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Nancy Mcconnell
(1/8/2013 9:47:00 PM)
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I am looking for a poem that i read in the 70's. It may be called " Wonder" . It has the words " Barefoot Birthday anticipation" in it. It is very short. Does anyone know this one?
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Cyrus Newman
(1/7/2013 9:15:00 PM)
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Hi. I'm trying to find a poem I read years ago about childhood, and the loss of it. It was written in the first person and was about the friendship with a boy or a girl and contained the line " you were seven and I was six" (maybe different ages, but they're the ones in my mind, and I think it was in the order of " you" being first) .
There was a line about playing (?) in a cherry lane and it closed with a line mourning the loss of those days with words such as " the days would never come again" , or similar.
The poem was short and full of emotion, and for some reason I swear I read it in a newspaper as being recited at Princess Diana's funeral, but can find no reference to that and must have been mistaken. Thanks in advance for any help! -
Joyce Bacon
(1/7/2013 8:20:00 AM)
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65 years ago, I had to recite a poem in our elementary school pageant. I was dressed as as doll with a crutch and bandages that had been thrown to the bottom of the toy box. It started with: I am a crippled doll (or dolly) I would love to be able to find this poem to share with my great-granddaughters.
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Lauren R
(1/7/2013 5:06:00 AM)
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I'm looking for a poem about life backwards, when I search on the internet all it gives is a quote from woody allen, but that's not it. I's a rather old poem about, like I said, life backwards. It's start with something like 'out of our graves we crawl' it goes to the hospital, he grows younger, works to get fit, and it ends with disappearing into nothing. There also are some lines like 'our mouths create food' and 'we get carried into the.... to get alive', .... but different said. It is a very great poem with some lovely metaphors and I really really want to find out how it goes.. Thank you so much if you know something about it!
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Shyann Ulibarr i
(1/6/2013 2:12:00 PM)
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The poem I'm looking for is rather old, it's about a wedding party that boards a ship and goes to sea. When at sea the groom or the mariner shoots an albortrose bird down
Thinking he was cool but ended up putting a curse on the whole wedding party at sea. Can anyone please tell me the name of the poem and who may have wrote it.Replies for this message:-
Laura Burns
(1/6/2013 4:57:00 PM)
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You are looking for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the story line not quite as you outline it, but close. You can find it here: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the- ... more
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Laura Burns
(1/6/2013 4:57:00 PM)
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Hommayra Amini
(1/6/2013 11:09:00 AM)
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Hi.
I can't find Vita Sackville west's poems here. Only a few quotes from her. Would anyone help me please? -
Jawn Smith
(1/6/2013 7:22:00 AM)
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I am looking for a poem that I thought was titled " Dance Alone"
The Author leads you to believe that they are in a controlling relationship and refers to being guided like a horse with reins and goes on to say that over time the rope is starting to frey and they will soon break free from the reins. The last sentence in the poem simply states " and in the end, I will dance alone"
This may not be the title as I cannot locate it anywere on the inetrnet. I was really hoping to find it to give to a friend in need. Hope someone can help! -
Rosalind Pritchard
(1/6/2013 5:08:00 AM)
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I heard this on the radio. I think it is called " I ended it too soon" and may be by Carolyn Kizer though I have gone into her website and not found it. It uses the following phrases: “conceal our love because of prior sorrow" ; " schooled in disguises" and " hiding our aromatic and vulnerable love”. I would greatly like to find the full poem as it strikes a resonance for someone I know!
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Laura Burns
(1/7/2013 3:04:00 PM)
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HIDING OUR LOVE by Carolyn Kizer Never believe I leave you From any desire to go. Never believe I leave so far away Except from necessity. After a whole day of separation Still your dark frag ... more
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Laura Burns
(1/7/2013 3:04:00 PM)
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David Farrell
(1/5/2013 4:30:00 PM)
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Evenin' All
I am looking for the following poem - I have put in as much as I remember from 40 years ago at school asseblies.... The day of the week was always interchangeable according to our individual collection days! :
Every Monday morning
Before we are quite awake
Without the slightest warning
The house begins to shake
With a biff bang biff bang crash!
It's the dustman that comes a callin.... (or something along this line - andthat is all I remember.....
I look forward to hearing from anyone who can put me out of my misery...
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David Farrell
(1/6/2013 7:07:00 AM)
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Thanks Laura You have put me at esse now! I have been trying to remember this over the last 2 weeks of the Christmas holiday! Happy New Year David
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Laura Burns
(1/5/2013 7:03:00 PM)
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THE DUSTMAN by Clive Sansom Every Thursday morning, Before you’re quite awake, Without the slightest warning The house begins to shake With a Biff! Bang! Biff! Bang! Bash! It’s the Dustm ... more
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David Farrell
(1/6/2013 7:07:00 AM)
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K Anderson
(1/4/2013 1:01:00 PM)
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I am looking for a poem that I think is called The Sky and the Sea. It begins with 'I wish you were the sky and I were the sea' and ends with meet at the shore together and kiss.
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