Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Interesting take on the "reptilian brain" and its role in humanity.

"Freedom, as every schoolboy knows," - Ambrose Bierce; Freedom... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/freedom-29

An unusual take on freedom!


"God's first language is silence."."Unnaccented" by Maureen Thorson
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/unaccented.shtml

Had to look up Igbo: largest ethnic groups in Africa... Enjoyed :)

"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths," - William Butler Yeats; Aedh: He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven... https://allpoetry.com/aedh-wishes-fo...oths-of-heaven

On my other forum there is a young Igbo boy from Nigeria.He is a bit of a prodigy, reading about hundred books per year while also studying law.

Beautiful poem!


"In my imagination, he's played by one of the good dads"."Standing Before the Relic at the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges" by James Davis May
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/stan...therelic.shtml

Thoughtful poem of decency and faith... Enjoyed :)

"Just now," - Adelaide Crapsey; The Warning... https://allpoetry.com/The-Warning.

For some reason the link presented another poem from another poet with the same title, but I found the poem. Bit uncanny reminds me of a novel where thousands of white mots danced around.

"Knew not the Sun, sweet Violet,"Brotherhood"
by John Banister Tabb
https://www.litscape.com/author/John...otherhood.html

Thanx - Corrected the link... LitNet truncated the trailing "." because I didn't use the url tags... my bad for not checking the link once posted.

Interesting rhyme scheme: abxbcc, adxdee, afxfgg. Found a summary here: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8571947-B...Bannister-Tabb Enjoyed :)

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Solitude... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...-56d225aad9924

Summary: https://www.owleyes.org/text/solitude

No problem!Happens so often to me.

Thanks! Didn't find it in All poetry.

"Solitude ". True enough!Enjoyed the summary too!

"most evenings find mummy pacing down cooling"."I write of my mother in the book of joy " by Saida Agostini
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/iwri...ookofjoy.shtml

Wonderful poem of nurturing... Enjoyed :)

"No one talks more than a Poet;" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; To The Kind Reader... https://allpoetry.com/To-The-Kind-Reader

Enjoyed the Goethe poem, didn't know it. Found the German original. The translator simplified the language taking away some of its charm.


"One man wrests a flag"."Domestic Concerns " by Lisa Ampleman.
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/domesticconcerns.shtml

Enjoyed the counterpoint between men and women of "civilization" :)

"Perhaps some day the sun will shine again," - Vera Brittain; Perhaps (To R.A.L.)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8540797-P...-Vera-Brittain

Touching poem about the endurance of loss by a female war poet, something that probably was unusual at the time of WWĺl.



"Quit it with the fear thing. Scientists can't say"."How to Survive in Earthquake Country" by Rachelle Sierra
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/howt...ecountry.shtml

A 'Q' poem :)

I have an app that will warn of a great shake, prolly most in California have it on their phones. Inevitably a great quake will hit, if not here then elsewhere in the world; probability says so... it's best to live not in fear but be prepared. Enjoyed :)

"RUINS of trees whose woeful arms " - George Herbert Clarke; RUINS (YPRES, 1917) ... https://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10048629

Link didn’t work for me but found the poem in Lieder. net. Terrible, forceful poem and so up to date!


"She would say she swam"."She Would Say She Swam With Her Brother" by Pamela Hobart Carter
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/shew...ysheswam.shtml

Must be a regional thing.

Interesting tension, a survival averted... Enjoyed :)

"Turn to thy window in the silver hour" - Virna Sheard; At Dawn... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8606155-A...y-Virna-Sheard