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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Matches Found: 16 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMSTERDAM, by FRANCIS JAMMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The pointed houses lean so you would swear Last Line: Under a gable: here lived francis jammes. Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Jammes, Francis (1868-1938); Memory; Paintings & Painters; Travel; Journeys; Trips AMSTERDAM, by NICHOLAS KOLUMBAN Poem Source First Line: You two drink beer on a bench next to a gracht Last Line: Int he water of the canals Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Boats; Love; Travel AMSTERDAM LETTER, by JEAN GARRIGUE Poem Source First Line: Brick distinguishes this country Last Line: Horse, sky, cow, tree, thank you, I mean, %beauty, and love Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands BIRDS: AMSTERDAM, by PAUL BLACKBURN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands EPIGRAM ON THE PLAY AT AMSTERDAM, by WILLIAM PARSONS Poem Source First Line: Bigots at home, and infidels abroad Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Travel FLOWERS OF AMSTERDAM, by JEAN JANZEN Poem Source First Line: For the sake of the gospel Last Line: Glistening petals, opening a secret passage %in the deep and watery place Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Flowers; Persecution; Religion IN THE BELFRY OF THE NIEUWE KERK, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not a breath in the stifled, dirty street Last Line: Mortals dwelling upon the height! Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands NARROW HOUSES OF AMSTERDAM, by MEGAN SEXTON Poem Source First Line: To get to them, think in circles Last Line: Look through each window, each wind's eye Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Houses NEAR AMSTERDAM; AFTER ALBERT CUYP, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sober gray skies and ponderous clouds Last Line: Smokes placidly the stout de witt. Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Canals NEON ICON, by THOMAS ROSENLOCHER Poem Source First Line: When I turned the corner Last Line: Hurling my wretched, flapping shadow %at the wall Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Streets SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAM IN AMSTERDAM, by FRANK ORMSBY Poem Source First Line: The talk of knifed bodies in the canals Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Hockey; Travel SOMETIMES, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I remember the synagogue at amsterdam Last Line: Came into the world Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Synagogues SOMETIMES, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I remember the synagogue at amsterdam Last Line: Came into the world Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Synagogues THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF BATHSHEBA'S CROSSING, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inside a room in amsterdam Last Line: On tracks and side roads Subject(s): Rembrandt Harmensz Van Riij (1606-1669); Amsterdam, Netherlands THE OLD LADIES OF AMSTERDAM, by CONSTANCE URDANG Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Indomitable, in black stockings, the old ladies of amsterdam Last Line: In the honey-colored light of vermeer. Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Old Age; Women TO THE POETS EXILED IN AMSTERDAM, by ALES DEBELJAK Poem Source First Line: The scene must open with a narrow house, sleepless with the fear Last Line: Like an eternal light, rises above the uproar of the mob, dancing endlessly Subject(s): Amsterdam, Netherlands; Exiles; Poetry And Poets |
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