Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Like a dream in passing; RQ's bio: https://allpoetry.com/Roderic-Quinn Enjoyed :)

"Ring out the bells of heaven!" - Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass; Ring The Bells... https://allpoetry.com/Ring-The-Bells

Thanks! Although shorter than the bio of poemine this one is better written.
Great hymn!

"So many stones have been thrown at me,"."Solitude" by Anna Akhmatova
https://ruverses.com/anna-akhmatova/solitude/

I'm sure the translation(s) don't do the poem justice... I lean towards "solitude" as opposed to "loneliness" which supports: "And the Muse’s sunburnt hand / Divinely light and calm / Finishes the unfinished page." I enjoy when my muse(s) take me into realms unknown. Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_A...nist%20terror. Enjoyed very much :)

"Three hours ago he blundered up the trench," - Siegfried Sassoon; The Working Party... https://www.poemine.com/Siegfried-Sa...ing-Party.html

I believe you are right. Sadly we don't know Russian. Thanks for the bio. I knew that she was a Russian dissident,but didn't have more details.

Terrible, forceful poem by Sasson.


"Unto my Books — so good to turn —"Unto my Books — so good to turn —" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...d-to-turn.html comments are interesting too.

Finding passion and solace within her world of books... Loved this satirical comment: "Friends in the bar think I'm spending too much time with this difficult girlfriend. One even told me to "get rid of her"."... lol. Enjoyed :)

"Volcanoes be in Sicily" - Emily Dickinson; Volcanoes be in Sicily... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326735-...mily-Dickinson

Enjoyed the play with the volcanos in ED's poem. Might they not be symbolic?

"With my whole body I taste these peaches,"."A Dish Of Peaches In Russia" by Wallace Stevens
https://allpoetry.com/A-Dish-Of-Peaches-In-Russia

Symbolic: Found this: https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/white...-on-volcanoes/

Nostalgia and peaches... Enjoyed :)

"X Y And Tumble Down Z" - FunKids Cartoons; X Y And Tumble Down Z... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMj7x9_v2Lc

Loved your discovery. It makes all the sense with the poem. But I also figure an subdued internal volcano of passion.

Lol!Enjoyed very much this alphabetic tumbledown ;)

"You are riding the bus again"."To Myself" by Frank Wright
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/0...-franz-wright/

Been on I 80, Colfax to Sacramento. Strange poem... google AI Overview: "Franz Wright's poem “To Myself” is about the speaker being with someone who is riding the bus alone. The speaker describes themselves as the fields, the rain, and the loneliness the person loves. The speaker also promises to hold the person if they vomit and to buy them a sandwich.
Wright's poems often explore themes of isolation, illness, spirituality, and gratitude. He was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up in the Midwest, Northwest, and California. His father was the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Wright.
To Myself | The Poetry Foundation"... Enjoyed :)

"Zebra stripes move and shift," - matt at shadow of iris; Zebra Stripes... https://www.shadowofiris.com/zebra-stripes-poem/

1.80 Colfax.Is this a Bus or a Train line?
Didn’t find any analysis this time. Considered the poem interesting but somewhat schizophren, as the lyrical I is writing to himselfas if to another person.


"A monster like a mountain, leathern limbed,"Megalosauros" by Babette Deutsch
https://allpoetry.com/Babette-Deutsch

I 80 is a major US West<>East corridor for cars and trucks and buses... a train system parallels this corridor for the most part I believe. Interstates that are divisible by 2 are West<>East, those not are North<>South.

Enjoyed the monster poem and its summary :)

"Buildings above the leafless trees" - Sara Teasdale; Central Park At Dusk... https://allpoetry.com/Central-Park-At-Dusk

I see.Thanks for the explanation!
I forgot to mention in the last post, that I enjoyed the Zebra stripes poem.

Wonderful poem by ST about Central Park at dusk. Reminds me of the one time I visited Central Park with my father. It was not at dusk, but it wast a wonderful
view. For the first time I saw a real squirrel and it was sitting peacefully on my hand and eating a nut.

"Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood,".Childhood Bates, David (1809 - 1870)
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8456113-C...by-David-Bates

What a wonderful memory !!! I want to see NYC before I leave this mortal coil.

Tender words of wisdom... Enjoyed the poem and the summary :)

"Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away," - Newbolt Henry John; Drake's Drum... https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Readings/drakesdrum.html

Enjoyed the poem and the explanations!

"Ere is the chamber consecrate,"."Bien Loin D'Ici by Charles Baudelaire
https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-ba...bien-loin-dici

Other translations which gives the poem added nuance: https://fleursdumal.org/poem/316 Enjoyed :)

"For this the fruit, for this the seed," - John Banister Tabb; Blossom... https://www.litscape.com/author/John...b/Blossom.html