/en/works/the-peri...nguage_code=en

"The Periwinkles And The Locusts." Much enjoyed! Very up to date, could have been written by Brazilian author Lima Barreto.

"It is portentous, and a thing of state"."Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" by Vachel Lindsay
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/a...s-at-midnight/

Lima Barreto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Barreto... passed away so young; interesting writer. "Barreto adopted a more simple style in his books which was more accessible to a majority of the Brazilian people. This provoked an increasing number of criticisms against the author, who was persecuted by the Brazilian elite for his non-classical style."

"Lincoln": Enjoyed. Still up to date with the man of peace lamenting the current states of affairs.

"Joy comes and goes: hope ebbs and flows," - Matthew Arnold; To Fausta... https://www.poeticous.com/matthew-arnold/to-fausta

Was astonished to learn that LB has a Wikipedia page in 11 languages.

Enjoyed Arnold's poem: the internal rhyme in the first verse of each strophe seems to give the poem the form of ebbing and flowing waves. But the content is sad and the poet resigned.

"karenina"."karenina" by Regina Elliott
https://www.poetry.com/poem/159037/karenina

Enjoyed: "karenina, / in Luna's consoling / presence, / encourager, / steps lithe amidst / the stars. :)

"Lo! the wild rabbit, happy in the pride" - Ambrose Bierce; Aspiration... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aspiration-14/

"Aspiration..." A wise poem! Enjoyed!


This is not an usual poem, but I enjoyed that:

"Man who is a serious novel would like to hear from a woman who is a poem’ (classified"."Exchange of Letters" by Wendy Cope
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/0...by-wendy-cope/

Lololol ! Love the prologue poem too which is in answer to Cope's poem; guessing whom "M" is is prolly "Man", or perhaps another ? :)

"No, not more welcome the fairy numbers" - Thomas Moore; No, Not More Welcome... https://kalliope.org/en/text/moore2000082963

T. seems to be the owner of the site, who maybe is also a poet. M? Man or?

Enjoyed Moore 's poem!

"oh antic God"."oh antic God" by Lucille Clifton
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/oh-antic-god/

Sweet poem. Enjoyed :)

"paper umbrellas" - Kobayashi Issa; paper umbrellas... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...umbrellas.html

Sadly Poetry Atlas, which I used a lot lately, has ceased to exibit the poems to me about two weeks ago, alleging copyright. I tried to find the haiku elsewhere but wasn´t successful.

Poem by a poet with surname starting with "Q"(with analysis).
"When I love". "When I Love" by Nizar Qabbani
https://allpoetry.com/When-I-Love

"Issa’s original Japanese haiku are in the public domain, but not most modern English translations. " - Quora post... ROFL !!!!!!!!

Here's the original version and the website I found it on, if you can access it of course; if not maybe use google translation ?

.傘の雫ながらにかすみかな
karakasa no shizuku nagara ni kasumi kana
... http://haikuguy.com/issa/searchenglishjapanese2.php

Wonderful treatise on love... Enjoyed :)

"Repeat, O, Muse! the virtuous song" - Ann Batten Cristall; Repeat, O, Muse! ... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....95-w0140.shtml

Thanks for the link, tailor!

Enjoyed the introductory poem!

"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,"."Funeral Blues" by W.H. Auden
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2005/1...w-h-auden/amp/

An elegy poem... found an analysis here: https://poemanalysis.com/w-h-auden/funeral-blues/ Enjoyed :)

"The screaming, hairy, armadillo" – Liz Brownlee; Hairy Screaming Armadillo... https://lizbrownleepoet.com/2015/04/...ra-armadillos/

Enjoyed the analysis. Didn´t know that the poem was so famous.

Aaaaaiiiiiiii! Enjoyed!

Here in Brazil we have a very small sort of armadillo or insect like armadillo, the pill bug (tatu bolinha). When I was a kid, we had them in the garden. If one pokes them, they roll instantly up into a ball to protect themselves.
https://www.google.com/search?q=tatu...t0exyMO_A,st:0

"Under an oak-tree in a".The Rue-Anemone by Madison Julius Cawein
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...-julius-cawein

Lol, we called pill bugs Rollie Pollies :) Enjoyed the video... would love to be sitting in a creek right now.

Fanciful Poem... found it here: https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...-anemone-11678...Enjoyed ! "Deep in the boscage, kneeling on one knee, / Watching the wandered Oread draw near, / Her wild heart beating like a honey-bee / Within a rose." :)

As an aside, 2-troublesome oaks, though mighty with shade!, were removed the other day from near my bedroom at my daughter's insistence... now my air conditioner can't keep up with the heat :(

"Vision of light, above triumphal car" - Margaret Steele Anderson; Beatrice... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...beatrice-37256