Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Very interesting poem. I didn't know he was so political. Just wondering though if there are pink oranges in France ;).

"Katya tells me at the Krispy Kreme"."The Edge" by Carolene Kurien
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/theedge.shtml

Pink orange: Prolly so... when I read the poem I thought of the blood orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_orange

Loved this poem, a powerful payoff at the end: "I cannot engage in deep talk."... "Mouthless Lover, let me give you my lips. / Let's taste the world until we slip." :)

In honor of Winter in S.P. (minus the snow of course):

"Let sky's soft crush come in sleep." - Jeffrey Bean; Snow Prayer... https://www.versedaily.org/2022/snowprayer.shtml

Blood orange, never saw the like. On keeps learning things when traveling, even if the traveling is digital :) .

Enjoyed the poem, much of it might be São Paulo "Please a museum of smoke, a hall of rooftops.". But alas no huddling squirrels" And you forget the music sounding from everywhere and the eternally coughing people.

"My mother did not talk to fire,"."Fire Bug" by Jane Rosemberg La Forge
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/firebug.shtml

"music sounding from everywhere" :)

An interesting family dynamic... Enjoyed :)

"Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here" - Tom Wayman; Did I Miss Anything? ... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-...miss-anything/

Enjoyed this cryptic poem.

"One mouth eats the hand that feeds it."."Cerberus" by Maggie Dietz
https://www.versedaily.org/2024/cerberus.shtml

By the way: for the first time today when I opened your links I was checked if I was human.

Congratulations ! I get asked quite often :)

Interesting Cerberus poem... Enjoyed :)

"Push where the entrance" - Justin Sherwood; Interior with Sky... https://www.versedaily.org/2018/interiorwithsky.shtml

Lol!

Poem by a poet with "q" in the name:
"Moon of hunger, moon of hope, moon of cold nights"."The Moon in Drag" by Kelly McQuain
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/themoonindrag.shtml

Many moons... missed a few. Enjoyed :)

"Rain fell in a post-romantic way." - Matthea Harvey; I May After Leaving You Walk Quickly or Even Run... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...atthea-harvey/

Enjoyed the poem! Love this kind of post modern poetry with its implied meanings.

"so she neighed extravagantly at recess, dashed full-tilt, leaned far back,"Alice believed she was a horse" by B. Fulton Jennes
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/alic...asahorse.shtml

The birds were being so bizarre today,
we stood static and listened to them insane
in their winter shock of sweet gum and ash.
We swallow what we won’t say: Maybe
it’s a warning. Maybe they’re screaming
for us to take cover. ( by ada limon)

2-worthy poems... enjoyed both :)

"upended umbrella" - Laura Purdie Salas; You're Invited... https://laurasalas.com/poems-for-tea...ds-less-poems/

Lol! Enjoyed this kind of awakening of the poetic brain! :)


"Volcanoes spit out clouds of teachers."."An Old Man Asleep" by John Surowiecki

http://www.versedaily.org/2022/anoldmanasleep.shtml

A dream. Enjoyed :)

"Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angels’" - Rainer Maria Rilke; The First Elegy... https://www.alinastefanescuwriter.co...5duvo4bg7gf0cq

Grappling with eternity. Wonderful and terrible.

Laborious poem of a poet with "X" in her name.

"Reuniting was the sound of spoons clattering into drawer, of water swishing into bathtub, of broom brushing" . "Listening for Truths & Answers" by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood
https://www.versedaily.org/2023/list...&answers.shtml

Raw emotion in the interplay... Enjoyed :)

"Yellow is the most" - Kay Ryan; Yellow... https://elabraveandtrue.com/2020/09/...e-color-poems/