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"Dear me, ‘what a slow, poky man!’" an admonishment by the "progressive wife"... Enjoyed the poem and most enlightening bio :)
"Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief" - Robert Burns; Lines On Mrs. Kemble... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...le-15584154333
Enjoyed the epigram! Some little, very little background information on Mrs Kemble:
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news...s-their-secret
And "Burns was also friends with Elizabeth and Stephen Kemble, two of the most prominent actors of the time who held both radical and abolitionist views. He attended a performance of the anti-slavery play, Inkle and Yarico, at the Globe theatre in Dumfries on 21 October 1794.50 Indeed, he wrote an epigram, On Seeing Mrs Kemble in Inkle and Yarico51 to the actress in praise of her performance as the slave girl Yarico in the play." https://isj.org.uk/the-radical-robert-burns/
"Last"."Last Night" by Li Ching Chao
https://www.poemine.com/Li-Ching-Chao/Last-Night.html
Mrs. Kemble - Good research ! Most enlightening :)
Lol hangover poem... the poetess waking after an unnamed woman opening (their?) room to the light of day...
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8509881-L...-Li-Ching-Chao
https://allpoetry.com/Li-Ching-Chao
https://allpoetry.com/When-Night-Comes
"My Flower Room is such a little place," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; My Flower Room... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...om-68019010971
re Li Ching Chao. Thanks for the research. Very interesting poet, she sounds so modern, even with her drinking and her experimental poetry.
"My Flower Room".-Lovely poem.
"Now as the train bears west,"."Night Journey" by Theodor Roethke
https://allpoetry.com/Night-Journey
Such a descriptive train ride :) Enjoyed!
"Our England is a garden that is full of stately views," - Rudyard Kipling; The Glory Of The Garden... https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poe...lorygarden.htm
Fully enjoyed the Stately views of the garden! ;)
"Promotion comes to him who sticks"."Promotion" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert...Promotion.html
Lol, my Mother has told me of her visits to various gardens in England, but not from the aspect of the gardeners and their toil. I think being a gardener in the UK is everyone's 1st calling.
Enjoyed the work ethics poem :)
"Quivering fears, Heart-tearing cares," - Sir Henry Wotton; A Description Of The Countreys Recreations... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-de...s-recreations/
Enjoyed the country idils.
"Runs falls rises stumbles on from darkness into darkness"."Runagate Runagate by Robert Hayden
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Hayde...-Runagate.html
https://www-enotes-com.translate.goo...R&_x_tr_pto=sc
Incredible poem of the days of slavery runaways to freedom... enjoyed this historical poem and summary. :)
"Some people go their whole lives" - James Tate; Dream On... https://poets.org/poem/dream-4
Wonderful poem. "Tate domesticated surrealism" A good definition of his poetry.
"The porch swing hangs fixed in a morning sun"."Porch Swing in September" by Ted Kooser
https://poets.org/poem/porch-swing-september
Delightful poem about the transition to Fall... Enjoyed :)
"Unus'd to every soothing sound," - Rebekah Carmichael; To MR *****... https://allpoetry.com/To-MR-*****
Very sad orphan poem.
"Vision of peace, Joy without stain,"."Vision of peace, Joy without stain" by Robert Laurence Binyon
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Laure...out-stain.html
Read the author's bio which gave me a better understanding of the poem: https://allpoetry.com/Robert-Laurence-Binyon... Enjoyed :)
"Will there really be a "Morning"?" - Emily Dickinson; Will there really be a "Morning"?... https://eliteskills.com/c/7849
Enjoyed the delightful ED poem, not so difficult to understand. But shun terrible eliteskills AI which is the one that invents poem lines.
A poem with X in the title.
"A pregnant coconut tree"."X..... Peace" by Aufie Zophy
https://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=584351
Lol. Sorry, some of these poems have been in my personal queue for quite some time... I'll try to weed them out.
"the sky carries fluffs of wool": Love the language used, enjoyed :)
"Yellow ribbons furl" - Carolyn Devonshire; Yellow Ribbons... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/yellow_ribbons_373632