Poetic Openings : Dorothy Parker to Dorothy Parker
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Alfred, Lord Tennyson :
First Line : Should Heaven send me any son,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Anecdote :
First Line : So silent I when Love was by
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : August :
First Line : When my eyes are weeds,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Autobiography :
First Line : Oh, both my shoes are shiny new,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Autumn Valentine :
First Line : In May my heart was breaking—
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Ballade At Thirty-five :
First Line : This, no song of an ingénue,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Ballade Of A Great Weariness :
First Line : There’s little to have but the things I had,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Ballade Of A Talked-off Ear :
First Line : Daily I listen to wonder and woe,
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Ballade Of Unfortunate Mammals :
First Line : Love is sharper than stones or sticks;
Poet : Dorothy Parker :
Poem : Bohemia :
First Line : Authors and actors and artists and such