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Waiting for an oil change just now in the big city, population ~ 11,000.
" I fling these bitter drops /
to the wild swans on the river, /
that they may be my messengers."
Enjoyed :)
"Remember when Khrushchev said" - David Lehman; November 6... https://www.poemine.com/David-Lehman/November-6.html
Found some context for the sentence "We will bury you": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_will_bury_you . Very up to date issues.
"Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou"."To the Evening Wind"
by William Cullen Bryant
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/night-poems/
Thank you for the informed article on Khrushchev's famous quote :)
Wonderful language used in Bryant's poem: "a thousand bosoms round / Inhale thee in the fulness of delight"... Enjoyed :)
"The paper tigers roar at noon; - Alec Derwent Hope; Tiger... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8509637-Tiger-by-A-D-Hope
Very interesting poem !
"Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird" Ditto by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...ng-a-Bird.html
https://journeys.dartmouth.edu/white...oems-on-birds/
Enjoyed Ditto by dear Emily and the explanation of why so many birds in her poetry :)
"Valiant are you who fought and fell gloriously;" - Constantine Cavafy; Those Who Fought For The Achaean League... https://allpoetry.com/Those-Who-Foug...Achaean-League
I like this mood of ancient Greek poetry!
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high"."Where the mind is without fear" by Rabindranath Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/Where-The-Mind-Is-Without-Fear
Thoughtful idealistic poem by R.T. Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Reverse the river and upend the sea more powerfully than a flood dragon," - Xing Yi Quan; Tuo Xing: Water Lizard (Alligator) 鼍形... https://www.internalartsinternationa...-xing-yi-quan/
Enjoyed so much these animal poems. It shows quite a different perception of the animals.
"You love the sun and the languid breeze". "Hope and Despair" by Arthur Weir
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-hope/ #15
One can chose hope or despair... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:
"Year by year, in the snow," - Li Qingzhao; TZ'U NO. 13... https://listentogenius.com/author.php/323
A delicate poem about ageing! Enjoyed so much!
"A blighted bud may hold"."A blighted bud may hold" by Patience Worth
https://allpoetry.com/A-Blighted-Bud-May-Hold
"... A sweeter message. than the loveliest flower. / For God hath kissed her wounded heart / And left a promise there." Something to remember. Enjoyed :)
"Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art—" - John Keats; Bright Star... https://thepoetryhour.com/poems/bright-star/
Enjoyed this romantic poem.!
"Candy". "Reflections on Ice-Breaking" by Ogden Nash
https://www.poeticous.com/ogden-nash...n-ice-breaking
Lol, the lothario speaks. Enjoyed :)
"Down the stream the swans all glide;" - Spike Milligan; Down the stream the swans all glide... https://allpoetry.com/Down-The-Strea...wans-All-Glide
Poor deidealized swans!
"Eleven o’clock, and the curtain falls."."End of the Comedy" by Louis Untermeyer
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/1...is-untermeyer/
A bleakness generally expressed for midnight. "Even the stars have turned shrapnel,"... Enjoyed :)
"For every bird there is this last migration;" - Alec Derwent Hope; Death of the Bird... https://www.poemine.com/Alec-Derwent...-the-Bird.html