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Yes, I've steered away from vanity book publishing sites and only got sucked into one poetry contest. I'll keep my eyes open :)
re: Georgetown... I'm thinking the 2020 census must be way off.
I always thought there were more people there than in my little community... they have all the grocery stores (2) unless you go all the way to Cool (which has about the same number of people that G.V. has), (1) of (2) banks on the Divide, the other in Cool, the only library, (3) elementary schools (we have (1) teeny-tiny elementary school, and the only High School and intermediate school that serves 7 or 8 communities (if you split the town of Cool and Auburn Lake Trails (a gated community)) of our spread out area, way more restaurants, at least (5) more churches (including mine), all the gifty type shops, the only laundymat,and so on. G.V. does have a 7/11 that was minimally converted from an ancient Mom&Pop store but none of our communities has a big box store (unless you count Dollar Tree in Cool), or name brand fast food chain type restaurants. No Po-lice stations up here at all... no bowling alleys :( no theatres :( , no book stores :( , no buses except school buses, no trains. I guess Cool has some amenities like Georgetown has come to think about it: some restaurants, (1) elementary school, the only water works company (which is actually in A.L.T. - Water Extortion-R-Us)... most of us, like we are, are on wells. (6) communities have Post Offices... Kelsey's P.O. got moved over the river to the South off the Divide.
re: ""THE kind-hearted angler..."- lol !
"Lush green grass moves with the wind" - Lillian Susan Thomas; *secrets Of Grass... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/secrets-of-grass/
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re: Georgetown. I imagine that the place where you live is very beautiful and peaceful (nor need for policemen!). The problem in case of an emergency is only that one is entirely dependent of an own car to live there as there is no public transport and most of the places one usually goes to including hospitals and churches are elsewhere. And probably no own major. By the way Cool must be cool.
*secrets Of Grass...Lovely poem! Reminds me of the time I lived in the hills.
"Music is multilingual" Music Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/music-382/
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We do have Sheriffs that are assigned... they just patrol in from off the area.
Music !
"Not of one dear hand only I complain," - Francesco Petrarca; Sonnet CLXVII. Non pur quell' una bella ignuda mano. / He Returns the Glove, Bewailing the Effect of Her Beauty.... https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-.../sonnet-clxvii
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Lol! we have three different kinds of police here and also a bicycle gang specialized in stealing cell phones.
Charming love sonnet by Petrarca.
"On the day the world ends" Song on the End of the World by Czeslaw Milosz
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...sz/poems/15375
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An interesting take on the end of the world.
Another by Petrarca:
"Place me where herb and flower the sun has dried," - Francesco Petrarca; Sonnet CXIII. Pommi ove 'l sol occide i fiori e l' erba. / His Invincible Constancy... https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-...a/sonnet-cxiii
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:) You seem enchanted by Petrarca“s nobel poetry!
So, some more Petrarca:
Quanto pił desiose l' ali spando./The more my own fond wishes would impel -Sonnet CVIII by Francesco Petrarca
https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-...a/sonnet-cviii ( I liked that Poetry Cat offers more than one translation for some of the poems)
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Enjoyed :)
Yes, I have a number of Petrarca poems queued up for the future (except for his many dotings on Laura that is) :)
""Remember me" implored the Thief!" - Emily Dickinson; "Remember me" implored the Thief... https://emily-dickinson-riddle.blogs...testament.html
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"Remember me" implored the Thief... A bit of a riddle for me. A quick search didn“t bring any analysis.
"Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast" Desert Places by Robert Frost
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desert-places/
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re: Emily Dickinson... it's a Bible poem; there is an explanation below on the same page.
re: Frost... I guess he's not a fan of the snow either. It's eerie being in nature trapped in the snow.
"Trillets of humor, -- shrewdest whistle-wit, --" - Sidney Lanier; To Our Mocking-Bird... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-our-mocking-bird/
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re Emily Dickinson: I remember the story but was a bit confused by the juristic terms. I hadn't read the explanation
To Our Mocking-Bird... A very sad AAAAIIII! A loving poem.
"Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun" Unrisen splendour of the brightest sun...by Percy Bysshe Shelley
https://www.litscape.com/author/Perc...htest_Sun.html
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Beautiful poem by PBS !
"Vain is the chiming of forgotten bells" - Alfred Joyce Kilmer; Poets... https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-joyce-kilmer/poets
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"Vain is the chiming of forgotten bells" Almost an expressionistic take!
"What crowding thoughts around me wake," To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris by Helen Maria Williams https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...maria-williams
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Incredible poem considering the subject matter. I wonder if she was in jail at this time ? Enjoyed the entire poem but the last line sums it up very well: "A Christmas banquet for the heart!" English plum "cake"/"plum duff" was a treat my Mother excelled in :) Here's a recipe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/p...plumduff_89799
"-"x+2 = 4"- " - Poet Destroyer A; Premium Member The Unknown... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_unknown_568013
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re::) thanks for the recipe!
Enjoyed this mathematical poem!
"Ye Alpine rocks! If less your peaks elate". The Sonnets Of Tommaso Campanella - To The Swiss by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...he-swiss-26221
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Michelangelo: A poet too ?!!! Even more impressed ! A true Renaissance man !
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" - MartyZigzagHasmukh AmathalalZigz
Owens; Sleep Wonderful Sleep... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/slee...l_sleep_196192
