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Little Nell. Found these possible references: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Trent and much younger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Organ
These beautiful poem got me first interested in the poetry of Denise Levertov.
"Every year the swallows come"."Swallows" by A. E. Stallings
http://www.versedaily.org/2021/swallows.shtml
Enjoyed the wikis of the beloved Little Nell :)
Busy, busy Swallows returning every year... Incredible poem... Enjoyed :)
"Flute flourish not without agony between cadaverous branches, broken the young hear voices." - Vibrant Oddities; Red Reaper Swallow Bending Earth Mother... https://allpoetry.com/poem/16054098-...brant-Oddities
Lol!Very modern in structure and content! Vibrant Oddities surpassing herself! Enjoyed rhythm and alterations.
Quandry, By: Bimal Arial
https://poetrycatalog.com/quandry-bimal-aryal/
"She breaks the shackles of morality;" seems out of place unless there was a law given not to pass... perhaps: "She breaks the shackles of" mortality... Enjoyed :)
"Heaven" has different Signs—to me—" - Emily Dickinson; Heaven has different Signs—to me... https://allpoetry.com/Heaven-has-different-Signsto-me
Yes,it certainly makes more sense.Unless the law doesn't allow anyone to fly over the gate. But maybe Bimal isn't native in English.
A typical ED poem, but not a difficult one. Enjoyed!
"I have often wondered of a life without cheese."."I Love You, Although You Smell Like Feet", By: Calliope Irving
https://poetrycatalog.com/i-love-you...lliope-irving/
Lol... Love it ! :)
"Jazz man was full of rhythm in orange and red" - PinkFaerie5; Jazz Man's Blues... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17498434-...by-PinkFaerie5
Enjoyed this jazzy poem!
"KING CANUTE was weary hearted; he had reigned for years a score,"."King Canute" by William Thackeray
https://www.poemine.com/William-Make...ng-Canute.html
"lampreys served to dinner"... yeuch! "King Canute is dead and gone: Parasites exist alway."... Enjoyed :)
"Lo, how they weave - the imperturbable three -" - Adelaide Crapsey; The Event... https://www.poemine.com/Adelaide-Crapsey/The-Event.html
interesting thou despondent poem. About the 3 Parcas which weave the destiny's of humans. Enjoyed! To me the poem transmits the poet's feeling of acceptance and resignation.
"My lost tadpole returned in a hopping ball of dust."."Pond Glimmer" by Rebekah Remington
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/pondglimmer.shtml
I love the word 'glimmer', it has a special meaning for me :) Enjoyed this poem very much :)
"nothing exists time" - MCW; senryu 25/6/13a... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18477346-...5-6-13a-by-MCW
Not sure I agree, but it is a different way of looking at some things. Enjoyed!
"Oh, Pamela, I've not forgotten how"."Utopias Demise" by Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/utopiasdemise.shtml
I agree.
A privileged utopian life as children lost after leaving the nest, I guess.
"Privilege hides in plain sight" - Poetry Accident; Pedigree... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17482275-...oetry-Accident
Rhimes sometimes a bit forced, but poem ok.
Poem by a poet with "Q" in his name
"The bowers lost in mist,".""Treading on Grass - At an Inn of Chenzhou
- Poetry of Qin Guan
https://www.cn-poetry.com/qinguan-po...-chenzhou.html
Touching, wistful, nostalgic poem in English... I would think more so in the native language... wondrous... Enjoyed :)
"Rose from a repeat of pain" - OpenLeapling ; Seen by Who ... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17652444-...y-OpenLeapling
Poem about one's place in the world. Some reiterative verses that remind of the structure of the villanelle.
"Sometimes we give them a hard time, the martyrs."."Martyrs" by Claudine Toutoungi
https://www.versedaily.org/2024/martyrs.shtml