Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Two wonderful poems ! Enjoyed :)

"Razors pain you;" - Dorothy Parker; Resumé... https://literaryfictions.com/poems/r...orothy-parker/

Resume"A painful yet ironic poem.


"Walking home I feel a presence following"."Walking with My Delaware Grandfather" by Denise Low
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/w...e-grandfather/

Very enjoyable retrospective of Denise Low's grandfather and great-grandmother :)

"Xmas means joy, hope n of course Santa clause ! Everyone sends him a" - Armin Dutia Motashaw; This XMAS... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2895478/this-xmas/

Enjoyd that Christmas poem, wishes could easily be extended to our earthly community.

More about Chrismas:

https://parenting.firstcry.com/artic...-start-with-y/


"YOU little stars that live in skies"."You Little Stars" by Fulke Greville
https://www.poemine.com/Fulke-Grevil...tle-Stars.html

"Yarn-Bomb" is new to me... love it :)

"Lend me thy wings that I may rise"... Enjoyed :)

"Zanthoxylum shrubs with clustered yellow flowers," - Andrea Dietrich; Xanthophobia... https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/xanthophobia_716351

"Xanthophobia"... Enjoyed this poem that traversed the whole alphabet!

"and I sit by the stove"."and I sit by the stove" by Halina Poswiatowska
https://allpoetry.com/-and-I-sit-by-the-stove-

"and try to catch time red-handed"... wonderful poem with summary: Enjoyed :)

"Beside St. Joseph's shallow stream,:" - Rose Hartwick Thorpe; Preface To Ringing Ballads
... https://www.litscape.com/author/Rose...g_Ballads.html

Enjoyed this sweet flower blade!

A bit long, but can be read by parts during Christmas season.
"Christmas stars! your pregnant silentness,"."A Christmas Symphony" by Helen Hunt Jackson
https://www.litscape.com/author/Hele..._Symphony.html

Beautiful poem of faith :)

"Do not touch him -- do not wake him! Fast asleep is Amor lying;" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Warning... https://www.litscape.com/author/Joha...e/Warning.html

Lol! A wise poem

"Each new invention doubles our worries an' our troubles,"."Wail Of An Old-Timer" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella...Old_Timer.html

Lol... a lamentation of progress... enjoyed :)

"Fiat!" -- The flaming word" - John Banister Tabb; The Annunciation... https://www.litscape.com/author/John...unciation.html

Forceful and synthetic,The Annunciation!
" Glide gently, thus for ever glide,"."Remembrance Of Collins" by William Wordsworth
https://www.litscape.com/author/Will...f_Collins.html

Somber poem regaling poet and river... found an analysis that helped me... https://allpoetry.com/Remembrance-Of ... Enjoyed :)

"How terrible these nights are when alone" - Wilcox Ella Wheeler; Spectres... https://www.poemine.com/Wilcox-Ella-.../Spectres.html

Thanks for the analysis.

"Spectres" -impressive poem!

"I wonder if I know him"."l" by R. Tagore
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8516525-I...dranath-Tagore

Profound poem... Enjoyed very much :)

"Just when all hope had perished in my soul," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; The Tryst... https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella...The_Tryst.html

Enjoyed the love tryst!



"King George sat high on his family throne,"."The Yankee Tea-Party" by Hannah Flagg Goul
https://www.litscape.com/author/Hann...Tea-Party.html

An American history poem... enjoyed :)

"Like the coat of many colors, the letters, scraps," - Ortiz Simon Joseph; Making Quiltwork... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/cont...king-quiltwork

"Making Quiltwork... " Liked the comparison of life and a quilt with it´s bits and pieces. As to the form the text reminds me of a prose text.

"majestic, magic"."Marina" by Charles Bukowski
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8509353-M...arles-Bukowski

Sweet poem by Bukowski... enjoyed :)

"Nature, a jealous mistress, laid him low." - Sydney Thompson Dobell; Epitaph II... https://www.poemine.com/Sydney-Thomp...pitaph-II.html

"Epithaph Ii"Tragic !

"Of Nature I shall have enough"."Of Nature I shall have enough" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...ve-enough.html (found no analysis).

Love Emily's poem! :)

One dubious summary of Emily's poem: https://emily-dickinson-riddle.blogs...-nature-5.html (needs corroboration)

"Poor cows, poor sheep," - Edith L. M. King; Cattle in Trucks... https://allpoetry.com/Cattle-In-Trucks

Enlightening summary about ED's poem, thanks!

Emphatic poem about cattle transported probably to the slaughterhouse.

Poem by a poet with name starting with "Q"

"Since I was young I have worn gorgeous dress"."Crossing The River" by QuYuan
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15083733-...er--by-Qu-Yuan

"Unflinchingly I still shall follow truth, / Nor care if I am slain."... Enjoyed :)

"Retired thoughts enjoy their own delights," - Robert Southwell; Look Home... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Southwell/Look-Home.html

"Look Home"-Man viewed in a positive light.

"Sleep; and my song shall build about your bed"."Slumber-Song" by Siegfried Sassoon
https://www.poemine.com/Siegfried-Sa...mber-Song.html

"A paradise of dimness." A romanticized poem of sleep and dreams... Enjoyed :)

"There are scarlet poppies in her garden-bed," - Nicholls Marjory; Poppies... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/poppies

Poppies representing fallen soldiers!Short but strikes home.

"Upon my Lap my Sovereign Sits"."Upon my Lap my Sovereign Sits" by Peerson, Martin (1571 - 1650)
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/cont...vereign-sits#0

Sweet poem; a mother and child's bond :) Enjoyed.

"Very sick and tired am I" - Tom MacInnes; Villanelle of Mutton... https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/cont...lanelle-mutton

A dexterous way of exposing ones feeling and the futile part of certain celebrations. Indignant but sly Villanelle! Enjoyed very much!

"With changing key"."With changing key" by Paul Celan
https://allpoetry.com/Mit-wechselndem-Schlssel
https://allpoetry.com/Paul-Celan

Interesting poem: L2 - "you unlock the house, inside". I agree :) Enjoyed. I believe this our second poem from Paul Celan ("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 ) From your citation: "His influence can also be seen in later generations of poets who have sought to engage with historical trauma and its enduring impact on language and consciousness."

"XY: Where can I message you?" - Mystic Ink Plus; Sign Up... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2599941/sign-up/

Sign Up...Lol! Metaphysics in internet media language. Enjoyed!

"You Meaner Beauties Of The Night"."You Meaner Beauties Of The Night by Wotton, Sir Henry (1568 - 1639)
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/cont...beauties-night

Enjoyed... found an analysis under a different title: https://allpoetry.com/Elizabeth-Of-Bohemia :)

"Zigzag lines on the body of Zebra eye catching," - Brundaban panda; Poem Says Three Reasons Why Z Keeps Zebra... https://allpoetry.com/poem/13410478-...rundaban-panda

Thanks for the analysis, tailor!

Enjoyed the zebra celebrating poem! :)

"All--bounteous Heav'n, Castalio cries,"."An Unanswerable Apology ForThe Rich." by Mary Barber
https://allpoetry.com/An-Unanswerabl...y-For-The-Rich.

Your link would not open for me because LitNet truncated the trailing dot (.), used this one: https://allpoetry.com/An-Unanswerabl...-For-The-Rich. using the url and /url commands... odd.............. Enjoyed the poem & analysis... something I received in my FB feed this morning a quote by Greta Thornberg parallels the poem... "Our civilization is being sacrificed for the opportunity of a very small number of people to continue making enormous amounts of money" :(

"Blue dust of evening over my city," - Sara Teasdale; Evening: New York... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327162-...-Sara-Teasdale

Sorry, my mistake.

Lovely descriptive poem by Sara Teasdale.

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

(link not your fault)

Delightful poem: "Ye are better than all the ballads / That ever were sung or said; / For ye are living poems, / And all the rest are dead."

"Dian, that fain would cheer her friend the Night," - Sir Philip Sidney; Sonnet 97... https://www.poemine.com/Sir-Philip-S...uld-Cheer.html

"Sonnet 97..."Joy and sadness.


'Especially when the October wind"."Especially when the October wind" by Dylan Thomas

https://emilyspoetryblog.wordpress.c...-dylan-thomas/

Incredible poem and creditable summary... Enjoyed :)

"For years, an ever-shifting shade" - John Banister Tabb; Photographed... https://www.litscape.com/author/John...tographed.html

"Photographed" Enjoyed this poem very much!

"God sent his Singers upon earth"."The Singers" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.litscape.com/author/Henr...e_Singers.html

Loved this poem :)

"Hark, echo!—Hark; echo!" - Edgar Allan Poe; Spiritual Song... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spiri...Spiritual_Song
https://poemuseum.org/spiritual-song/

Enjoyed the succinct Poe poem!


"Inside my head a common room,"."Inside my head" by Robert Creeley
https://allpoetry.com/Inside-My-Head