Alphabetical Poem First Lines

"Change"-Enjoyed this nostalgic poem. I like Sara Teasdale very much!

"sail on,"."sail on" by W. Jude Aher
https://www.poemine.com/W-Jude-Aher/sail-on.html

Touching poem from one who will never give up... sail on Jude ! Enjoyed :)

"The sky puts on the darkening blue coat" - Rainer Maria Rilke; Evening... https://symbolreader.net/2014/10/10/...-translations/

Beautiful Rilke poem about humans torn between the stars and the earth.

"Uncertain lease—develops lustre"."Uncertain lease -- develops lustre" by Emily Dickinson
https://allpoetry.com/Uncertain-leasedevelops-lustre

Thank heavens for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Violets! -- deep-blue violets!" - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Violet... https://www.litscape.com/author/Leti...he-Violet.html

Charming flower poem!

"Was, Is, And Yet-To-Be"."Was, Is, And Yet-To-Be" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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http://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_...Yet_To_Be.html

I'm in the Yet-to-be camp: "And gazed far off into misty space / With a wrapt expression upon her face. // Such wonderful pleasures are coming to me, / Such glory, such honour, said Yet-to-be."... enjoyed :)

"Xenophobia lies very thinly under the surface" - Robert43041; Xenophobia... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17935064-...by-Robert43041

re: Corrected the link of the poem. Am currently in the Is camp.

"Xenophobia", true poem. Enjoyed!

"Your pen needs but a ruffle"."Rhymes for Gloriana - III. On Receiving One of Gloriana's Letters" by Vachel Lindsay
https://www.poetrycat.com/vachel-lin...rianas-letters

Wonderful poem lauding a friend; found this for elucidation... https://allpoetry.com/Rhymes-For-Gloriana Enjoyed :)

"Zebra was reading up on other foods" - PinkFaerie5; Zebra the Herbivore... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17477587-...by-PinkFaerie5

Enjoyed that funny Zebra poem! :)

"A human being is here". "A human being is here" by Jon Fosse

https://www.poetryinternational.com/...-BEING-IS-HERE

https://www.studocu.com/es-ar/docume...-here/95953362

I had a sense of the poem when I read it, but the summary really helped. Very deep... Enjoyed :)

"Between going and staying the day wavers," - Octavio Paz; Between Going And Staying... https://www.poetrycat.com/octavio-pa...ng-and-staying

Loved this Paz poem!


"Come, spread your wings, as I spread mine,"."After A Lecture On Wordsworth" by Oliver Wendell Holmes
https://www.poetrycat.com/oliver-wen...-on-wordsworth

Wonderful nature poem... enjoyed :)

"Dear yesterday, glide not so fast;" - Helen Hunt Jackson; Gondolieds... https://www.litscape.com/author/Hele...ondolieds.html

Time nostalgia, enjoyed!

"Especially when the October wind "."Especially When The October Wind" by Dylan Thomas
https://www.poemine.com/Dylan-Thomas...ober-Wind.html

Wonderful use of language: "By the sea's side hear the dark-vowelled birds."... Enjoyed :)

"Fair lake, thy lovely and thy haunted shore" - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Castle Of Chillon... https://www.litscape.com/author/Leti...f-Chillon.html

The Castle of Chillon-Sad nostalgia!

"Genius, like gold and precious stones,"."Genius" by Mark Twain
https://www.poemine.com/Mark-Twain/Genius.html