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Thanks for the translations. Interesting to observe: in one of the otherwise fitting translation the use of the word "harlot" disrupts the subtlety of the original.
"A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot!". "My Garden" by Thomas Edward Brown
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/brown20.html#1
Faith in a garden... Enjoyed :)
"Hushed in the smoky haze of summer sunset," - Sara Teasdale; Sunset: St. Louis... https://allpoetry.com/Sunset:-St.-Louis
Enjoyed ST's poem. Apropos smoke, I hope all is well in your part of California. Just saw Los Angeles burning in the news.
"I ran across the street, I didn’t know any better."."Across the Street"
By Austin Segrest
https://fsm.ink/no-mans-land-by-austin-segrest/
We have had copious amounts of rain in December here in the North and foothills, our fire season generally ends beginning in December... So. Cal hasn't had any rain, so when the Santa Ana winds howled through and there were ignition sources of some sort in the parched undergrowth you get a perfect storm, hurricane force winds pushing fire... so sad.
Incredible poem. While walking: "... long stretches pass where I’m somewhere else entirely, working on a poem, suspended in thought-limbo."... Enjoyed :)
"Just from the sentry's tramp" - Horatio Alger, Jr.; A Soldier's Valentine... https://allpoetry.com/A-Soldier%27s-Valentine
Hoping for the best. A big city burning like that and people dying...
Enjoyed the faithfulness of the poet. At that time, the soldiers still had faces.
"A KNIGHT and a lady once met in a grove"."Sympathy" by Reginald Heber
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/heber01.html#2
Lol... a tragedy averted comedically; ""One mournful embrace," sobbed the youth, "ere we die!"... ""The weather is cold for a watery bier; / When summer returns we may easily die, / Till then let us sorrow in company." Enjoyed :)
"Lad, and can you rest now," - Henry John Newbolt; April on a Waggon Hill... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...ll-64861551126
Enjoyed the poem. Author must be from Scotland: lad,ay...
"My mother, who hates thunder storms,". "Mother, Summer, I by Philip Larkin"
https://allpoetry.com/Mother,-Summer,-I
Condemnation for Summer I'd never heard before... enjoyed :)
"No longer mourn for me when I am dead" - William Shakespeare; Sonnet 71
... https://www.poemine.com/William-Shak...Sonnet-71.html
Shakespeare being incisive with worms and all. Must have met Machado de Assis out there, who dedicated his novel to the first worm that gnawed at his flesh.
"Once more, my now bewildered Dove". "Once more, my now bewildered Dove" by Emily Dickinson
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...f-65-1859.html
Ewww...
Enjoyed Emily's dove and the commentary :)
"Partake as doth the Bee" - Emily Dickinson; Partake as doth the Bee"... https://allpoetry.com/Partake-as-doth-the-Bee
Enjoyed E D's frugal poem!
A poet with name starting with "Q".
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"When young, I'd not enjoyed the common pleasures,"."Returning to Live in the South" byTao Qian
http://www.chinese-poems.com/taoe.html
"Mistakenly I fell into the worldly net," Enjoyed :)
"Raze these long blocks of brick and stone," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Truce Of Piscataqua... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/truce-piscataqua-0
Got a bad cold. Went to see the doctor in the morning.
Touching saga about the relationship between Indians and white people.
"SING on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough,"."Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday" by Robert Burns
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poe...thors-birthday
I too am ill... again; sinus, lung congestion - taking copious amounts of vitamin C.
Didn't know Robbie Burns died so relatively young (36/37). Enjoyed :)
"There is nothing more that they can do" - Christina Georgina Rossetti; Easter Even (Lyra Messianica, 1864.)... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...en-97203576394
I used too, but my doctor told me there wasn't anything proved about the efficacy of Vitamin C. The juice of one orange would be enough vitamin for daily consum. If you have got all those symptoms you got to see the doctor.
Beautiful Easter poem!
"Upon the City ramparts, lit up by sunset gleam"."On the City Wall" by Laurence Hope
https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/hope01.html#4
Ah well... faith, placebo, and mega dosing. I'm taking 2000 mg daily which would be the upper limit for me (usually only 500 mg). Here's my research which corroborates your conclusion: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Vi...hProfessional/
Searched for context and found this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46069119 Sad poem of colonialism... otherwise enjoyed.
"VAINLY hath heaven denounc'd the woman's woes," - Robert Nugent; Epigram Xvii... https://allpoetry.com/Epigram-XVII.
re Vitamin C: The conclusion was from my doctor. Something that called my attention: according to the tables of your research, the absorption of C Vitamin reminds absolutely the same whether one is 20, 40, 70, 100...
re: Laurence Hope. Congrats!I´m absolutely amazed at this new find! How did you find it out? I´didn´t think that interplay between blue and brown eyes so very masculine but, oh well, I didn´t smell there was a whole story behind it.
"WAGON WHEEL GAP is a place I never saw"."Localities" by Carl Sandburg
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...ocalities.html
Re: Laurence Hope - just a bit of googling :)
A type of list poem of things the protagonist (Sandburg?) has seen and not seen... nicely done, reminds me of a song Never Been to Spain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4 ... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good." - Ouyang Xiu; Heaven's Aspect, the Water's Colour (Picking Mulberries)... http://www.chinese-poems.com/oyx8.html
Thanks for the song link, gonna listen tomorrow because it's late already (neighbors kerfuffly).
The poem by Ouyang Xiu seems to be much better than it's translations:
For example:"Heaven's aspect, the water's colour- West Lake is good/.Cloud creatures all fresh" might mean:
"The sky looks as drawn in water colors.The west lake is beautiful".
The creatures formed by the clouds are all recent "
"you shall above all things be glad and young"."you shall above all things..." by e.e. cummings
https://allpoetry.com/items/read_by/...494113&page=65
Agreed re: translation. I like the reference to "cloud creatures"... leaves so much to the imagination :)
e.e. on war... as true then, and before, and henceforth... maddening. Enjoyed :)
"Zebra brings the presents to the host of the party." - PinkFaerie5; Zebra Clown and Dalmation Bring the Party... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17030593-...by-PinkFaerie5
re translation: you got a point there but usually the Chinese poems in the net are more carefully translated.
Enjoyed the Zebra poem!
"A fourth was needed so one of the three"."The Card Players" by Calvin Forbes
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-card-players/
Wonderful reminiscent poem. I too can't play a lick at cards but love to watch Texas Hold'em played by the pros on the telly when I can... it's been over two years? (scratching head). Enjoyed :)
"Begin the day with a heart unguarded," - Mohammad Younus; Begin The Day With A Heart Unguarded... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/begi...art-unguarded/
A poem about virtue.
The Sonnets To Orpheus: Book 2: XXII
"Call to me to the one among your moments"."by Rainer Maria Rilke
Found here... https://allpoetry.com/The-Sonnets-To...-Book-2:-XXIII A bit over my head... thank heavens for the summary... Enjoyed :)
"Dreams drift like whispers in the dark," - Mario, Lucien, Rene Odekerken; Dreams... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-982/
Sorry forgot to include the link of the sonnet.
Simple words and images but to the point.
"Elder father, though thine eyes"."The Holy Of Holies" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-ke...he-holy-of-hol
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4581...-h/45811-h.htm
Found the poem here: https://www.poetrycat.com/gilbert-ke...holy-of-holies
"'God Almighty, and with Him / Cherubim and Seraphim, / Filling all eternity-- / Adonai Elohim.'" Also thank you for the P.G. daily 'G.K.C.' works... Enjoyed :)
"First, there's the entrance, narrow, and so small," - Fay Inchfawn; Within My House... https://www.poetrycat.com/fay-inchfawn/within-my-house
No idea what happened to the link this time. Thank for restoring the right one!
Enjoyed the simplicity of this poem.
"God with honour hang your head,"At the Wedding March" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
https://www.poetrycat.com/gerard-man...-wedding-march
"Divine charity, dear charity, / Fast you ever, fast bind." Enjoyed :)
"HIS Soul fared forth (as from the deep home-grove" - Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Samuel Taylor Coleridge... https://www.poemine.com/Dante-Gabrie...Coleridge.html
A poem by two famous poets! Enjoyed the comparison with the bird nest.
"I am in need of music that would flow"."I am in need of music" by Elizabeth Bishop
https://allpoetry.com/I-Am-In-Need-Of-Music
Delightful poem by EB... the healing power of music... Enjoyed :)
"John Brown of Ossawatomie spake on his dying day:" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Brown Of Ossawatomie... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-green...of-ossawatomie
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A bit of historical context of your poem;https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/...of-ossawatomie Enjoyed it.
"Kind hearts are the gardens,"."Kind hearts are the gardens," by Henry Longfellow
https://schoolofkindness.org/kindness-poems
Good find re: John Brown :)
Wonderful poem & collection... brightened my day; enjoyed :)
"LADIES, where were your bright eyes glancing," - Sir Henry Newbolt; Imogen... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8504757-I...-Henry-Newbolt
Thanks, it was easy! :)
Charming poem that dances with Imogen.
"My child wafts peace."."My child wafts peace." by Yehuda Amichai
https://allpoetry.com/My-Child-Wafts-Peace
Peace... enjoyed.
"Noon with a depth of shadow beneath the trees;" - Aldous Leonard Huxley; The Decameron... https://allpoetry.com/The-Decameron
Enjoyed! Specially the buillding up of the terrible contrast wich starts with just a depth of shadow.
"O stony grey soil of Monaghan"".""Stony Grey Soil" by Patrick Kavanagh.
https://vinhanley.com/2016/01/20/sto...rick-kavanagh/
The explanation after the poem... "The poem is an outpouring of anger and accusations against Monaghan for what it did to the poet." pretty much summarizes the poem. Enjoyed :)
"Paris;this April sunset completely utters;" - e.e. cummings; Post Impressions V... https://cummings.ee/book/and/poem/post-impressions-v/
Loved this e.e. cummings poem.Original, very modernist description of Notre Dame at sunset.
Poem by one author with name starting with "Q":
"Though life is brief, feeling is everlasting;"."Idle Living" byTao Qian/Tao Chien
https://allpoetry.com/Tao-Chien#t_main
Something lost in translation, but still enjoyed :)
"Raze these long blocks of brick and stone," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Truce Of Piscataqua... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-green...-of-piscataqua
"The Truce of Pistaqua" seems to be part of a bigger poem concerning the fights and encounters between whites and natives in Massachusetts territory. Enjoyed!
"Such glorious faith as fills your limpid eyes,"."Verse For a Certain Dog" by Dorothy Parker
https://www.best-poems.net/dorothy_p...rtain_dog.html