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Monday, April 19, 2021

TTT: Favorite lines from poems

 


Top Ten Tuesday

Another "Poetry Month" theme for my Top Ten Tuesday posts, today I am off-the-board listing-

 My Favorite Lines in Poems 
(Or... I Wish I Could Memorize These Lines of Poetry So I Wouldn't Have to Keep Looking Them Up!)

 (Sorry, I couldn't stop myself at ten! I hope you enjoy these.)

"Out Beyond Ideas" by Rumi
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet


"The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver

"Love at First Sight" by Wislawa Szmborska

"Forgetfulness" by Billy Collins

"The God Abandons Anthony" by C.P. Cavafy

"How Do I Love Thee" (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
 

"[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E.E. Cummings

"Snipping snoppers" from Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss

"Zombie" by Margaret Atwood

"Jenny Kiss'd Me" by Leigh Hunt

 

"The Journey" by Mary Oliver

"Today" by Billy Collins
 

"When Great Trees Fall" by Maya Angelou


"Last Night As I Was Sleeping" by Antonio Machado


"Happy Thought" from A Child's Garden of Verses (XXIV) by Robert Louis Stevenson


"The Loon" by Mary Oliver


"The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country" by Amanda Gorman
 

-Anne