Poetic Openings : Joaquin Miller to Czeslaw Milosz
Poet : Joaquin Miller :
Poem : Twilight At The Heights :
First Line : The brave young city by the Balboa seas
Poet : Joaquin Miller :
Poem : Vaquero :
First Line : His broad-brimmed hat pushed back with careless air,
Poet : Joaquin Miller :
Poem : Westward Ho! :
First Line : What strength! what strife! what rude unrest!
Poet : Joaquin Miller :
Poem : Yosemite :
First Line : Sound! sound! sound!
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : A Hall :
First Line : The road led straight to the temple.
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : A Poem For The End Of The Century :
First Line : When everything was fine
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : A Task :
First Line : In fear and trembling, I think I would fulfill my life
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : Account :
First Line : The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : And Yet The Books :
First Line : And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings,
Poet : Czeslaw Milosz :
Poem : Ars Poetica? :
First Line : I have always aspired to a more spacious form