"Of asphodel, that greeny flower," ..... William Carlos Williams - from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
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"Of asphodel, that greeny flower," ..... William Carlos Williams - from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
I'll confess, I have no idea! It is in my very excellent anthology by Bloodaxe called 'Staying Alive'.Quote:
Originally Posted by firefangled
Pick a card, any card - Tyranny of Choice (Elizabeth Garrett) (ace poem!)
I could only think of Lionel Richie for Q.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheFifthElement
Stuck on Q
I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't choose
Guess it's back to A...
May we use titles and/or first lines for Q and X? Being presumtuous, he writes:
"Questions Are Remarks".....Title by Wallace Stevens: Questions Are Remarks: "In the weed of summer comes this green sprout why."
^^^ That works for me! ;) (Z might be interesting too)
"Russia and America circle each other;" ..... Ted Hughes, A Woman Unconscious
"Smudges of moon in the morning -" Preparation for the big emptiness (Kapka Kassabova)
"This chair was once a student of Euclid."...Charles Simic...The Chair
"Under my bowels, yellow with smoke," ..... Anne Sexton, The Other
Trying to find a V. Managed to find a Z though!:p
"Very bitter were the sorrows..." Randall Jarrell, Lament of the Children of Israel in Rome (from the Complete Poems, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
It's a long one and I couldn't find it on line and I am a horrible typist. I would die typing this, but it is very good.
"Wait till the Majesty of Death" ..... Emily Dickinson, Wait till the Majesty of Death
"X had the funds, the friends, the plan."...James Merrill, Snow Jobs (Alfred Knopf, 2001) It is political, having mention of recent scandals.
Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum. The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle. - Dylan
you think about the time in Malibu - late, late poem (Charles Bukowki - who else?!)
"Zealously my muse doth salute all thee"-First line of one of John Donnes Verse letters to Mr.R.W;)
"A young spring-tender girl" ...... Spike Milligan, Mirror Mirror
"But now secure the painted vessel glides,"-Canto II Alexander Pope