Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Thank you.

Existential angst I guess.

Gabriel'es poem defeats me... thank heavens for the summary :)

"Ne'er ask the hour -- what is it to us" - Thomas Moore; Ne'er Ask The Hour... https://share.google/ws8unUEmj8SMyPbph

Had a look but didn't find a better analysis.


I'm with Joy in this poem.

"of ice. Deceptively reserved and flat," An octopus " by Marianne Moore
https://allpoetry.com/An-Octopus

Uhhhh, yeah... Enjoyed :)

"Psst! Shh... Psst! Shh... Psst!" - Nelson D Reyes; Nth pht... https://www.poeticous.com/nelson-d-reyes/nth-pht

Ahem!Ha, ha!

A poem with the title beginning with "Q":

"A log-hut in the solitude," ."Quiet" by Madison Julius Cawein
https://www.poemine.com/Madison-Juli...ein/Quiet.html

Night: "She at my door till dawn shall stand, / With Gothic eyes, that, dark and deep, / Are mirrors of a mystic land, / Fantastic with the towns of sleep." Enjoyed very much :)

"Radishes flip their skirts in the wind" - Lorna Crozier; Radishes... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...lorna-crozier/

Absolutely charming!


"so many selves like snakeskins:"."I will leave behind" by George Burns
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/iwillleavebehind.shtml

"These are the last miles. These old telomeres, / like bald tires, won't go much further." A poem to, further, remind us of our mortality. Enjoyed :)

"They got me into the Sunday-school " - Edgar Lee Masters; Yee Bow... https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Lee-Masters/Yee-Bow.html

Aiaiai! A voice beyond the grave. Phisical disaster following faith disaster, for each one has a right to his or her faith. By the way, I believe, Sunday schools are a US institution. I never heard or read about them existing anywhere else.

A poem with a title beginning with "U":
"I AM a copper wire slung in the air,"."Under A Telephone Pole
by Carl Sandburg
https://www.poemine.com/Carl-Sandbur...hone-Pole.html

Sunday schools exist within the curriculum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints everywhere in the world that has meetinghouses (30,000 possibly worldwide and maybe 2,000 in Brasil) :)

I love the vernacular word 'slung'... I learned the word from a story about Dizzy Dean who is a baseball hall of famer pitcher from days past who also used to announce baseball games with his down to earth dialectical delivery.... Enjoyed Sandburg's poem of the "singing wire" :)

Hopefully not used yet:

"Voices, loved and idealized, " - C.P. Cavafy; Voices... https://www.onassis.org/initiatives/...e-canon/voices

Sunday schools have an interesting story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_school

Beautiful intense Cavafy poem. Never read it before.

"Who has not found the heaven below" ."Who has not found the heaven below" by Emily Dickinson
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/love-poems/

Enjoyed the article on Sunday school history :)

Delightful poem by Emily :)

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

"I’ve moved to this dwelling fit for immortals," - Yu Xuanji; In summer, living in the mountains... https://leonard-ng.com/complete-poems-of-yu-xuanji/

Fascinating poet, fascinating poems!

Another poem by the same poet:
"Your summer robe’s been perfumed by endless lotus fields;"."Sent as a gift, upon hearing that Censor Li has returned from fishing" by Yu Xuanji.
https://leonard-ng.com/complete-poems-of-yu-xuanji/

"How I wish we could match what the partnered mandarin ducks / have for themselves, as they swim paired by your fishing stone." Lovely poem :)

Poet with a 'z' in their name:

"Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops" - Benjamin Zephaniah; Dis poetry... https://www.poeticous.com/benjamin-o...iah/dis-poetry

"Brain has many words in store,". Loved it, but what lingo is this? Thought first it was an imitation of German.


"As I ponder’d in silence,". "Book I. Inscriptions: As I Ponder’d in Silence" by Walt Whitman
https://www.poeticous.com/whitman/as...erd-in-silence

B.Z. bio: "He writes that his poetry is strongly influenced by the music and poetry of Jamaica and what he calls “street politics”." I'm thinking street Jamaican for lingo.

"I, above all, promote brave soldiers." Enjoyed :)

"Between me and the woods along the bay" - Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard; A Landscape... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8591493-A...rstow-Stoddard