Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Delightful poem lauding the working man... Enjoyed :)

"poetry readings have to be some of the saddest" - Charles Bukowski; Poetry Readings... https://allpoetry.com/poem/12345579-...arles-Bukowski

Don´t agree with Bukowsky. I think good poetry doesn´t usually fall from heaven .It needs an training space. These readings are a cultural activity, they keep the production of poetry alive and sometimes this produces a good or even a great poet.. Of course there is a lot of bad poetry too as one can see in those sites that are open to contribution. But even that helps to fertilize the common poetry soil.

"Queen of wit and"."To Betty, The Grisette by Jonathan Swift
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...grisette-35931

I agree. I was surprised at Boo's poem and thought that perhaps he was being tongue and cheek... the AI doesn't think so, but then the AI might be at sea regarding sarcasm and the ilk. That being said I'm grateful for the off chance for an open microphone to spread my poetic mulch - on the off chance that a toadstool might find a haven and flourish for a færie's fancy :)

Dictionary: "Grisette" - Oh, my goodness! Not sure if this poem is an homage or a poetic undressing... Enjoyed :)

"Rigged poker -stiff on her back" - Sylvia Plath; All The Dead Dears... https://allpoetry.com/All-The-Dead-Dears

Grisette-More used with French I think. It may be both: a homage and a "poetic undressing" but a homage despising the subject of it.Certainly not my favorite poem but a legit "q".

Sylvia Plath on a great day!

"Slopes". "Slopes of Mount Kugami" byTaigu Ryokan
https://allpoetry.com/Slopes-Of-Mount-Kugami".

legit "q" :)

Enjoyed TR's poem of angst over relocating... have felt the emotion too many times myself and envision it soon/not soon in the future.

"The nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful" - Amy Lowell; Lead Soldiers... http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...ll/poems/19971

"Lead Soldiers... " Phantastic and terrible poem, a strong criticism on senseless warfare. Having a new respect for Amy Lowell


"UNYIELDING in the pride of his defiance,". "The Flying Dutchman" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/...eIdx/fl-u.html

Enjoyed this simple 5-stanza ABAB poem :)

"Venus, take my votive glass:" - Matthew Prior; The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-Glass To Venus... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-...lass-to-venus/

Forgot to add this context link to the poem in #2006: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman

" Venus..."Grim poem, very much to the point!

'We built a ship upon the stairs"."A Good Play" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/rls02.html#13

context: :)

Delightful poem of child's play... enjoyed :)

"Xmas isn't only about happiness" - Iain Douglas Miller-Potter; Xmas... https://www.authorsden.com/visit/vie...AuthorID=14502

For me X-mas is a time of contrasts. The sad ones are more sad than usual, because they think every one else is happy.

"When I was girl by Nilus stream". "The Witch" by Adelaide Crapsey
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543847-T...elaide-Crapsey

Agree.

"Xylophone is my body of bars" - Nasarudheen.P. Parameswaran; XYLOPHONE... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/xylophone-5/

Some interesting internal rhymes.And the idea of being an instrument for emotions about the near by.

"'YE have robb'd,' said he, 'ye have slaughter'd and made an end,".Sir Henry Newbolt, "He Fell among Thieves".
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/newbolt1.html#2

Enjoyed :) Some background... https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Readi...ngthieves.html

"Zombie Zombie" - Lilly Tereza; Zombie Zombie... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/301179/zombie-zombie/

Helpful background! :)

Enjoyed the handling of the theme in "Zombie, Zombie".

"Across the places deep and dim,". "The Road to Anywhere " by Bert Leston Taylor
https://allpoetry.com/The-Road-To-Anywhere

BLT: "And when the fragrant day is done, / Night and a shoal of stars." Enjoyed :)

"Be perfect, make it otherwise." - Dorothea Tanning; All Hallows’ Eve... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/all-hallows-eve/

One gets used to the facilities of life. After a good period working fine LitNet today was unavailable the whole morning.
"All Hallows’ Eve...". Earth is not living its healthiest period, but I hope everyone is well.

"Come unto these yellow sands,".William Shakespeare, from The Tempest "Ariel's Song"
https://www.potw.org/archive/potw190.html

And LitNet is working again!

re: unavailable: Yes, was getting a 502 error if I remember correctly... https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/502-bad-gateway... nothing "we" could do but wait it out it appears.

"Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: / Ding-dong. / Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell."... creepy, enjoyed!

"Do not look for the stones" - Peter Huchel; Eastern River... https://allpoetry.com/Eastern-River

re: For me in a different country it appears as a connection error. Connection fine til US then something goes awry. Anyway you are right: one only can wait till the page is back.

"Eastern River"-Lovely poem about absences.

" E ach wish, my fairest child, I pen,"."To A Little Girl." by Thomas Frederick Young
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...tle-girl-34515

Wonderful acrostic poem... enjoyed :)

"From naked stones of agony" - Sara Teasdale; Interlude: Songs Out Of Sorrow... https://www.poemine.com/Sara-Teasdal...Of-Sorrow.html

"Songs Out Of Sorrow...". Powerful poem, but oh so bitter!

"GET up, get up for shame! The blooming morn". "Corinna's Going A-Maying" by Robert Herrick
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/herrick1.html#5

Lol... I can see Corinna throwing a pillow at someone. Wonderful Verse: "See how Aurora throws her fair / Fresh-quilted colors through the air." Enjoyed :)

"High in the jacaranda shines the gilded thread" - Denise Levertov; The 90th Year... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14328776-...enise-Levertov

Poem. Wish I am that independent if I reach 90.

"I am tired of limited poetry"."Poetica" by Manuel Bandeira

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8544583-P...anuel-Bandeira

Me too.

Ars poetica... Enjoyed :)

"Jeremy says he want" - Noel Quiñones; ode to new money... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/ode-to-new-money/

"ode to new money..". Complex poem that reproduces the atmosphere of powerty

"See the kitten on the wall,"."from The Kitten and Falling Leaves" by William Wordsworth
https://poets.org/poem/kitten-and-falling-leaves

Endearing poem... Loved it :)

"Last time I checked," - Anthony Orozco; Land of the Cinder Block... https://www.thenasiona.com/2020/03/0...nthony-orozco/

Enjoyed so much Orozco's poem!

"Methought I heard a butterfly"."The Butterfly And The Bee. (From The Villager's Verse-Book.) by William Lisle Bowles
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...rse-book-35385

Lol... enjoyed :)

"Now tidy your house," - A. K. Ramanujan; Chicago Zen... https://www.poemine.com/A-K-Ramanujan/Chicago-Zen.html

"Chicago Zen.." Very original. How much meaning packed in these few verses! :)

"Our Bog is dood, our Bog is dood,". "Our Bog Is Dood" by Stevie Smith
https://www.poemine.com/Stevie-Smith...g-Is-Dood.html

Foreboding poem; found more insight here: https://lololit.wordpress.com/archiv...-stevie-smith/... enjoyed :)

"Press'd by the Moon, mute arbitress of tides," - Charlotte Turner Smith; Sonnet XLIV: Press'd by the Moon... https://www.poemine.com/Charlotte-Tu...-the-Moon.html

"Our Bog is dood".Thanks for the analysis of the poem, tailor.


Poem with title starting with "Q".
"One nostril means latin,"."Queer Things" by Emanuel Carnevali
https://www.poemine.com/Emanuel-Carn...er-Things.html

"when I'll be very old / (which will never be)"... sadly true. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Carnevali

"Reynolds, 'tis thine, from the broad window's height," - Thomas Warton; Verses on Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window at New College, Oxford... https://www.poemine.com/Thomas-Warto...ge-Oxford.html

An Italian poet writing in English! Very enlightening bio, thanks tailor! T Hat maybe accounts for my feeling of strangeness! By the way loved "Poemine"

"Verses on Sir Joshua Reynold's Painted Window at New College, Oxford.." - Beautiful window description by a Poet who understands a lot about painting.

"so much dependsupon". "so much depends" by William Carlos Williams
https://www.poemine.com/William-Carl...h-depends.html

Poemine: Agree... some gems seeing the light of day :)

WCW: One of my favorite poems/poets... a masterpiece :)

"THERE are no handles upon a language" - Carl Sandburg; Languages... https://www.poemine.com/Carl-Sandburg/Languages.html

Languages-wonderful poem. Brazilian Portuguese is a proof how much a language can change.

"Under the roof where the laughter rings,"."Under The Roof Where The Laughter Rings" by Edgar Albert Guest
https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Albert...ter-Rings.html

Home - a refuge... Enjoyed :)

"Virocon -- Virocon --Still the ancient name" - Mary Webb; Viroconium... https://www.poemine.com/Webb-Mary/Viroconium.html

Interesting poem. Found some context:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viroconium_Cornoviorum

"Wallace Stevens says,"."Words" by Ruth Stone
https://www.poemine.com/Ruth-Stone/Words.html

Enjoyed the history :)

Love the twist Ruth made on Stevens' poem :)

"Xantippe was the lady who was wed to Socrates—" - Wilbur D. Nesbit; XANTIPPE... https://rainydaypoems.com/poems-for-...lbur-d-nesbit/

Lol! Wonderful poem. But I think it is all a defamation of poor old Xanty. The truth: Socrates spend the days with his numerous male friends, discussing high philosophy with them. When he noticed Xantippe at all it was to tell her: Put more water on the beans, we will have the whole gang for lunch today. At night he was so tired that he always fell instantly asleep, leaving his wife looking at the ceiling and pondering about the (dis) grace of being married.

"You’ve thrown away all your scholarly books;"To Tseng the Fortuneteller" by Yang Wan-Li
https://allpoetry.com/items/read_by/...8620791&page=1

Enjoyed the minimalism & disenchantment :)

"Zebras tend to lollygag with the giraffes" - PinkFaerie5; Zebras Lollygag with Giraffes... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17864511-...by-PinkFaerie5

"Zebras Lollygag with Giraffes..."These giraffes look suspiciously human. But congrats on the original "Z Poem"

"A tumbled down, and"."Alphabet Poem" by Edward Lear
https://poets.org/poem/alphabet-poem