Sad truths by a contemporary... Enjoyed :)
"Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird," - Henry David Thoreau; Smoke... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8503895-S...-David-Thoreau
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Sad truths by a contemporary... Enjoyed :)
"Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird," - Henry David Thoreau; Smoke... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8503895-S...-David-Thoreau
Loved poem and poet!
"My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read,"."The Summer Rain" by Henry David Thoreau
https://allpoetry.com/The-Summer-Rain
"A clover tuft is pillow for my head, / And violets quite overtop my shoes." Immersed in nature. Except for "Troy town" I enjoyed the simple rhyme :)
"No two are identical though" - David Lehman; June 6... https://www.poemine.com/David-Lehman/June-6.html
Some terrible truths related to paranoia :)!
"Out of the frost-white wood comes winnowing through"."The Stillness of the Frost
by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poems-about-silence/
"The (austere) Stillness of the Frost", brrrrr... Enjoyed :)
"Prate, ye who will, of so-called charms you find across the sea-" - Eugene Field; Stoves and sunshine... https://www.poemine.com/Eugene-Field...-sunshine.html
Ai I understand! I can imagine the temperatures out there
Poet with a "q" in their name.
"I am not talking about the famous Wide-"HOLIDAY HOTEL IN A SMALL ALLEY"
by Chen Yanqiang
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php
The weather here at 95633 is incredible: deep blue sky, a wisp of a wind, nary a cloud... https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l...f754a488b8bc5d Prayers for those in insufferable weather.
Enjoyed this vignette :)
"Rise up to be born with me, brother." - Pablo Neruda; From The Heights Of Maccho Picchu... https://allpoetry.com/From-The-Heights-Of-Maccho-Picchu
:) Here it's raining a lot just now.Temperature mild 22°C.
Beautiful poem!
"SALMON Brook, "."Salmon Brook" by Henry David Thoreau
https://allpoetry.com/Salmon-Brook
:)
Wonderful poem by HDT. Enjoyed :)
"Touched by your goodness, I am like" - Patrick Phillips; Piano... https://www.poemine.com/Ted-Kooser/P...2004-2006.html
Touching poem! Interesting comparison, as the strings represent the "feelings" of the wrecked piano.
"Upon the mountain's distant head,"."Upon the mountain's distant head"
written by William Cullen Bryant
https://www.poemine.com/William-Cull...tant-head.html
Enjoyed this short but dense poem... found solace at AllPoetry for a greater understanding: https://allpoetry.com/-Upon-the-moun...-distant-head- :)
""Voice of the gifted elder time!" - Felicia Dorothea Hemans; The Sword Of The Tomb : A Northern Legend... https://www.poemine.com/Felicia-Doro...rn-Legend.html
Wonderful phantom legend with all ghastly ingredients.
"When you plunged"."The Otter" by Seamus Heaney
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15087408-...-Seamus-Heaney
https://poemanalysis.com/seamus-heaney/the-otter/
Enjoyed the intimate poem and the summary :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"One stormy night I will open by myself" - Xi Chuan; Ark... https://www.poetryinternational.com/.../103-15641_ARK
Enjoyed this modern Chinese poem!
You never can tell when you send a word,". "You Never Can Tell"
written by Wilcox Ella Wheeler
https://www.poemine.com/Wilcox-Ella-...-Can-Tell.html
Thoughtful poem, good things to remember. Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:
"The painting mood leisurely" - Luo Zhihai; The Poetic Feeling And The Painting Mood Poem... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-...painting-mood/
Lovely poem alternating painting mood and feelings.
"A traveler on the dusty road"."Small Beginnings"
by Charles Mackay
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/cha...ll-beginnings/
From small things miracles grow... Enjoyed :)
"Beloved of the rivers,beset" - Pablo Neruda; Entrance Of The Rivers... https://allpoetry.com/Entrance-Of-The-Rivers
Beautiful poem about the headwaters of the river. In English the poem gets less dramatic, more set and rational..
"Conscience is instinct bred in the house,""."Conscience" by Henry David Thoreau
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8503919-C...-David-Thoreau
Thought so.
A bit stilted at times with its rhymes, but I did like one line: "I love a life whose plot is simple" :)
"Dürer would have seen a reason for living" - Marianne Clarke Moore; The Steeple-Jack... https://allpoetry.com/The-Steeple-Jack
Enjoyed this interesting poem so much!
"Except the Heaven had come so near --"."Except the Heaven had come so near" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...e-so-near.html
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...e-so-near.html
Enjoyed the poem and the thoughtful analysis :)
"Fanfare of northwest wind, a bluejay wind" - Conrad Aiken; A Letter From Li Po... https://allpoetry.com/A-Letter-From-Li-Po
Tailor, man, what is this? An more universal than Whitman epic? Relationship Orient-Occident throughout the ages? Why isn't this poem more famous?
Two references that particularly caught my attention.
The overall reference to the oracle I Ching, The Book of Changes. And the border reference (X) to the Sugar Loaf. Brasil somehow at the edge of the occidental sphere.
Li Pos answer:
"Golden-Ridge City tucked into the earth,"."At Golden-Ridge" by Li Po and translated by David Hinton
https://www.terrain.org/2016/poetry/li-po-david-hinton/
You're right, it hasn't been on my radar either, a nice surprise, glad it resonated with you :) ... audio by the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6RSHNTVaE
Enjoyed "At Golden-Ridge", and the others collected together, very much :)
"How neatly a cat sleeps," - Pablo Neruda; Cat's Dream... https://allpoetry.com/Cat's-Dream
Thanks for the audio!
Aaii!Going to look for this poem in Spanish!
"It is moonlight. Alone in the silence" ."Song of Senlin" by Conrad Aiken
https://allpoetry.com/Evening-Song-Of-Senlin
Grateful for the summary; enjoyed the poem :)
Poem by a poet with a 'j' in their name:
"As some mysterious wanderer of the skies," - Henry Jerome Stockard; As Some Mysterious Wanderer of the Skies... https://allpoetry.com/Henry-Jerome-Stockard
Enjoyed the mysterious wanderer!
A poem with the title beginning with "k ":
"Seek up and down, both fair and brown,"."Kate O'Belashanny"
by William Allingham
https://allpoetry.com/Kate-O'Belashanny
Added to the list of unattainable lasses, as was Laura. Enjoyed :)
"Let us be thankful, Lord, for little things -" - Robert William Service ; A Little Prayer... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...le-Prayer.html
Lol !
Enjoyed specially the prismatic pigeons. A charming prayer poem.
"Mid my gold-brown curls"."Mid my gold-brown curls" by George Eliot
https://www.poemine.com/George-Eliot...own-Curls.html
Wonderful writer... her poem bespeaks of age that creeps up on one upon kittens' toe beans.
"Not done, but near its ending," - John Hay; The Prayer Of The Romans...
https://www.litscape.com/author/John...he_Romans.html
Missed some references, enjoyed the poem though!
"O winged brother on the harebell, stay–"."The Butterfly " by Edwin Markham
https://wordwool.com/poems-about-butterflies/ #7
Me too... will have to dissect the poem reference by reference.
"Farewell, I leave thee to the world of air, / Yet thou hast girded up my heart again; / For He that framed the impenetrable plan, / And keeps His word with thee, will keep with man." Delightful poem :)
"Pines against the sky," - Robert William Service; Trees Against The Sky ... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...t-The-Sky.html
The trees of life!
Poem by a poet with "q" in his name
"From lovely mountains and rivers you"."TEA"
by Jing Qiufeng
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php
The trees of life!
Poem by a poet with "q" in his name
"From lovely mountains and rivers you"."TEA"
by Jing Qiufeng
https://modernchinesepoetry.com/poems.php
Loved this poem :)
"Rosemary has of dolls a dozen," - Robert William Service; Ragetty Doll... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...etty-Doll.html
A hard comparison between two girls of different social condition.
"Strong and slippery, built for the midnight grass-party confronted by four cats,"."Peter" by Marianne Moore
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8503277-P...Marianne-Moore
I've admired MM's enjambment for quite some time now :) An odd poem for a cat, somber in tone... Enjoyed :)
"The Moon is like a ping-pong ball;" - Robert William Service; Moon-Lover ... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...oon-Lover.html
Agree with the somber ton. Maybe the cat as self defending survivor in a hostile world.
Loved the playfully serious ton of the moon poem and the reference to the alliance between moon and madness!
"Unfulfilled to Observation --"."Unfulfilled to Observation" by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemine.com/Emily-Dickin...servation.html
https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.c...servation.html
Difficult poem to understand, the summary page does it justice but I think it's a poem that everyone who reads it will have a different interpretation... which is fine. Enjoyed :)
"Vexing the water with its shadow, the heron told her where to fish" - Carol Frost; HELP? or The Heron?... for the life of me I CAN NOT FIND THE URL... and now I can't find the first line... I will continue to research... but here you are.
Agree. This broken sintax makes reading difficult.
Found several poems by Carol Frost but none with this first line. But ok.
"With water gushing"."Flood" by Lana Hechtman Ayers
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/flood.shtml
Wonderful retrospective at a time in need... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:
"Always I cherish even a sheet of paper," - Bing Xin; The Paper-Boat... https://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2...-bing-xin.html