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Enjoyed! At some points I got the feeling that the poet makes sacrifices to rhythm and rhyme, but on the whole it is a fine homage to van Gogh.
"What exists in the shadow of a thing"."First Image of a Black Hole" by Jason Gray
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/firs...lackhole.shtml
Interesting mix of the metaphysical with science... Enjoyed :)
Poem with an 'x' in its title:
"Some prowl sea-beds, some hurtle to a star" - Dannie Abse; X-ray... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...-56d21793976b8
A very touching poem!
"you wash your hands slowly, in daydream and water."."self-portrait as a child in america" by Esther Ra
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/selfp...namerica.shtml
*pop* imaginative poem... Enjoyed :)
Poem title with a 'z' in it:
"'No poetry before' - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; Zang Tumb Tumb (usually referred to as Zang Tumb Tuuum)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zang_Tumb_Tumb
One of your great finds, tailor, :). I heard a lot about Marinetti, but never about Zang Tumb, Tumb or Zang Tumb, Tuuum. He influenced the Brazilian modernists too, who started to pay attention to the sound of the words.
"A tiny hut that seems to be"."Gamzrdeli" by Akaki Tsereteli
https://allpoetry.com/Gamzrdeli
A tragic tale of treachery. Enjoyed :)
"Begin again to the summoning birds" - Brendan Kennelly; Begin... https://wfupress.wfu.edu/poem-of-the...ndan-kennelly/
Enjoyed this poem so much!
"CALM was the day, and through the trembling air"."Prothalamion" by Edmund Spenser
https://allpoetry.com/Prothalamion
Purity, light, and beauty... the time before the swans' wedding... a beautiful poem :)
"Dark is the forest and deep, and overhead'' - Edward Thomas; The Dark Forest... https://allpoetry.com/The-Dark-Forest
:)
Enjoyed The Dark Forest!
"Eyes that last I saw in tears"."Eyes that last I saw in tears" by T. S. Elliot
https://allpoetry.com/Eyes-That-Last-I-Saw-In-Tears
Haunting poem... Enjoyed :)
"Forgive me" - F.J. Bergmann; An Apology... https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-...28/an-apology/
Sorry for the chickens!
"Giver of glowing light!"."Hymn to the Sun" by Thomas Hood
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...-the-sun-20211
Lol... the chickens & wheelbarrow were from the poem: The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams... https://allpoetry.com/The-Red-Wheelbarrow
Odd rhyme scheme... Enjoyed :)
"HEARKEN, oh hearken! let your souls behind you" - Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Chorus of Eden Spirits... https://allpoetry.com/Chorus-of-Eden-Spirits
Oh, I see, it's a dialogue between two poems. Don't remember the Carlos William poem, but it's possible that it is part of our selection.
Here is another one:
"I've fond anticipation of a day"."The Uses of Poetry" by William Carlos Williams
https://allpoetry.com/The-Uses-Of-Poetry
"O'erfilled with pure diversion presently," :) Enjoyed
"Jingle Bell Jumpers" - L.G.; Jeez jumping jehosefat... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14235901-...umpers--by-L.G.
Lol! Enjoyed the playful alliteration!
A poem by an author with "K" in her name :
"There is a woman we call Flock of Seagulls"."The Naming of Things" by Kelli Russel Agodon
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/thenamingofthings.shtml
Lol... enjoyed the madness :)
"LEAVES of poplars pick Japanese prints against the west." - Carl Sandburg; Moonset... https://www.poeticous.com/carl-sandburg/moonset
Enjoyed the dark moonset!
"My sister and I are talking about our childhoods,"."Ode on Paradis and the Longing for a Place that Never Was" by Barbara Hamby
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/odeo...elonging.shtml
Enjoyed this fickle memory tale :)
"Never a swallow wets his wing" - Cicely Fox Smith; Lavender Pond... https://allpoetry.com/Lavender-Pond
A very delicate poem. Enjoyed the contrasts
"O Love, dark animal,"O Love, Sweet Animal" by Delmore Schwartz
https://allpoetry.com/O-Love,-Sweet-Animal
Enjoyed this poem which invokes a cat and her pet :)
"Physics says: go to sleep. Of course" - Albert Goldbarth; The Sciences Sing a Lullabye... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...ert-goldbarth/
A very original lullaby! Enjoyed very much!
A poem by a poet with Q in his name:
"One tree. Another tree " ."Trees" by Ai Qing
https://lorenwebster.net/2024/02/24/...elected-poems/
Wonderful poem(s) with commentary(ies) :)
"Rocks rising in one place, sinking in another," - Stuart Friebert; Slow Boil... https://www.versedaily.org/2017/slowboil.shtml
Very opportune poem!
"Soon they will bring"."Excavation" by Maxwell Suzuki
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/excavation.shtml
... Legos... Enjoyed :)
"There are no gardens in my neighborhood," - Cameron Barnett ; Black Locusts... https://www.versedaily.org/2017/blacklocusts.shtml
Interesting how the poem links the trees with the four stations of the year. Enjoyed!
"Under the lone stone, the eel"."Snake Lips" by Andrew Szilvasy
http://www.versedaily.org/2021/snakelips.shtml
"All pets are / imposters" :) Enjoyed.
"Violets are violet, letters are read." - Simon J. Wood; Love, Let Us!... https://simonjwood.wordpress.com/201...acrostic-poem/
Nice Valentine poem!
"What should I feed the wild rabbit"."Feeding the Wild Rabbit"
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/feed...ldrabbit.shtml
Enjoyed this poem with some interesting contrasts: "Do animals dream of the coming light
in their lairs beneath the snow?"... "I dream constantly of homelessness." :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
" I love Tao Jingjie!" - Ouyang Xiu; Sitting at Night and Playing the Qin, I am Deeply Moved: Two Poems Sent to Shengyu (Mei Yaochen)... https://www.silkqin.com/09hist/qinshi/ouyangxiu.htm
Enjoyed specially the translation by Professor Chaves
"You say it doesn't mean a blessed thing,"."Sonnet with Abalone and Glue" by Robert Thomas
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/sonne...eandglue.shtml
Ocean, Moon, sea, and tide pools... a horse... and the music of Itzhak Perlman's violin
as it sings Mozart and Rachmaninoff. Enjoyed the sentiment :)
Poem by a poet who has a 'z' in their name...
"Silently and serenely, one forgets all words," - Hongzhi Zhengjue; SILENT ILLUMINATION... https://dippingintolight.com/zhengjue-hongzhi-1901/
Impressive poem !Deep life philosophy in a nutshell.. Enjoyed also the translation, which is more fluent than is usual with Chinese poetry.
"Awake in bed I listened to my father"."The Folk Songs of North America" by Ann Hudson
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/thef...hamerica.shtml
Not familiar with all the folksongs, but the school references are familiar...Enjoyed this retrospective poem :)
"Because noble gases are non-reactive, have a low boiling point." - Martha Silano
Why I Want to Be a Noble Gas... https://www.theshorepoetry.org/marth...be-a-noble-gas
Interesting poem using chemical cases as substitutes for human reactions. Enjoyed!
"cats sleep"."Like history a poem" by Stella Vinitchi Radulescu
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/likehistoryapoem.shtml
Imaginative poem... some of the images are out there... Enjoyed :)
"dim" - e.e. cummings; dim/ i... https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_te...l?TextId=39682
Enjoyed so much this poem that plays with words and form. One canteen the rain falling.
"Every man worth the name"."The Warner▪︎ by Baudelaire
https://allpoetry.com/The-Warner
Interesting take on the "reptilian brain" and its role in humanity.
"Freedom, as every schoolboy knows," - Ambrose Bierce; Freedom... https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/freedom-29
An unusual take on freedom!
"God's first language is silence."."Unnaccented" by Maureen Thorson
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/unaccented.shtml
Had to look up Igbo: largest ethnic groups in Africa... Enjoyed :)
"Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths," - William Butler Yeats; Aedh: He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven... https://allpoetry.com/aedh-wishes-fo...oths-of-heaven
On my other forum there is a young Igbo boy from Nigeria.He is a bit of a prodigy, reading about hundred books per year while also studying law.
Beautiful poem!
"In my imagination, he's played by one of the good dads"."Standing Before the Relic at the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges" by James Davis May
https://www.versedaily.org/2025/stan...therelic.shtml
Thoughtful poem of decency and faith... Enjoyed :)
"Just now," - Adelaide Crapsey; The Warning... https://allpoetry.com/The-Warning.