Alphabetical Poem First Lines

Lovely poem, some problems with the translation.


"you've seen a strawberry"."Nevertheless" by Marianne Moore
https://allpoetry.com/Marianne-Moore
https://everything2.com/node/e2node/nevertheless

Agree.

Kok-sagyyz-stalks !!! Love MM's poem; a poem of strength and endurance in the simplest of ways... at first glance anyway: your great find for a summary helps immensely :)

Poem title with a 'z' in its name:

"The Alps of the Tyrol are dark with pines," - Madison Cawein; Zyps Of Zirl... https://www.poeticous.com/madison-cawein/zyps-of-zirl

:)

Enjoyed the poem and the legend it tells!

"And it was at that age… Poetry arrived"."Poetry" by Pablo Neruda
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8496929-P...y-Pablo-Neruda

I can relate :) Enjoyed :)

"Blind Peter Piper used to play" - Robert William Service; Poor Peter... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...oor-Peter.html

The poet pities Blind Peter but recognizes that praise for his music is more important than money.



"Clorinda met me on the way"."A domestic tragedy" by Robert Service
https://allpoetry.com/A-Domestic-Tragedy

Delightful pay off... Enjoyed :)

"Daydreaming of better days." - Antony; Metaphors... https://www.poemine.com/Antony/Metaphors.html

Right to the point. Going to try the method next.


"Early summer rain--"."Early summer rain" by Yosa Buson
https://www.poemine.com/Yosa-Buson/E...mmer-rain.html

Master Buson... https://www.poemine.com/Yosa-Buson/biography/ Not one of his best Haiku, a very minimalistic effort. Enjoyed :)

"Freedom." - Nimah Nawwab; The Longing... https://www.poemine.com/Nimah-Nawwab/The-Longing.html

Thanks for the link to Buson's bio. I liked the simplicity of the Haiku..This seems to be his style: https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-...s#Winter_Poems

Enjoyed this poem about freedom very much.


"Give me kind friends, true friends in need,"."Value of Friends"
by Bernhart Paul Holst
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/friendship-poems/

Enjoyed :)

"Give me true friends and let me be" Enjoyed :)

"HE crawls to the cliff and plays on a brink" - Eliza Cook; The Sea-Child... https://www.poemine.com/Eliza-Cook/The-Sea-Child.html

Impressive sea child!


"I spent one hour thinking of a verse"."Poetry " by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
https://allpoetry.com/Carlos-Drummond-de-Andrade

Enjoyed :) I can’t restrain Parker some times.

"Joy’s is the magic sweet," - Madison Cawein; Joy’s Magic ... https://www.poetrycat.com/madison-ju...ein/joys-magic

What has Parker got to do with Litnet games?

A hymn to the joy in old age. But if one is joyous why have thoughts of death?


"the kaleidoscope turns"."kaleidoscope" by Debby Rosenberg
https://www.authorsden.com/visit/vie...&AuthorID=6771

Lol. Parker comes up with ideas that astound me... while not my muse she offers inspiration :)

I agree. To have an eternal perspective on life keeps the gray away.
Addendum: I found out very recently a dear sister in Christ of mine passed on this morning... I posted a limerick poem in her honor... though it doesn't convey all my loss.

Enjoyed :) I haven't looked through a kaleidoscope in years and the poem you chose brought back that wonder :)

"Leave me a place underground, a labyrinth," - Pablo Neruda; Leave Me A Place Underground... https://allpoetry.com/Leave-Me-A-Place-Underground

I'm sorry for your friend. RIP

I am a bit at loss at Neruda's passionate poem.
"Mutilate goddess, cut off her arms and neck,"."Peplos Rock" by Gabriele D'Annunzio
https://allpoetry.com/Il-Peplo-Rupestre

Thank you.

Existential angst I guess.

Gabriel'es poem defeats me... thank heavens for the summary :)

"Ne'er ask the hour -- what is it to us" - Thomas Moore; Ne'er Ask The Hour... https://share.google/ws8unUEmj8SMyPbph

Had a look but didn't find a better analysis.


I'm with Joy in this poem.

"of ice. Deceptively reserved and flat," An octopus " by Marianne Moore
https://allpoetry.com/An-Octopus

Uhhhh, yeah... Enjoyed :)

"Psst! Shh... Psst! Shh... Psst!" - Nelson D Reyes; Nth pht... https://www.poeticous.com/nelson-d-reyes/nth-pht

Ahem!Ha, ha!

A poem with the title beginning with "Q":

"A log-hut in the solitude," ."Quiet" by Madison Julius Cawein
https://www.poemine.com/Madison-Juli...ein/Quiet.html

Night: "She at my door till dawn shall stand, / With Gothic eyes, that, dark and deep, / Are mirrors of a mystic land, / Fantastic with the towns of sleep." Enjoyed very much :)

"Radishes flip their skirts in the wind" - Lorna Crozier; Radishes... https://readalittlepoetry.com/2011/0...lorna-crozier/

Absolutely charming!


"so many selves like snakeskins:"."I will leave behind" by George Burns
http://www.versedaily.org/2023/iwillleavebehind.shtml

"These are the last miles. These old telomeres, / like bald tires, won't go much further." A poem to, further, remind us of our mortality. Enjoyed :)

"They got me into the Sunday-school " - Edgar Lee Masters; Yee Bow... https://www.poemine.com/Edgar-Lee-Masters/Yee-Bow.html

Aiaiai! A voice beyond the grave. Phisical disaster following faith disaster, for each one has a right to his or her faith. By the way, I believe, Sunday schools are a US institution. I never heard or read about them existing anywhere else.

A poem with a title beginning with "U":
"I AM a copper wire slung in the air,"."Under A Telephone Pole
by Carl Sandburg
https://www.poemine.com/Carl-Sandbur...hone-Pole.html

Sunday schools exist within the curriculum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints everywhere in the world that has meetinghouses (30,000 possibly worldwide and maybe 2,000 in Brasil) :)

I love the vernacular word 'slung'... I learned the word from a story about Dizzy Dean who is a baseball hall of famer pitcher from days past who also used to announce baseball games with his down to earth dialectical delivery.... Enjoyed Sandburg's poem of the "singing wire" :)

Hopefully not used yet:

"Voices, loved and idealized, " - C.P. Cavafy; Voices... https://www.onassis.org/initiatives/...e-canon/voices

Sunday schools have an interesting story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_school

Beautiful intense Cavafy poem. Never read it before.

"Who has not found the heaven below" ."Who has not found the heaven below" by Emily Dickinson
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/love-poems/

Enjoyed the article on Sunday school history :)

Delightful poem by Emily :)

Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name:

"I’ve moved to this dwelling fit for immortals," - Yu Xuanji; In summer, living in the mountains... https://leonard-ng.com/complete-poems-of-yu-xuanji/

Fascinating poet, fascinating poems!

Another poem by the same poet:
"Your summer robe’s been perfumed by endless lotus fields;"."Sent as a gift, upon hearing that Censor Li has returned from fishing" by Yu Xuanji.
https://leonard-ng.com/complete-poems-of-yu-xuanji/

"How I wish we could match what the partnered mandarin ducks / have for themselves, as they swim paired by your fishing stone." Lovely poem :)

Poet with a 'z' in their name:

"Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops" - Benjamin Zephaniah; Dis poetry... https://www.poeticous.com/benjamin-o...iah/dis-poetry

"Brain has many words in store,". Loved it, but what lingo is this? Thought first it was an imitation of German.


"As I ponder’d in silence,". "Book I. Inscriptions: As I Ponder’d in Silence" by Walt Whitman
https://www.poeticous.com/whitman/as...erd-in-silence

B.Z. bio: "He writes that his poetry is strongly influenced by the music and poetry of Jamaica and what he calls “street politics”." I'm thinking street Jamaican for lingo.

"I, above all, promote brave soldiers." Enjoyed :)

"Between me and the woods along the bay" - Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard; A Landscape... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8591493-A...rstow-Stoddard

Thanks!

A beautiful poem, but to me it figures not only a physical landscape, but also the inevitable presence of mortality.

"Closed eyes can't see the white"."Give them the flowers now" by Leigh M. Hodges
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/relationship-poems/

An urgent plea to live and bless others with flowers, etc., while still in this mortal coil... Enjoyed :)

"drive to the beach at night" - Charles Bukowski; funhouse... https://www.poeticous.com/charles-bukowski/funhouse

Effective poem, poor pier!

"Especially when the October wind". "Especially when the October wind" by Dylan Thomas
https://www.poemine.com/Dylan-Thomas...ober-Wind.html

Dense poem... using AllPoetry for a summary helped... https://allpoetry.com/Especially-When-The-October-Wind Enjoyed :)

"Father forgive us for living" - Tupac Shakur; Untitled 1... https://www.poemine.com/Tupac-Shakur/Untitled-1.html

Thanks for the link! AI didn’t like the poem.

Very up to date. Since then the ghettos have become larger and more numerous. Enjoyed!

"Great deeds are trumpeted; loud bells are rung"."Every Day Work
by Ellen P. Allerton
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ell...very-day-work/

"His work counts most who labors every day." Enjoyed :)

"His portrait hung upon the wall." - Robert William Service; Horatio... https://www.poemine.com/Robert-Willi...e/Horatio.html

A portrait of jealousy of a portrait. I didn't like the lyric I calling the woman a tart.


"If you go to bed hungry, your soul will get up and steal cold rice from the pot."."If you go to bed hungry"
by Angela Narciso Torres
http://www.versedaily.org/2022/ifyougotobedhungry.shtml

Enjoyed the wise sayings... no more rice for me, lol. Enjoyed :)


"JUST now I think" - Edgar Albert Guest; Dreaming... https://www.poeticous.com/edgar-albe...st-now-i-think

Enjoyed the wise poem!

A poem with "k" in the title:
"We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan,"."kitchenette building" by Gwendolyn Brooks
https://www.poemine.com/Gwendolyn-Br...-building.html

Gwendolyn Brooks has been growing on me... AllPoetry has a nice summary: https://allpoetry.com/Kitchenette-Building Enjoyed :)

"Leaves of poplars" - Carl Sandburg; Moonset ... https://www.poeticous.com/carl-sandburg/moonset