Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Another Spring poem ! Enjoyed :)

"Just look at him! there he stands," - Heinrich Hoffmann; Shock-headed Peter... https://www.poemine.com/Heinrich-Hof...ded-Peter.html

Lol! That is the Struwwellpeter, a character to frighten young children into good behavior. But in fact he probably was the first hippie.Here you are:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter


"kumrads die because they're told)"."kumrads die because they're told by e.e. cummings

https://www.poemine.com/Edward-Estli...y-re-told.html

"Der Struwwelpeter is known for introducing the villainous character of the Tailor (or Scissorman) to Western literature."... Lololololol !

Cold War sentiment in a comic way... enjoyed :)

"Like to a ship that storms urge on its course," - Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; Sonnet XI... https://www.poetrycat.com/fernando-a...ssoa/sonnet-xi

re Struwwelpeter. Well, yes. When I was a kid, I got cards with the illustrations of the book. I hated it. I still remember the blood dripping down from the cut thumbs of the boys.

Love the Fernando Pessoa poem! Wasn't successful in finding the Portuguese Original.

"Minnow, go to sleep and dream,"."Lullaby For The Cat" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://www.poetrycat.com/elizabeth-...by-for-the-cat

Sorry... I can only imagine the psychological impact of those images.

Deceptive poem of a much loved cat ! https://allpoetry.com/Lullaby-For-the-Cat Enjoyed! :)

"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch," -
Theodore Roethke; Root Cellar... https://allpoetry.com/Root-Cellar

re: I think today they seem vastly. exaggerated. But then there weren't any tv monsters. And the idea was to emphasize the punishments for bad behavior so the stories are a sort of nightmares.

"Root Cellar"-Decay and Survival enjoyed "Nothing would give up life:"

"O 'Melia, my dear, this does everything crown!". "The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy
https://allpoetry.com/The-Ruined-Maid

Social intricacies; thanx for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Poet, not popular applause shalt thou prize!" - Alexander Pushkin; To the Poet... https://ruverses.com/alexander-pushk...the-poet/4093/

Enjoyed Pushkin's poem and enjoyed to learn the word poet in Russian: "Поэт".

"Quiet summer night.".The Faithful Dreamer, "All Is Quiet"
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/

"Поэт" Pi omicron epsilon tau ? interesting; tau: the principal, the path, the way according to my echo :)

Cute modernistic (love?) poem... Loved the postscript: "Essentially a continuation of the previous poem, "An Appalling Lack of Glow-in-the-Dark Stars"." Lol. Enjoyed :)

"Palette paint arranged in reds" - Jan Turner; A Painter’s Daydream... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resource...75trochee.html

Enjoyed the palette.

Another "Q" poem.

"Quiet crickets." "Quiet" by Sharde' Fultz
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/

Ooops! Congrats on the 2nd "Q" poem; enjoyed :)

"Reason says, “ I will beguile him with the tongue.”; Love says," - Rumi; Reason says love says... https://allpoetry.com/Reason-says-love-says

:)
Wise Rumi poem!

"Success is counted sweetest". "Success is counted sweetest" by Emily Dickinson

https://allpoetry.com/Success-is-counted-Sweetest

Enjoyed :) "Not one of all the purple Host / Who took the Flag to-day / Can tell the definition / So clear, of Victory" - this passage would have a different connotation nowadays what with red vs. blue and purples on the fence.

"'There's a footstep coming: look out and see,'" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; The Ghost's Petition... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...on-55957143408

re:I get somewhat confused with this color business. In Brazil and other countries, red is the color of left parties. But in US it seems to be the far right.
Enjoyed the ghost poem!


"Under the crescent moon's faint glow".Under the moon'" by Li Po
https://www.poemine.com/Li-Po/Under-the-Moon.html

Yes, in USA: red is far right, blue is far left... purple middle of the road.

A poem of longing... enjoyed :)

"Venus, most histories agree," - George Keate; To a Lady Going to Bathe in the Sea... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....86-w0170.shtml