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Don't they so.
Lol... an interesting take on an ABC... poem; enjoyed :)
"Beneath the pleasant shade of beauteous leaves"- Francesco Petrarca; Sestina V. Alia dolce ombra de le belle frondi. / He Tells the Story of His Love, Resolving Henceforth to Devote Himself to God... https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-petrarca/sestina-v
Loved these allegories of love!
"Can You See the Pride In the Panther"."Can You See the Pride In the Panther" by Tupac Shakur
https://www.poemine.com/Tupac-Shakur...e-Panther.html
An artist gone too young... Enjoyed :)
"Do not care if ?you bring only your light body." - Gabrielle Calvocoressi; Miss you. Would like to grab that chilled tofu we love... https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/m...-tofu-we-love/
Shakur- Yes, much to early.
"Miss you." Heartbreaking poem about someone who misses a (dead?) love, while ordering their favorite dish.
"Eternal Time, that wastest without waste, That art and art not, diest, and livest still;Most slow of all, and yet of greatest haste; Both ill and". "Eternal Time, that Wastest Without Waste" by Anonymous.
https://www.poemine.com/Anonymous/Et...out-Waste.html
Wonderful poem: "I lose thee, while I seek to find thee out; The farther off, the more I follow thee;The faster hold, the greater cause of doubt; Was, Is, I know; but Shall, I cannot see. All things by thee are measur'd; thou, by none: All are in thee; thou, in thyself alone." 'Tis said that a poem attributed to anonymous was all too often written by a poetess. Enjoyed :)
"Flanders, the name of a place, a country of people," - Carl Sandburg; Flanders... http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po.../flanders.html
I agree!
The Poems of Poetry Atlas are under copyright for me, but I found the poem here: https://www.lezenswaard.be/view/254/...g-carl.Enjoyed!
"Glum is the sky, by night imprisoned,"."Glum Is The Sky" Iby Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
https://www.poemine.com/Fyodor-Ivano...s-The-Sky.html
A bit of light, briefly, in the glumness. Enjoyed :) Thank you for correcting the title :) Found the original Russian and a summary... and a comment re: the typo, lol, gum>glum which was corrected here and there :)
"How many paltry, foolish, painted things,That now" - Michael Drayton; Idea VI... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...vi-55473661591
re: And I´m sure you want to share your finds with me.
Impressive sonnet!
"I was the height of a folio, my bed just". "The Voice" by Charles Baudelaire
https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...vi-55473661591
re: Of course !!!
"... From behind the scenery / of vast existence, in voids without light, / I see the strangest worlds distinctly..." :)
"Januaries, Nature greets our eyes" - Elizabeth Bishop; Brazil, January 1, 1502... https://voetica.com/poem/2759
Loved this delicate poem by Elisabeth Bishop:
Found this link on the famous "Casa da Samambaia" where she lived with Lotta.
https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...eature-rio.pdf
`Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law,'. "`Know, Nature, like the cuckoo, laughs at law" by Alfred Austin
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Austi...hs-at-law.html
I found a summary of EB's poem: https://sistermarycatherine.wordpres...anuary-1-1502/
Thank you for the page on EB:
Enjoyed AA's poem :)Quote:
I take out my favorite book of Bishop’s, Questions of Travel, and open to the poem “Sandpiper,” about a tiny shorebird hopping along the beach, obsessed with the millions of grains of sand: "he runs to the south, finical, awkward, / in a state of controlled panic" Bishop, too, flitted between worlds, pecking at the wonder of the universe one grain at a time, taking off time and again, migrating thousands of miles.
"Love came to Flora asking for a flower" - Toru Dutt; Sonnet.--The Lotus... https://www.englishcharity.com/the-lotus-by-toru-dutt/
Thanks for the link.It didn't open on Duck Duck, but going to try on PC tomorrow.
Charming Lotus poem! :)
"Mother, among the dustbins and the manure"."Mother,
Among the Dustbins"
https://allpoetry.com/Mother,-Among-the-Dustbins
Interesting poem by Stevie; found this at ipl.org (paywalled):... https://www.ipl.org/essay/Comparing-...1AABC8D0BCF2F0Quote:
“Mother, Among the Dustbins” (is) a poem is about the narrator telling his mother about his faith in God... employs an ironic tone to faith in God... apply(s) rhyme to achieve (a) message about God... While the narrator may be speaking to his mother, Smith is talking to the reader asking the reader (a) question as well... The speaker in line 20 is saying “Who are you?” this also draws the attention of the reader. Same concept with the last line Smith is asking the reader this question. These questions are questioning other people’s faith in God. The narrator is implying that the concept of God foolish since men are foolish. Lines 19 and 20 interrupt the flow and make the poem feel more unorthodox... The speaker... however, doesn’t address God himself, only addresses the idea of God. In the poem, the speaker is confessing their negative view of God to their mother. The character asks a few unanswered questions towards their mother as if having a discussion.
Enjoyed :)
"Now in a thought, now in a shadowed word," - Edwin Arlington Robinson; L'envoy... https://www.poemine.com/Edwin-Arling...n/L-envoy.html
"Mother, Among the Dustbins"-Interesting comparison with Donne's poem(as far as one can read it.
"L'envoy...".Beautiful poem!
"Once I was sailing for fun"."Once I was sailing for fun (Simple Verses XII) by José Martí
https://www.poemine.com/Jose-Marti/O...erses-XII.html
I wasn't familiar with the term "well" in a sailboat... and now I know :) Enjoyed.
"plucked from the pool" - hollow oak; the sea and shore... https://allpoetry.com/hollow_oak
Interesting poem, images of dead and decay!
"Queen Venus on a day of cloud". "Queen Venus" by Robert Laurence Binyon
https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Laure...een-Venus.html
Another sea perspective for Venus which brings to mind her origin in Botticelli's painting: https://www.artdependence.com/articl...irth-of-venus/
... Enjoyed :)
"Remnants of sun ribbon the river--" - Bai Juyi; Song of the Evening River... https://www.poemine.com/Bai-Juyi/Son...ing-River.html
Thanks for the interesting link on Venus and Botticelli. Though the setting of the poem is different the poet might have had the well known picture in mind.
"Song of the Evening River... " Delicate, very visual, a painting in words of the river.
"Sweet poet of the woods---a long adieu!" Sonnet VII: "Sweet Poet of the Woods" by Charlotte Turner Smith
https://www.poemine.com/Charlotte-Tu...the-Woods.html
Delightful poem: "For still thy voice shall soft affections move, / And still be dear to sorrow, and to love!"... Enjoyed :)
"the moon and the stars" - Sherry Anne; Gifts of the Night... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18013637-...by-Sherry-Anne
"Gifts of the Night"-a gentle poem.
"Under the mountain, as when first I knew"."Under the mountain..." by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
https://www.poemine.com/Frederick-Go...-mountain.html
Enigmatic poem... found this for a summary:
https://www.nysun.com/article/poem-o...r-the-mountain... enjoyed :)
"Vatic levens gnarl the gloam," - HaviOneEyedRaven; Hate called: 'Paradise'... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17999213-...viOneEyedRaven
Thanks, tailor. Enjoyed the open part of the article, maybe going to subscribe for free later. Curious poem, more curious the career of this poet ignored by most of his contemporaneity but who now jumped out from the folds of the poetry of 19 C.
"Hate called: 'Paradise'..." Ambivalence? Contradictory feelings?
"With life's tomorrow time you grasp,". "With Life's Tomorrow Time You Grasp" by Mihai Eminescu
https://www.poemine.com/Mihai-Emines...You-Grasp.html
A somehow dreamy rhyme poem in the translation... curious if the original was so... enjoyed :)
"Xanthippe, one day, urged her Socrates" - Wolfgang Niesielski; Socrates & Xanthippe... https://philosophynow.org/issues/151..._and_Xanthippe
re Eminescu:
Found a slightly different translation by Octavian Cocos in this Eminescu poem collection:
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...Octavian_Cocos
Lol: This Xantippe poem confirms my Xantippe thesis, as exposed above about the last Xantippe poem.# 2038 or 2048.
"You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon—"."You'll know it—as you know 'tis Noon by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...-tis-Noon.html
Found it: "You get more days with your tomorrow...[Cu mâine zilele-ţi adaogi...]" Not sure which translation is better, being totally inept in languages... the second is more pleasing to me to read.
Yes, agree re: Xantippe in #2038. Lol, I remember you called out my lol... thread poem, a villanelle attempt, #20: "After thunder comes the rain !" on 7/4/2022: "Lol! Somewhat partial to Xanthippe, but laving the chamberpot on the pate is mean!" :)
Wonderful poem by dear Emily... more in tune with my other distant poet/lyricist cousin Eliza R. Snow :)
"Zinging the zen-zone I was in" - Lori Jones McCaffery; A 'Z' POEM FOR SUN PRINCESS... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1892046...-sun-princess/
re Eminescu. I prefer the second translation too. it flows better. I think you have a good feeling for foreign languages but little opportunity for using them.
Xantippe: Lol! Socrates didn´t have an easy life it seems, but neither did Xantippe.
Enjoyed the intrinsic Ziness of that Z poem!
"I ran across the street, I didn’t know any better."."Across the Street" by Austin Segrest.
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/across-the-street/
An interesting tension within the poem, and enjoyed the awkward repetition throughout :)
"By day the bat is cousin to the mouse." - Theodore Roethke; The Bat... https://voetica.com/poem/984
"The Bat..."- Enjoyed this poem. It draws the bat with much sensibility.
"Come into the garden, Maud,"Come Into The Garden, Maud" by Alfred Tennyson
https://www.poemine.com/Alfred-Tenny...rden-Maud.html
An enchanting poem by a master romanticist. "On a bed of daffodil sky," particularly stood out for me :) ... But, after a wee bit of research one finds this is only one scene in a web of poetic complexity... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud,_and_Other_Poems Enjoyed :)
"Dusk fairies fly by across the night sky," - Natliegh; Dusk Fairies... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17181855-...es-by-Natliegh
Thanks for the enlightining link on "Maud,tailor!
"even a pencil has fear to"."even a pencil has fear to" by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/even-a-pencil-has-fear-to
lol... attempted an anagram of the first line "even a pencil has fear to" = safe catnip heaven lore... enjoyed :)
"Five moons ago," - Kaplan-Karl; A pearl (original eng)... https://allpoetry.com/poem/18016841-...by-Kaplan-Karl
re e.e- cummings:lol!
A pearl- Ilustrative of relationships.
"Grief sat beside the fount of tears,"."Grief sat beside the fount of tears" by Richard Monckton Milnes
https://www.poemine.com/Richard-Monc...-of-tears.html
Another pearl: ``Friendship and Love on every leaf / Shall wear the pearly toy, / And all, who shrink from tears of Grief, / Shall pray for tears of Joy.'' :)
"Hearken to the reed-flute, how it complains," - Rumi; Book1 Prologue... https://allpoetry.com/Book1-Prologue
Rumi-a gush of feelings!
"I am watching Cleo listening, our cat"."Cat Scat" by Eamon Grennan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14371782-...-Eamon-Grennan
Amusing poem though the last line has me at odds... Enjoyed :)
"Jaya, Jaya, Jaya, Jayahe!" - Ahmad Shiddiqi; A Tale of India... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tale-of-india/
re: Sorry, there is a mistake in the verb "do". Here is another link with the correct form.
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-...-116/cat-scat/
"a graceful Namaste" - Colorful poem, but I felt it as a touristic presentation of India.
As we are speaking about India:
"Kanha eats in Yasoda's lap.". "Krishna's Meal" by Sant Surdas
https://allpoetry.com/Krishna's-Meal
Ah, much better... my mind wouldn't take the leap :)
Yes... it seems a list poem with all the sites to see in each offering.
Enjoyed the mealtime of Krishna :)
"Like a huge Python, winding round and round" Toru Dutt; Our Casuarina Tree... https://www.poetrycat.com/toru-dutt/our-casuarina-tree
"Our Casuarina Tree"-Beautiful tree poem, beautiful images.
"Most brightly of all burned the hair of my evening loved one:"Night Ray" by Paul Celan
https://www.poetrycat.com/paul-celan/night-ray
Influential/ complex/ tragic life - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Celan... yup. Enjoyed :)Quote:
Celan’s poetry, with its many radical poetic and linguistic innovations, is characterized by a complicated and cryptic style that deviates from poetic conventions.
"Napoleon’s hat is an obvious choice I guess to list as a famous" - James Tate; The List of Famous Hats... https://www.americanpoems.com/poets/...f-famous-hats/
"Hat's" author corrected :)
re Celan: There was a lighter Celan poem starting with "M". But this one does more justice to his life experience and his style.
Enjoyed very much this curious poem. The perplexity starts with the title, one expects a list of famous hats. But the poem tells a lot about Napoleon. A bit more about Edward Taylor:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edward-taylor
"O mother, darling mother, lost in time's formless haze"."O Mother..." by Mihai Eminescu (hope this translation by Popescu does full justice to the poem).
https://www.poemine.com/Mihai-Eminescu/O-Mother.html