Enjoyed the fine irony of the poem!
"Closed eyes can't see the white roses,"."Give Them the Flowers Now"
by Leigh M. Hodges
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/inspirational-poems/ #34
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Enjoyed the fine irony of the poem!
"Closed eyes can't see the white roses,"."Give Them the Flowers Now"
by Leigh M. Hodges
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/inspirational-poems/ #34
"So give them the flowers now!" :)
"Doubt me, my dim companion! " - Emily Dickinson; Surrender... https://app.textopian.com/read/1el2d!1?ppn=1
Lol! ED on a bad day, disappointed with whoever inspired that poem.
"Each morning is a time of new delight."."Beachmont"
by Ruby Archer
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/beach-poems/
"Each day when first the waves about me roll,
In one long sob I seem to lose my breath.
A trembling takes my limbs at touch of brine,
As if the ocean's heart beat close to mine." Love this poem so much :)
If I live near the sea I would wake at gegenschein to take it in all the daylight long :)
"From the icy niche where men placed you" - Gabriela Mistral; Death Sonnet I ... https://allpoetry.com/Death-Sonnet-I
Impressive sonnet, an unusual reaction to loss!
"Give away her gowns,"."Chorus" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
https://allpoetry.com/Chorus
Kind of a flip elegy poem... Enjoyed :)
"Her little hot room looked over the bay" - Katherine Mansfield; Sanary... https://allpoetry.com/Sanary
I'm loving KM's poetry.
"I climbed up the karaka tree"."When I Was a Bird" by Katherine Mansfield
https://allpoetry.com/When-I-was-a-Bird
Wonderful poem! The joys of being a child lost in thought :)
Oops... used that one already... back later :)
Poem with a title starting with 'j':
"For seven years, the shepherd Jacob slaved" - Luís Vaz de Camões; Jacob...
https://www.poetryinternational.com/...103-8411_JACOB
Sadly the baroque oppositions got lost in this somewhat free translation, but it is still beautiful.
Poem with a title beginning with "k":
"I've a humble little motto"."Keep A-Pluggin' Away"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/pau...-pluggin-away/
I thought so :(
"Be thou toiler, poet, priest, / Keep a-pluggin' away." Enjoyed. Reminded me the axiom "How do you eat an elephant ? - one bite at a time" :)
"Let us go now into the forest." - Gabriela Mistral; Pine Forest... https://allpoetry.com/Pine-Forest
Lol!
Charming poem, unusual take on nature.
"My hand, a little raised, might press a star-"Sonnet on an Alpine Night" by Dorothy Parker
https://allpoetry.com/Sonnet-On-An-Alpine-Night
Sad poem... enjoyed the poem and the summary.
"Now tidy your house," - A. K. Ramanujan ; Chicago Zen... https://www.poemine.com/A-K-Ramanujan/Chicago-Zen.html
Enjoyed very much! Very symbolic images.
"Others make verses of grace."."Ardor" by Gamaliel Bradford
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8493655-A...aliel-Bradford
"But my songs must tickle and bite / And burn with the ardor of living": Enjoyed :)
"Poets are singing the whole world over" - Clement Scott; Rus In Urbe... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...s-in-urbe.html
Beautiful poem! Another enigmatic LitNet situation. Sometimes the Poetry Atlas poems are displayed, sometimes they aren't. At present I can read and use them.
"Queenly lily, fair and fragrant,"."Lily of the Nile" by Martha Lavinia Hoffman
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...-the-nile.html