Charming spring acrostic!
"Keep a bright face, darling,"."Keep a Bright Face"
by Kate Slaughter McKinne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/positive-poems/ #14
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Charming spring acrostic!
"Keep a bright face, darling,"."Keep a Bright Face"
by Kate Slaughter McKinne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/positive-poems/ #14
Delightful uplifting poem :) Enjoyed. Reminded me of a song lyric: "Always look at the bright side of life" from the ribald movie The Life of Brian.
"Let us be kind;" - Walter Lomax Childress; Let Us Be Kind... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/wal...et-us-be-kind/
Tender conforting poem! Enjoyed!
"Make me too brave to lie or be unkind."." A Prayer for Every Day by Mary Carolyn Davies
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/mar...for-every-day/
The altruist within me leapt with joy :)
"Now this is the story of Olaf" - Katherine Mansfield; Fairy Tale... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8447801-F...rine-Mansfield
Enjoyed this tender poem. I knew K M only as an author of short stories, not as a poet.
"Outside the sky is light with stars;"."Camomile Tea" by Katherine Mansfield.
https://allpoetry.com/Camomile-Tea
"A goblin toasts a bumble-bee." Oh, no! Enjoyed otherwise :)
"Pent in this common sphere of sensual shows," - Paul Hamilton Hayne; Pent in this common sphere... https://allpoetry.com/-Pent-in-this-common-sphere-
Curious first line. Enjoyed the idylic scenarios contrasting with the present situation of the lyric I.
Poem by a poet with "Q" in his/her name:
"We don’t cling to our past life,"LEARNING ABOUT LOVE FROM WATER"
by Jing Qiufeng
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php
Living only within the moment of love. Enjoyed :)
"R obert, my middle child and my" - Twinstar; Robert Anthony(Acrostic)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/3728874-R...c--by-Twinstar
Laudatory poem by a proud mother. Enjoyed!
"Silver bark of beech, and sallow"."Counting-Out Rhyme" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
https://allpoetry.com/Counting-Out-Rhyme
Enjoyed the tree/color rhyme :)
"The treasure at the heart of the rose" - Gabriela Mistral; The Rose... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330841-...briela-Mistral
Loved this intense poem!
"Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me—"."Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me"
by Emily Dickinson
https://allpoetry.com/Unto-like-Stor...has-enticed-me
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...nticed-me.html interesting reader comments too
Enjoyed the poem and the summaries; I like the prowling Bee for its comments as well :)
"Voices, loved and idealized, " - C.P. Cavafy; Voices... https://www.onassis.org/initiatives/...e-canon/voices
Beautifully nostalgic poem!
"Where the pheasant roosts at night,"."The Vernal Age"
by Philip Freneau
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/spring-poems/
"Have lost their charms!—the blooms are gone!... endless winter chills the soul." Someone doesn't like the changes of the seasons... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Startled by the awe of autumn that reigns over the earth," - Lu Xun; Autumn 1935... https://ous.wisc.edu/2015/09/23/the-...oetry-remains/
The old poet returns to a place he used to know to find it changed.Enjoyed, also translation seems to be ok.
"Young Spring stands on a hill-top"."In April"
by Edna Mead
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/spring-poems/