Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Lorca. A bleak poem of yearning... enjoyed :)

"X marks the spot in my heart" - Lucyosborne831; X marks the spot... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17145940-...Lucyosborne831

Moving poem, but oh so sad!

"Ye voices, that arose "."L' Envoi" A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wads...fellow/l-envoi

Lol, learned that EA Poe didn't care for Longfellow: https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/ar45l01.htm
Poe's critique of L'Envoi: "The volume ends with “L’Envoi,” a most affected, farfetched, and altogether contemptible imitation, or parody, of the worst mannerisms of the Germans." Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with 'z' in their name...

"Last night the rain was light, the wind fierce," - Li Qingzhao; To the Tune of Ru Meng Ling... https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/language.../li-quingzhao/

Now, that's absolutely venomous and smells of elbow ache. One thing is true: there is an ring of German poetry in Longfellows lines. But I'm not intimate enough with his poetry to say how strong that influence is.

Much enjoyed Li Q's bio and poem. And spotted the "z"in the middle of the name.

"At morn- at noon- at twilight dim-"."Hymn" by Edgar Allan Poe
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8448347-H...dgar-Allan-Poe

Enjoyed this supplication poem of hope :)

"!blac" - e.e.cummings; !blac... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494093--...e.e.-cummings/

Wonderful poem that imitates the falling of a leaf. Might there not also be an allusion to race conflicts?


"Cruising these residential Sunday"."The City P,lanners" by Margareth Atwood
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https://poemanalysis.com/margaret-at...city-planners/

I can not see the allusion, but perhaps.

Strange poem for me. Found an uninterrupted version of the poem with an analysis here: https://poetryprof.com/the-city-planners/
I have lived in large apartment buildings, residential neighborhoods as was depicted in the poem, and in rural settings (these last 40 years or so). Never felt any setting was sterile nor threatening nor otherwise.

"Dearest, it was a night" - Walter de la Mare; The Birthnight... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327798-...ter-de-la-Mare

If there is one, it is very subtle. The title of the cummings poem is black and not leaf or "fallen leaf", what suggests that black is the most important term in the poem. And ,eaves aren't usually black. Anyway that's only the first idea that occurred to me.

Thanks for the analysis, tailor. Maybe Atwood means, that too much perfection and symmetry is not human and therefore tends to be destructive .
Enjoyed The Birthnight very much.


"Evenings in trains"."Return From Business" by Aldous Leonard Huxley
https://www.poetrycat.com/aldous-leo...-from-business

Intriguing poem of thoughts while travelling on a train by a true thinker.

"Forth sped thy gallant sailors, blithe and free, " - Archibald Thomas Strong; Sonnets of the Empire:Gloriana?s England... https://www.poemine.com/Archibald-Th...s-England.html

Lol! Poems on sea conquests show a similar spirit, even if the countries are different.

"Good. I have done. My heart weighs. I am sad"."Sonnet XXXV" by Fernando Pessoa
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543601-S...ernando-Pessoa

Somber poem, enjoyed the poem and analysis :)

"He said:" - Sara Teasdale; The Lighted Window... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...ow-53709441997

Beautiful poem with the window of memory lighting a childhood scene.!


"In the green morning"."Ditty of first Desire" by Frederico Garcia Lorca
https://allpoetry.com/Ditty-of-First-Desire

Deceptively simple poem of the dual nature of man... Enjoyed :)

"Jehovah to my words give ear" - John Milton; Psalm V.... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8529873-P...by-John-Milton

Sounds very Old Testament, seeking for justice rather than for mercy.

"KNOW, Trav'ller, in this sweet, sequester'd cell,"."INSCRIPTION FOR THE FRONT OF SINGLETON ABBEY*.
TO MISS MALTHUS'S†, THE BELOVED, THE RESPECTED FRIENDS OF HIS EARLY YOUTH."
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....80-w0280.shtml

A poem of the 3-Graces and 9-Muses for a dear childhood friend... Enjoyed :)

"Leave we the pedants to quarrel and strive," - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Coptic Song... https://allpoetry.com/Coptic-Song