Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Delightful nature poem... Enjoyed :)

"Beside the idle summer sea," - William Ernest Henley; Beside The Idle Summer Sea... https://allpoetry.com/Beside-The-Idle-Summer-Sea

Enjoyed Henley's poem!


"CHEEKS of an ominous crimson," In the Pouts" by Ina Donna Coolbrith
https://allpoetry.com/In-The-Pouts

Amusing Victorian poem of love and rejection?... Enjoyed :)

"Drifting, drifting, light and free,' - Mordekaiserblu; Jellyfish... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18534748-...Mordekaiserblu

:)

Enjoyed song rhythm and playfulness of the poem.Posted a comment on Jellyfish.



"ecco a letter starting"dearest we"."ecco a letter" by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/ecco-a-letter-starting

Lol... his cat avatar looks like Tinky.

Started off badly... had to look up 'ecco', then 'chauvesouris' because I had forgotten since last I read this poem... ending delightfully with "and you'll wear your silver shoes". Thankfully a summary :) Enjoyed.

"From the swing;" - Erwinism; Fairground... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18061723-...d--by-Erwinism

Interesting images:"when the mind is clear/as honeyed water," an irony, I suppose. This recent poetry is usually pessimistic and an depiction of helplessness.


"Goethe in Weimar sleeps, and Greece,"."Memorial Verses" by Matthew Arnold
https://allpoetry.com/Memorial-Verses

Enjoyed very much this homage to three great poets :)

"Hardened mud forms ancient ruts" - Hannaht; The Roman Road... https://allpoetry.com/poem/6412679-T...oad-by-hannaht

"The Roman Road" enjoyed this historical poem.



"I think of Jesus as a carpenter,"."Sawdust" by Jim Daniels
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/sawdust.shtml

Not sure what to make of this bit: "soft smell / of getting it down". A retrospective of Jesus as a humble carpenter before he started His ministry, and the questioning of faith by the protagonist... Enjoyed :)

"Johnny had a golden head" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Johnny... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/johnny

Had to interrupt my Litnet activity in the morning because of a base banning attack.

Maybe he is talking about the stron smell of sawdust, when one saws a piece of wood.

Touching legend!

"Krishna said, 'O fair beauty, who are you?".«Krishna Approaches Radha" by Sant Surdas
https://www.poemine.com/Sant-Surdas/...hes-Radha.html

Ah.

Enjoyed the poem, even more after I read the poets bio... https://www.poemine.com/Sant-Surdas/biography/ :)

"Last night I fled until I came" - Allen Tate; Light... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8572635-Light-by-Allen-Tate

Thanks for the link, tailor. You must have found it somewhere else in Poemine. I found only a very short notice. What a difficult life!

Interesting poem, sharp unusual images.

"Mouse my cat killed"."Words for the Dead" by Ursula K. Le Guin
http://www.versedaily.org/2018/wordsforthedead.shtml

Lovely sentiment to a departed creature by Ursula... Enjoyed :)

"Neither here nor there," - Anonymous117; Trapped... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18622373-...y-Anonymous117

Aaiiii!

Anguished poem. Fun fact: Anonymous protecting his/her authorship,

"O, the fun, the fun and frolic"."Interlude" by William Ernest Henley
https://allpoetry.com/Interlude

True.

A bitter-sweet celebration... Enjoyed :)

"Pink eucalyptus flowers"- Lesbia Harford; Pink eucalyptus flowers... https://www.poemine.com/Lesbia-Harfo...s-flowers.html