BellaOnline Forums Books and Music Poetry Name That Poet and Poem

Sandra, here's what I wrote in an article about that poem which appeared on Suite101.com:


Let me know if you need more explanation about those lines.
_________________________________________________

"Windows and watermelons march down the street
The air is nobody"

Answer: "Opportunity" by Robert Winner (the only place I could find this was on Facebook. Nice work, making it more challenging!)

Next:

The records office tracked his diminishing GPA.
He sports a funky education and red dreads.

The records office tracked his diminishing GPA.
He sports a funky education and red dreads.

Answer: "My Son, My Dissident" By Linda Sue Grimes

That was a pleasant surprise, Linda Sue. I found it on poetserv.org.

Next:
No, the bugle sounds no more,
And the twanging bow no more

Thought that might surprise you, Sandra!

No, the bugle sounds no more,
And the twanging bow no more
Answer: "Robin Hood" by John Keats, who is an amazing phenomenon, died when he was 26! Most poets are just getting started by that age.

Next:
"O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet"

"O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet"
Answer: "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore

Ah, the humility and respect when we encounter one who is a master at his/her craft.

Next:
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass -

And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass -
Answer: "A Bird came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson; this is the first one I didn't have to look up! You'd expect better from a poetry expert. Oh, well!

Next:
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?

Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?

Answer: "Leda and the Swan" by William Butler Yeats

Next:

For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Answer: Shakespeare's Macbeth

Next:
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!

__________________________________
This game is so much fun, even though it's simple. I'm really enjoying it. Thanks for playing, Sandra! Maybe others will join in eventually.

"A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!"

Answer: "If thou must love me..." (Sonnet 14) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Next:

"for the poem he writes is the act of always being awake, better than anything"

"for the poem he writes is the act of always being awake, better than anything"
Answer: Ron Padgett's "Grasshopper"

next:
"I, the teacher, the old maid, the virgin heart,
Who made them all my children."

"I, the teacher, the old maid, the virgin heart,
Who made them all my children."

Answer: "Emily Sparks" by Edgar Lee Masters

Next:


Let midnight call the cold dogs home,
sleet in their fur—last one can blow

the streetlights out.