Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Wonderful poem.One can imagine the scene. Enjoyed very much!


"Yes, his face really is so terrible"."Sudden Appearance of a Monster at a Window" by Lawrence Raab
https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/lr-monster.htm

Scary poem... Enjoyed :)

"Zenith! The highest point to which furthest" - Titus/Tony; Love in the Highest - Reverse Abecedarian... https://allpoetry.com/poem/12519837-...arian-by-Titus

A sweet Z poem and reverse abecedarian at that! Enjoyed!

"Architects plant their imagination, weld their poems on rock,"."Earthfast" by A.S.J. Tessimond

https://allpoetry.com/Earthfast

Incredible poem... Have to disagree with the premise that architecture is more permanent than the written word though. Enjoyed :)

"Black-as-can-be cats arrive a-pair," - Sakutaro Hagiwara; Cats... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8522669-C...utaro-Hagiwara

:) Same idea for the next poem!


"Cats no less liquid than their shadows"."Cats" by A.S.J. Tessimond
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8529619-C....J.-Tessimond/

Wonderful poem with the exception of "Truly owned till shot or skinned." Enjoyed :)

""Do I believe," sayest thou, "what the masters of wisdom would teach me," - Friedrich Schiller; Genius... https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

I agree completely with you!

Wonderful Schiller poem¡

"Encased in talent like a uniform," ,W.H. Auden,"The Novelist"
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8492953-T...t-by-W-H-Auden

So true ! Enjoyed :)

"Fair as a wreath of fresh spring flowers, a band of maidens lay" - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon; The Choice Of Sweet Shy Clare... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...hy-clare-23808

Very 19th century poem.Enjoyed!

"Good hunting! – aye, good hunting""."The Forest Greeting" by Paul Florence Dunbar
https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/pd-hunt.htm

Enjoyed the forest greeting :)

"How desert islands" - Paul Cameron Brown; Adventurer... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...venturer-35470

:)

"Adventurer"-poem sharp as a razor. Enjoyed the concise images and use of language.

"Inside the carriage-coach"."In The Horse Carriage" by Sakutaro Hagiwara
https://allpoetry.com/In-The-Horse-Carriage

Enjoyed the carriage ride and the entreating of "Don't you rouse me from my sleep." :)

""Jack fell as he'd have wished," the Mother said," - Siegfried Loraine Sassoon; The Hero... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8499075-T...gfried-Sassoon

Enjoyed this war poem.

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;".""The Riddle of the World" by Alexander Pope

https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/ap-riddl.htm

Enjoyed :) Found a summary here: https://smartenglishnotes.com/2020/1...s-and-answers/

"Laconic tears or Botticelli's Venus" - Paul Cameron Brown; Approaching Thirty (Lauds And Matins)... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...ns-63692769961

Thanks for the notes. Interesting to know that Pope was mostly self taught . Also that the verb "to scan" was used in another sense in the 18C.
Enjoyed Paul Cameron's poem. I like his almost telegraphic style.


"My heart is what it was before,"."Alms" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

https://www.poetrycat.com/edna-st-vincent-millay/alms