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Sorry. My tablet is often unstable and links get mixed up. I usually test them, but I didn’t this one.
Enigmatic and nostalgic poem. Enjoyed!
"Gentlest of critics, does your memory hold"."To My Mother" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer (Joyce)
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...y-mother-21643
Endearing poem :)
"Heaven-invading hills are drowned" - Sara Teasdale; White Fog... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327163-...-Sara-Teasdale
Enjoyed so much this poem: identity vs general fogginess. I love Sara Teasdale
"I look for you in the cat's soft fur"."I look for you in the cat's soft fur" by Halina Poswiatowska
https://allpoetry.com/Halina-Poswiatowska
Very evocative poetry ! Delightful poem of waiting... longing. Enjoyed :)
"Just broke from school, pert, impudent, and raw," - Soame Jenyns; The Modern Fine Gentleman... https://poeticalscavenger.sfsuenglis...ine-gentleman/
Enjoyed the poem(things haven't changed so much since the 18th century) and the new site you discovered.
"Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dream"."Kate-a-Whimsies, John-a-Dream" by William Henley
https://www.poemine.com/William-Erne...n-A-Dream.html
Live/love while you can... enjoyed :)
"Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer," - Sara Teasdale; Indian Summer... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504459-I...-Sara-Teasdale
Went to take my shot against Covid today
Enjoyed this very sensorial poem. In many places here the night is also full of insect voices
"Musicians wrestle everywhere—"."Musicians wrestle everywhere—" by Emily Dickinson
https://allpoetry.com/Musicians-wrestle-everywhere
Shot :)
Wrestling with their instruments... like celestial spheres music... enjoyed the imagery :)
"No breath of wind," - Walter de la Mere; Snow... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494549-S...ter-de-la-Mare
The rhythm and the short verses seem very different from other poems by de la Mare. Enjoyed!
"Only my life will die for me, in truth,"Sad Love Song" by Nikita Stanescu
https://allpoetry.com/Sad-Love-Song
"The rhythm and... " True.
Definitely sad, but a love song? Appears to suffer from translation... Enjoyed :)
"Partake as doth the Bee," - Emily Dickinson; Partake as doth the Bee
994... https://allpoetry.com/Partake-as-doth-the-Bee
Maybe universal love is meant.
Enjoyed this economical advice?
A poem by a poet with his name beginning with Q.
"A prince am I of ancestry renowned, "Li Sao" by Qu Yuan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15086927-Li-Sao-by-Qu-Yuan
An epic fanciful poem of lament. I must admit the rhyme wore me down... but I've done worse. Having lived in 343–278 BC it's lamentable that, again, the true majesty of the poet's poem is lost in translation. Enjoyed :)
"Right in the track where Sherman" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Howard At Atlanta... https://allpoetry.com/Howard-At-Atlanta
re: l own that it is a long poem and that translations from Chinese must be specially difficult.
Enjoyed that abolitionist poem!
"She sings by her wheel at that low cottage door,"."The Yankee Girl " by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://allpoetry.com/The-Yankee-Girl
Odd poem of contrasts: "Through the contrast between Ellen and the Southern planter, Whittier challenges the romanticized view of Southern plantation life and exposes the dehumanizing consequences of slavery." Enjoyed :)
"There’s a certain slant of light," - Emily Dickinson; Part Two: Nature: There's a certain slant of light... https://allpoetry.com/Part-Two:-Natu...slant-of-light
Curious poem. Ì never experienced the winter day of cold countries, but light and church music always were a source of relief for me.
"Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird"."Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...ng-a-Bird.html