Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Lol, I'm halfway there... Enjoyed :)

"How did they learn that their ways were small?" - Mary Mapes Dodge; Jean And Kitty... https://www.litscape.com/author/Mary...And_Kitty.html

There is a saying in German: "If one listens behind the wall, one hears one owns shame".

"I wept until my tears were dry"."Jerusalem" by Nizar Qabbani
https://www.poetrycat.com/nizar-qabbani/jerusalem

Enjoyed the poem very much :) . Interesting poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_Qabbani "And his verses would remain popular after his death, and put to song by Arab pop-music stars such as Kazem al-Saher and Latifa.[15] However, such songs were introduced after filtering the original poems."...

"John Keats" - J.D. Salinger; John Keats... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2006/0...-j-d-salinger/

"John Keats"-Lol!

"Knock with tremor --"Knock with tremor --" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...th-tremor.html

https://www.scribd.com/doc/218903367...hanged=English

Enjoyed both the poem and the analysis :)

"Less than the cloud to the wind," - Sara Teasdale; Less Than The Cloud To The Wind... https://allpoetry.com/Less-Than-The-Cloud-To-The-Wind

re"Less than the cloud to the wind," - Interesting poem, but I think the AI analysis is not complete. The poem in fact compares the scant love the poet receives from his/her beloved with his/her own superlative feeling.

"My Grandpapa lives in a wonderful house"."The Painted Ceiling" by Amy Lowell
https://allpoetry.com/The-Painted-Ceiling

I see.

The magical musings of a child... Enjoyed very much :)

"Now like the Lady of Shalott," - Elizabeth Stoddard; Before The Mirror... https://www.litscape.com/author/Eliz...he_Mirror.html

Follows the original Lady of Shaliot, a favourite poem of mine, which starts with O:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...f-shalott-1832 and the song which is also beautiful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77PR0JA0gU. Stoddard's poem seems to maintain the sadness and the loneliness of the original poem without the heroic part. Enjoyed!

Lovely poem & song :)

:) As the poem coincidentally starts with O I also used it as the next contribution. Sorry if this was a bit confusing.
Awaiting now your offering of a "P" poem

Oh, sorry, I'm not the brightest bulb in the forest...

"Poor, sweet Piccola! Did you hear" - Celia Thaxter;
Piccola... https://www.litscape.com/author/Celi...r/Piccola.html

Loved "Piccola"

"Quiet, Lord, my froward heart,"."Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart" by John Newton

https://www.poemine.com/John-Newton/...ard-Heart.html

"Make me teachable and mild;"... please; enjoyed :)

"Pupil and master together," - Celia Thaxter; Gold Locks And Silver Locks... https://www.litscape.com/author/Celi...ver_Locks.html

"Gold Locks and Silver Locks ". Ai! What a tender poem!

"Quick! quick!"."Quick! quick!" by Anonymous
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...6/quick-quick-

Ewwwww... but, it's about kitties so it gets a pass :)

"Read, sweet, how others strove," - Emily Dickinson; The Book Of Martyrs... https://www.litscape.com/author/Emil...f_Martyrs.html

re: I know. Silliest poem ever posted in this thread. But it´s what I came up with after one hour of frantic search after a "Q" poem.

"The Book Of Martyrs" beautiful poem and much more easy to understand than most of ED's poems
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...2-1533-11.html

"Some men there are who find in nature all"."Summer" by Amy Lowell
https://www.poemine.com/Amy-Lowell/Summer.html

Lol.

Enjoyed ED's summary immensely... hurtful to know our ancestors did such things.

A very rosy tone in Amy's poem of man and nature, almost an exultation... enjoyed :)

"The river turns," - Theodore Roethke; The Pike... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330717-...eodore-Roethke

re: Didn’t know pike as a fish. Enjoyed the contrasts in this poem.

"Unto the Whole -- how add?". "Unto the Whole -- how add?" by Emily Dickinson

https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...e-how-add.html
https://poetrywithmathematics.blogsp...its-parts.html

Pike: I've seen some videos... they're like a freshwater <barracuda<

Enjoyed the "Poetry with Mathematics" :) Emily at her best in conjecture -
Google AI: ""Oh, subsidy of balm!" is a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson that implies that happiness is experienced rather than thought about:
Meaning: The line refers to a feeling of fullness and suggests that happiness is lived rather than contemplated." 4-lines of gold... Enjoyed :)

"Vast was the wealth I carried in life's pack --" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; The Suicide... https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella...e_Suicide.html

Dark poem, but as it is against suicide, enjoyed it.


"What kind of God would He be"."What Kind Of God" by Kabir
https://allpoetry.com/poem/14326999-...-God--by-Kabir

A beautiful translation of an Indian poem extolling God and His love... Enjoyed :)

"Xenophobia does not help" - Robert43041; Xenophobia... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17616503-...by-Robert43041

re Xenophobia: True.

"A hundred years hence".""A hundred years hence" by Rabindranat Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/A-Hundred-Year...sh-Translation

Tagore seems to be speaking to you: "I send my tidings of joy of this spring." Enjoyed :)

"Birdsong brings relief" - Rumi; Birdsong brings relief... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-24402

"Birdsong" - Lovely and powerful poem!

"Come to me, O ye children!"."Children" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poemine.com/Henry-Wadswo.../Children.html

Melancholy poem of the silver-haired inspired by children: "For ye are living poems,"... Enjoyed :)

"Damp day's light is quenched: damp night's darkness" - Alexander Pushkin; Jealousy... https://www.litscape.com/author/Alex.../Jealousy.html

I love Pushkin's stories, first poem by him I read. Enjoyed specially the end of the poem.

"Each small gleam was a voice,'"."Each small gleam was a voice,"by Stephen Crane
https://www.poemine.com/Stephen-Cran...s-a-voice.html

A synesthesia poem... Enjoyed :)

"Fan me with these lilies fair," - Elizabeth Stoddard; "Fan Me With These Lilies Fair... https://www.litscape.com/author/Eliz...lies_Fair.html

" Fan Me With The Lilies Fair".Lol! A somewhat violent non love poem! Enjoyed the flower images.

"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;"The Night Ride" by Kenneth Slessor
https://allpoetry.com/The-Night-Ride

Enjoyed the poem and summary :)

"High and dry upon the shingle lies the fisher's boat to-night;" - Richard Rowe; Soul Ferry... https://www.poemine.com/Richard-Rowe/Soul-Ferry.html

Enjoyed this ghostly version of Charon!

"I cannot say"."plum blossom" by Izumi Shikibu
https://allpoetry.com/plum-blossom

Another Spring poem ! Enjoyed :)

"Just look at him! there he stands," - Heinrich Hoffmann; Shock-headed Peter... https://www.poemine.com/Heinrich-Hof...ded-Peter.html

Lol! That is the Struwwellpeter, a character to frighten young children into good behavior. But in fact he probably was the first hippie.Here you are:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter


"kumrads die because they're told)"."kumrads die because they're told by e.e. cummings

https://www.poemine.com/Edward-Estli...y-re-told.html

"Der Struwwelpeter is known for introducing the villainous character of the Tailor (or Scissorman) to Western literature."... Lololololol !

Cold War sentiment in a comic way... enjoyed :)

"Like to a ship that storms urge on its course," - Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa; Sonnet XI... https://www.poetrycat.com/fernando-a...ssoa/sonnet-xi

re Struwwelpeter. Well, yes. When I was a kid, I got cards with the illustrations of the book. I hated it. I still remember the blood dripping down from the cut thumbs of the boys.

Love the Fernando Pessoa poem! Wasn't successful in finding the Portuguese Original.

"Minnow, go to sleep and dream,"."Lullaby For The Cat" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://www.poetrycat.com/elizabeth-...by-for-the-cat

Sorry... I can only imagine the psychological impact of those images.

Deceptive poem of a much loved cat ! https://allpoetry.com/Lullaby-For-the-Cat Enjoyed! :)

"Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch," -
Theodore Roethke; Root Cellar... https://allpoetry.com/Root-Cellar

re: I think today they seem vastly. exaggerated. But then there weren't any tv monsters. And the idea was to emphasize the punishments for bad behavior so the stories are a sort of nightmares.

"Root Cellar"-Decay and Survival enjoyed "Nothing would give up life:"

"O 'Melia, my dear, this does everything crown!". "The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy
https://allpoetry.com/The-Ruined-Maid

Social intricacies; thanx for the summary... enjoyed :)

"Poet, not popular applause shalt thou prize!" - Alexander Pushkin; To the Poet... https://ruverses.com/alexander-pushk...the-poet/4093/

Enjoyed Pushkin's poem and enjoyed to learn the word poet in Russian: "Поэт".

"Quiet summer night.".The Faithful Dreamer, "All Is Quiet"
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/

"Поэт" Pi omicron epsilon tau ? interesting; tau: the principal, the path, the way according to my echo :)

Cute modernistic (love?) poem... Loved the postscript: "Essentially a continuation of the previous poem, "An Appalling Lack of Glow-in-the-Dark Stars"." Lol. Enjoyed :)

"Palette paint arranged in reds" - Jan Turner; A Painter’s Daydream... http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resource...75trochee.html

Enjoyed the palette.

Another "Q" poem.

"Quiet crickets." "Quiet" by Sharde' Fultz
https://hellopoetry.com/words/quiet/