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95° F there... hoping your air conditioning is adequate.
Delightful poem !!! I'm thinking Anonymous was most definitely a woman poet... Enjoyed :)
"I want to take another look at the ocean, behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime" - Xu Lizhi; On My Deathbed... https://libcom.org/article/poetry-an...izhi-1990-2014
In Fahrenheit it sounds still hotter. No no air conditioning, I don't like them But if this goes on, I shall need an electrical fan.
Terrible story about this young poet Xu. No prospects for a decent future out of the slavery he was enduring. Beautiful poems!
"Ye heralds of freedom, ye noble and brave,"Ye Heralds Of Freedom"
written by Anonymous
https://www.poemine.com/Anonymous/Ye...f-Freedom.html
Be safe in the heat.
A clarion call to justice... Enjoyed :)
"Zen guy on Harley / flattens SPAM can; oops, time for / -cycle maintenance. " by Jared Stamm (which rhymes with SPAM); 793.... https://web.mit.edu/jync/www/spam/literature.html OK, No more spam Haiku from me, LOL.
:) Thanks, I will!
Oh, no! More spam! But ok, it's Z spam!
"A little kingdom I possess,"."My Kingdom"
by Louisa May Alcott
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lou...tt/my-kingdom/
A prayer poem by L.M.A.. Enjoyed :)
"Beneath her window in the fragrant night" - John McCrae; Then And Now... https://www.litscape.com/author/John...n_And_Now.html
Beautiful nostalgic poem.
"Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy"."Life Sculpture"
by George Washington Doane
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/geo...ife-sculpture/
A revelatory experience in seeing what was in a stone and the ability to bring it life... Enjoyed :)
"Dear, there's not much more I can do:" - Camasin Middour; A Last Poem... https://www.versedaily.org/2008/alastpoem.shtml
Mixed feelings. Seems to be the end of a relationship.
"Even these days I can sense it—"."In America" by Lawrence Raab
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/inamerica.shtml
I agree.
The fallacy of Manifest Destiny with a bit of vanity tossed in... Enjoyed :)
"FOR the fairest maid in Hampton" - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Changeling ( From The Tent on the Beach )... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-33905
Found some context to the story of the changeling:
https://www.seacoastnh.com/the-changeling/
"Good morning Lord, I thank you for this day;"."A Morning Prayer" by Gigi Ryan
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/gig...orning-prayer/
Those poor babies :(
Delightful morning prayer poem... a nice way to start my day. Enjoyed :)
"Here is the place; right over the hill" - John Greenleaf Whittier; Telling the Bees... https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-33917
Agree!
:)
Sad poem, beautiful description!
"I have been urged by earnest violins"."Music" by Wilfred Owen.
https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-21177
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Wrestling with the LitNet imps I see.
Oh, my... Enjoyed :)
"Joyous Peace " - Nelson D Reyes; Joyous Peace... https://www.poeticous.com/nelson-d-reyes/joyous-peace
Loved this! We are sadly in need of peace drums.
`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
Delightful poem of the crafty Cuckoo. Enjoyed :)
"Loveliest of trees, the cherry now" - A. E. Housman; Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/15162/l...he-cherry-now/
Charming poem about ageing!
"May the year that is dawning"."The New Year" by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ano.../the-new-year/
... Now there's a poem worthy of kicking off 2026 :)Quote:
May the year that is dawning
So fresh and so pure,
Be full of the pleasures
That always endure.
The sunshine of love,
The joy of kind deeds,
The brightness of smiles
That the sad world so needs.
The kindly word uttered,
The angry unspoken:
The merry heart's laughter,
To heal the hearts broken.
And when the New Year
Has grown old and gray,
May you give it back spotless
And pure as today.
"nope." - Nat Lipstadt; Doth your wonderous brush knowist the meaning of brevity?... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/3287169...ng-of-brevity/
Couldn't open the link.There seems to be an error not from you but from the page which they intend to fix. So getting back after the holidays.
'"Old man," the captain blustered,"'."Mine"
by Amos Russel Wells
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/character-poems/
Ahhhhh... me too :(
""Perhaps," the good man answered, / "It may not be so fine; / But that field is another's / And this field, sir, is mine."" Enjoyed :)
"Philip Le Barr, " - Spike Milligan; Philip Le Barr... https://allpoetry.com/Philip-Le-Barr
Enjoyed the nonsensical poem.
Poem by a poet with Q in his name. May be a fragment.
"She jumps off the swing, lazily stretching her slender hands."“Rouge Lips · She Jumps Off the Swing”, by Li Qingzhao
https://mandarinmatrix.org/famous-chinese-poems/
Delicate poem by LQ... perhaps she's writing of a courtesan. Enjoyed :)
"rose" -Charles Bukowski; Destroying Beauty... https://www.poeticous.com/charles-bu...troying-beauty
́ngenious poem.Enjoyed!
"Sun on New Year's morning"."New Year's Birds"
by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/new-years-poems/
"Listen softly children / They will sing to you!" Enjoyed :)
"the art of stillness" - betterdays; the art of stillness https://hellopoetry.com/poem/800957/...-of-stillness/
Charming poem!
"Ugliness is not born,"."Ugly is an ugly Word by Rose Amberlyn
https://hellopoetry.com/poem/234927/...-an-ugly-word/
"Who decides if I am beautiful or not? / I decide." Enjoyed :)
"Visualize your **** vision" - Al-Farouk; Visionary vision... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1788691/visionary-vision/
Some truths among a lot of wordplay.Enjoyed!
"What's given me by the river, I'll leave to the river."Rowing, and Then Light" by Molly Spencer
http://www.versedaily.org/2024/rowingandthenlight.shtml
Beautiful albeit melancholy poem: "Let me drift, going nowhere, in the moment / the heron met my mind / though the moment was flawed and devoid / of meaning." Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Wanderers lean hard on their oars and," - Zhang Xu; Clear Stream, Afloat in a Boat... https://www.cn-poetry.com/zhangxu-po...t-in-boat.html
Delicate and lyrical poem!
"Along the wintry skyline,"."Winter Twilight"
by Bliss Carman
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/winter-poems/
Oops! Backing up for a moment...
You meaner beauties of the night," - Sir Henry Wotton; You Meaner Beauties of the Night... https://poetandpoem.com/Sir-Henry-Wo...s-of-the-Night
Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:
"A figure strung blindly" - Krzysztof Siwczyk; Description of a Human Figure ... https://jacket2.org/poems/two-poems-...siwczyk-b-1977
then:
Loved Bliss' poem -"Then falls the twilight curtain, / And fades the eerie light, / And frost and silence turn the keys / In the great doors of night."
"Bless this little heart, this white soul that has won the kiss of" - Tagore Rabindranath; Benediction... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8516497-B...dranath-Tagore
Oh my! I missed "Y". Wasn't so concentrated today Thanks for restablishing the sequence.
Enjoyed all three poems specially Tagore's endearing poem. But also that one about the stars and the enigmatic, more sombre The Human Figure"
"Could we but draw back the curtains"."If We Understood " by Anonymous
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ano...we-understood/
"Oh! we'd love each other better, / If we only understood." Enjoyed :)
"don't know much about a quatrain" - Bus Poet Stop; why eye drink the vin in vignette (for all the better poets here)... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1176737...er-poets-here/
Enjoyed this Bus Stop Poet's ingenious poetica: the form beginning with a vine cup, the intelligent and humorous wordplay.
"Each that we lose takes part of us;"."Each that we lose takes part of us;" by Emily Dickinson
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/emi...es-part-of-us/
https://biancajones.co.uk/blogs/blog...EVCLtzJQIoFNtE
Enjoyed both the poem by Emily and the summary :)
"First are the songs— a composition of whistles" - Teresa Chuc Dowell; L’art D’aimer ... https://www.versedaily.org/2009/lartdaimer.shtml
Aaaaiiiiii!
"Gaze not upon my outside, friend,"."Apple Dumplings"
by Mary E. Tucker
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/character-poems/
"The goodness of my heart, besides, / Will always come to light." Enjoyed :)
"Hello, world. Hello, animal." - Keith Ekiss; Infant Phrenology... https://www.versedaily.org/2025/infantphrenology.shtml
"our future: womb-stranger." Lol! That's where the trouble starts! Enjoyed!
"I must be fit for a child to play with,"."The Boys Ideal by Edward Guest
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/edg...he-boys-ideal/
The ideal Dad... Enjoyed :)
"Just like rain drops" - Michaela Ferris; Bloom into Wonderment... https://hellopoetry.com/poem/3873421...to-wonderment/
Delicate poem about learning through suffering.
'Kind hearts are the gardens,"Kind Hearts" by Anonymous.
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/anonymous/kind-hearts/