Alphabetical Poem First Lines

A delightful poem on the virtues of kindness and love... Enjoyed :)

"Love adorns itself;" - Tagore Rabindranath; On Love... https://www.poetryverse.com/rabindra...ore-poems/love

Enjoyed Tagore's reflection on love.

"my mind is". "My Mind Is" by e.e. cummings
https://hellopoetry.com/words/mind/

"i utter lilac shrieks"... Enjoyed :)

"Now I will consider my purple Plymouth Duster." - William Notter; Julbilate... https://www.versedaily.org/2009/julbilate.shtml

Lol! "For it has helped me weather the tempests of Colorado, Missouri, three/ women, and Texas." Endearing poetic prise of a relationship between man and car.


"Ovid made her into just another ditzy naiad condemned"."In Praise of Echo " by Jeanne Wagner
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/inpraiseofecho.shtml

I had a brown Duster circa 1974 that I loved :)

The protagonist is evidently still in their stall hyperventilating with no resolution, lol. I enjoy the Echo mythos :)

"Peace, my heart, let the time for" - Tagore Rabindranath; The Gardener LXI: Peace, My Heart... https://allpoetry.com/The-Gardener-LXI:-Peace,-My-Heart

I always love Tagore!



A poet with "Q" in his name.
"Woomeng likes to sing after a few drinks"."THE GREAT YUNNAN EMPIRE"
by Lang Qibo
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php

"the soberer he gets" the more his fantasy fades in reality. A drunk Woomeng "invites us to his dream in a world without dreams." where 'they' are content to call a stag a horse... living the lie of reality. Enjoyed :)

"Robins flock in winter" - Jim Daniels; Faith Beside the River... https://www.versedaily.org/2025/fait...theriver.shtml

Cute, hopeful poem!:)


"Slowed down, stopped. And with a sigh"."Subway Elegy" by Nan Cohen
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/subwayelegy.shtml

I like this speculation by passengers remaining on a subway car of a lone passenger leaving the subway car and ascending the stairs to a world beyond... Enjoyed :)

"The useless dawn finds me in a deserted street–corner; I have outlived the night." - Jorge Luis Borges; Two English Poems... https://www.poeticous.com/borges/two-english-poems

Beautiful Borges poems! He uses the words "useless dawn" and darkness. Maybe he was already blind.


"Up, black, striped and demasked like the chasuble"."The Skunk" by Seamus Heaney
https://www.poeticous.com/seamus-heaney/the-skunk

Good conjecture.

Enjoyed this bittersweet poem of a longing for his wife Marie :) Found a summary here: https://fawbie.info/field-work/the-skunk/

"Visibly wholesome with internal infractions" - Richard Guy; Imperfection is Beauty... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/825642/...ion-is-beauty/

Enjoyed the summary. Very helpful for understanding details of th3 poem.
Agree with this poem.


"When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud"."Acceptance " by Robert Frost
https://www.poeticous.com/frost/acce...-rays-on-cloud

Typo aside (bee>be) "Let the night be too dark for me to see / Into the future. Let what will be, be." I found this at AllPoetry: https://allpoetry.com/Acceptance Enjoyed very much :)

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

"How far am I from the truth?" - Xiaoqiu Qiu; The 3rd Graders Go to School... https://ghostcitypress.com/poetry-1-.../3/xiaoqiu-qiu

The typo escaped me, ìt isn't the author’s fault. Here is the version of All poetry without typo and with the usual analysis: https://allpoetry.com/Acceptance


"You ought to be fine for the sake of the folks"."The Obligation of Friendship" by Edgar A. Guest
https://www.poeticous.com/edgar-albe...-of-friendship

A wise observation... Enjoyed :)

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

"She sat with fear in her eyes" - Nazar Qabbani; The Fortune Teller... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8526801-T...-Nizar-Qabbani