Alphabetical Poem First Lines

I read Sidney's poem with slow intent and savored it... Enjoyed :)

"pebbles on a sandy beach" - ShelleyA; colored pebbles... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17950999-...es-by-ShelleyA

Enjoyed this combination of picture and poem.


"Quiet sun, white dwarf"."Lobster" by Matthew Minicucci
http://www.versedaily.org/2010/lobster.shtml

Enigmatic lobster poem... Enjoyed :)

"ribbits in the rain" - Mr.Whimsy; ribbits in the rain... https://allpoetry.com/poem/12904618-...-by-Mr.Whimsy/

Enjoyed!


"St. Francis, Buddha, Tolstoi, and St. John —"."Above the Battle's Front" by Vacheĺ Lindsay
https://allpoetry.com/Above-The-Battle's-Front

Four great spiritual leaders and Tolstoy... why Tolstoy? For his opus? otherwise could be present day, sadly. Enjoyed :)

"The forest anthropods gather around" - Joan Rooney; The Forest Anthropods Share Afternoon Tea... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18364960-...by-Joan-Rooney

I suppose Tolstoy was chosen because of the ethical confrontations in his books.Some of his characters struggle a lot to become better people.But you are right, he differs from the religious figures.
Cute antropode poem!

"Under black yew-trees, in the shade,"."Owls" by Charles Baudelaire
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...aire/owls-8981

Enjoyed :) There is a reason to ascribing them wisdom.

" Vot gollops at mitnight," - Charles G. Leland; Breitmann As An Uhlan. VI. Breitmann’s Last Party... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...ast-party-8463

Lolollol ! Enjoyed specially the mix of languages and the imitation of the German pronunciation!

"When you are by the sea on an island made mostly of cement" Hour of Lead" by Elisabeth Jacobson.
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/houroflead.shtml

Sad poem... a clarion call for change... hopefully not too late. Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:

"Between broken rocks striking my root deep," - Zheng Xie; Bamboo and Rock... https://www.cn-poetry.com/zhengxie-p...mboo-rock.html

Found another translation of "Bamboo and Rock" : https://www.webnovel.com/ask/q336011870481488

"Young palmer sun, that to these shining sands"."A Sunrise Song " by Sidney Lanier

"A Sunrise Song

Young palmer sun, that to these shining sands
Pourest thy pilgrim's tale, discoursing still
Thy silver passages of sacred lands,
With news of Sepulchre and Dolorous Hill,

Canst thou be he that, yester-sunset warm,
Purple with Paynim rage and wrack desire,
Dashed ravening out of a dusty lair of Storm,
Harried the west, and set the world on fire?

Hast thou perchance repented, Saracen Sun?
Wilt warm the world with peace and dove-desire?
Or wilt thou, ere this very day be done,
Blaze Saladin still, with unforgiving fire?" ( link didn't work)

Quite different.

Google AI: "Sepulchre and Dolorous Hill refer to significant Christian holy sites within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem." So this is the holy land in the time of the great warrior leader Saladin. Enjoyed :)

Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:

"Looking ahead, I see no sagacious rulers who valued and sought out the worthy;" - Chen Zi'ang; On the Tower at Youzhou... https://poems.mahacinasthana.com/en/...u-zhou-tai-ge/

Enjoyed the poem and the translations!


"As on a waveless sea, a vessel strikes"."The Criminal's Betrothed" by Marietta Holley
https://allpoetry.com/The-Criminal's-Betrothed

So loved Marietta Holley's poem; was able to read its simple soft lilting lines so well crafted in a slow cadence that filled my heart... the analysis spot on :)

"Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way" - Oliver Goldsmith; The Village Schoolmaster... https://allpoetry.com/The-Village-Schoolmaster2

Enjoyed the portrait of the schoolmaster!


"Calmly and gracefully thou movest along the path of life, tearless and" . " N. N." by Ivan Turgenev
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8562651-N...Ivan-Turgenev/

A poem of a stoic man that was perhaps endeared to Turgenev... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Turgenev Enjoyed :)

In Asya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asya_(novella) N.N, is an anonymous narrator, a middle-aged Russian gentleman, who relates certain events of his youth... perhaps Nejdanov who is mentioned 657 times in The Project Gutenberg eBook of Virgin Soil ? or Nikolai Nikolaevich Turgenev, his uncle and guardian ?? (Just uneducated guesses).

"Don’t pick me up" - Poettraveler; Don’t pick me up (1)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14317084-...y-Poettraveler