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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT Matches Found: 21 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A COMPENSATION, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: However fiercely fortune struck Last Line: He did not murder cain. Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Luck ABIGAIL, by BARBARA LOOTS Poem Source First Line: I care for him, although he is a fool Last Line: And reason with the sot when I get back. %but my guess is he'll have a heart attack! Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights BATHSHEBA: LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK, by GRACE BAUER Poem Source First Line: It was my habit when my husband Last Line: And then I wake up. Trembling in light Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights DINA'S HAPPY ENDING, by ENID DAME Poem Source First Line: And so I married Last Line: I think I laughed half the night %god, it felt good Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights ESTHER, by ENID DAME Poem Source First Line: Let's face it %(I told my mirror) Last Line: But I didn't have to do it %always remember that Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights IN EVE'S WORDS, by DEBORAH GORLIN Poem Source First Line: In the garden, eve was given little to know: the taste of her skimpy lips Last Line: Persisting in its own language, until it spoke the language of tongues Subject(s): Adam And Eve; Bible; Bible - Old Testament; Creation JAEL'S POEM, by ENID DAME Poem Source First Line: Yes %I did it beat Last Line: And sleeps %with one eye open Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights KOHL, by NOLA GARRETT Poem Source First Line: There was a time before I called myself Last Line: Their prophet calls up himself. Is it peace? Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights LILITH, by CATHERINE MARTIN Poem Source First Line: Some say adam reared me from the beasts Last Line: Will fear as their wet dreams Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights LOT'S WIFE, by ANNA ADREYEVNA GORENKO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And the just man followed god's ambassador here Last Line: For a single look, she gave up her life Alternate Author Name(s): Akhmatova, Anna Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights MIRIAM, by YALA KORWIN Poem Source First Line: She who could see the light of days to come Last Line: Unlamenated in the widerness of zin Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights MY SONG FOR SOLOMON, by BARBARA BLOCK ADAMS Poem Source First Line: I have drunk the poisoned milk Last Line: The blood of a ghost among the living Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights NOAH'A DAUGHTER, by ENID DAME Poem Source First Line: Good questions %I can answer them Last Line: I wanted the forty days to go on forever Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights NOT A VOICE, by YALA KORWIN Poem Source First Line: Clad in festive robes Last Line: Not a ram to redeem %a mere girl Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights OLD TESTAMENT, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I slept awhile, then woke. The night was wild Last Line: Thy breast would still me, sharper yet my pain. Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament PSALM 1. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED CONTRASTED, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of Last Line: Shall perish. Variant Title(s): The Tree And The Chaff Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament SONG OF DEGREES, by HOWARD NEMEROV Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though the road lead nowhere Last Line: In zion everywhere Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Israel TESTAMENT, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the beginning %was the word Last Line: Alone %in a room Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; God THE OLD BOOK, by ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O book of books, and friend of friends alone Last Line: Thy radiant light is ever shining there Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE ZIZ, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the ziz? Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Ziz (mythical Bird) ZIZ, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What is the ziz? Last Line: We are blind to, a birdhood %to cover the head of the sky Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Ziz (mythical Bird) |
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