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Poetry Flashcards

1
Q

BYWM

Glamorous

A

That glamorous love lasts

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WS:

RAIN

A

two days of rain and then a break

in which we walked

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3
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WS:

lake

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as we skirted the lake, silent and apart,

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4
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WS:

Icebergs

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icebergs of white feather

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5
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WS:

over

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and folded, one over the other,

like a par of wings settling after flight.

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29:

Twine

A

I think of thee!

-my thoughts do twine and bud

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29:

dearer

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who art dearer, better! Rather, instantly

Renew thy presence; as a strong tree should,

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NT:

Pond

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We stood by the pond that winters day,

And the sun was white, as though chidden of God,

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NT:

rove

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rove

over

to and fro

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NT:

ash

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they had fallen from and ash, and were grey.

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NT:

eyes

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your eyes on mine were eyes that rove

Over tedious riddles of years ago;

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12
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TFB:

fay

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Her smile went out, and ‘twasnt a woman-

More like a little frightened fay.

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13
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TFB:

eyes

A

‘Not near, not near!’ her eyes beseech

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14
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TFB:

chased

A

We chased her, flying like a hare

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15
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TFB:

key

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And turned the key upon her, fast.

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16
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TFB:

smoke

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The blue smoke rises to the low grey sky,

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17
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BYWM:

Shoes

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Shoes, relics

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18
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BYWM:

ballroom

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in the ballroom with the thousand eyes, the fizzy, movie tomorrows
The right walk home could bring

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19
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BYWM:

sparkle

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where you sparkle and waltz

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20
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CMG:

Ice

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like warm ice.

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21
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CMG:

screed

A

screed cheek

22
Q

CMG:

pushing

A

pushing, trying

+caesura and no stanzas

23
Q

Follower:

horse-plough

A

My father worked with horse-plough,

His shoulders gloves like a full sail strung

24
Q

Follower:

Expert

A

An expert.

25
Q

Follower:

single

A

with a single pluck

of reins,

26
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follower:

Behind

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Behind me, and will not go away.

27
Q

ER:

Tweed

A

if genuine Irish tweed, his terrier jack

Still two years old and trembling at his feet.

28
Q

ER:

leisurely

A

A stone along the water. Leisurely,

They beckon me from the other bank.

29
Q

ER:

stream-path

A

I hear them call, ‘see where the stream-path is!

30
Q

ER:

Thought

A

I had not thought it would be like this.

31
Q

WWTP:

Broken

A

Half broken-hearted

32
Q

WWTP:

Pale

A

Pale grew thy cheek and cold,

Colder thy kiss;

33
Q

WWTP:

Silence

A

with silent and tears.

34
Q

PL:

sullen

A

The sullen wind was soon awake

35
Q

PL:

Hair

A

Untied

Her hat and let the damp hair fall

36
Q

PL:

mine

A

Mine, mine

37
Q

PL:

Eyes

A

Laughed the blue eyes without a stain

synecdoche

38
Q

LP:

why

A

Why not I with thine?

39
Q

LP:

winds

A

The winds of heaven mix forever

With a sweet emotion;

40
Q

LP:

Moonbeams

A

And the moonbeams kiss the sea - what are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?

41
Q

SS:

ven

A

but ven nobody in, I do di lock -

42
Q

SS:

tummy

A

My bride

Tiny eyes ov a gun
And di tummy ov a teddy

43
Q

SS:

whispering

A

Whispering stairs

44
Q

LFY:

seasons

A

You out there, in the cold, seeing the seasons turning,

Me with my heartful of headlines

45
Q

LFY:

air and light

A

pouring air and light into an envelope. So that

46
Q

LFY:

Word

A

Who sends me word of that other world

47
Q

WA:

Football

A

The touch-lines new-ruled - since I watched you play your last game of football, then, like a satellite wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away

48
Q

WA:

Winged

A

Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem,

49
Q

WA:

Nature

A

About nature’s give-and-take -

50
Q

MAD:

Anchor

A

Anchor. Kite.

51
Q

MAD:

Prairies

A

The acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors

52
Q

MAD:

Space-walk

A

I space-walk through the empty bedrooms, climb

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