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The Warning: Found an answer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_on_Slavery
Sad poem on those who have no other recourse but to mine in dangerous circumstances to make a living :( Enjoyed.
"Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream?" - Abram Joseph Ryan; A Reverie ["Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream?"]... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...am-69253644273
Thanks, tailor! :) "Longfellow speaks to the United States anticipating the violence to come, and likens the slaves to the Biblical Samson." That's what I wanted to know!
Enjoyed so much the imaginative richness and this playing with opposites in "A Reverie"!
Continuing post above
"Each year cometh with all his days,"."New Year"
by Abram Joseph Ryan
https://www.poetrycat.com/abram-joseph-ryan/new-year
Enjoyed the Christmas/New Year poem :)
"Fragile fantasies, and rushing realities," - Udit Bhatia; Fleeting Fantasies... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resource...literisen.html
Enjoyed fantasy versus reality as theme of the poem and the site itself of Shadow Poetry.
"Given, not lent,"."Unto Us A Son Is Given" by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
https://www.poetrycat.com/alice-chri...a-son-is-given
Enjoyed :)
"Hear the seeded breeze" - Jan Turner; The Senses of Spring... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/alouette.html
Enjoyed "The Senses of Spring". Enjoying too the alternative forms of Shadow Poetry!
"In simple terms, simplicity is hard "."The Master Card" by D. Allen Jenkings
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resource...villonnet.html
Love this form of poetry, don't believe I've run across it before; "simplicity is hard." :)
"Jack Sprat Could eat no fat," - Mother Goose; Jack Sprat... https://allnurseryrhymes.com/jack-sprat/
Lol! Enjoyed the lyrics!
"Kookaburra* sits in the old gum tree**,".“Kookaburra Song” by Marion Sinclair
https://allnurseryrhymes.com/kookaburra-song/
Cute :) "well known in all English-speaking countries" - new to me :)
"Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten," - Sara Teasdale; Let It Be Forgotten... https://ladybudd.ca/2023/04/02/let-i...sara-teasdale/
Beautiful poem, wise council! Enjoyed the pictures too. :)
"Martin, I wonder who makes all the songs."."Songs On The Voices Of Birds. Introduction. Child And Boatman" by Jean Ingelow
https://www.poetrycat.com/jean-ingel...ld-and-boatman
Delightful conversation poem... and eagles snore ? Lol! Enjoyed :)
"Not marble, nor the gilded monuments" - William Shakespeare; Sonnet 55... https://www.poemine.com/William-Shak...Sonnet-55.html
Beautiful up to date sonnet at this time when so many monuments are torn down.
"Out of crooked clouds priceless things grow." . "Into the Evening" by Alfred
https://allpoetry.com/Into-The-Evening
Loved the language used... enjoyed the summary :)
"Plains, plains, and the prairie land which the sunlight floods and fills," - Emily Pauline Johnson; The Quill Worker... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/quill-worker
"The Quill Worker.." Enjoyed this poem very much!
A poem by an author with "Q" in his name
"Dream’s friend"."Hope" by Ai Qing
https://zocalopoets.com/category/poets-poetas/ai-qing/