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Subject: BLOOD VESSELS
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HOLY RIVERS, by JAMES LAUGHLIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The veins on the back of my hand (nwo that I'm old)
Last Line: I ask you to take it in yours and trace the holy rivers with your fingers
Subject(s): Blood Vessels; Hands; Old Age


THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. DIET, by JOHN ARMSTRONG    Poem Text                    
First Line: Enough of air. A desert subject now
Last Line: The old descending, in their turns to rise.
Subject(s): Blood Vessels; Dieting; Health; Veins; Arteries


THE HEART IN THE JAR; MEDITATION UPON NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, by PERCY MACKAYE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Alive it beats in a bosom of glass
Last Line: Death and the artist grapple for the knife.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace
Subject(s): Blood Vessels; Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944); Health; Hearts; Medicine; Veins; Arteries; Drugs, Prescription


WITH THE TWO LOST ONES, by KELLY PARSONS    Poem Source                    
First Line: One is red, one is blue %both tied like veins to the heart
Last Line: Each of us searching %for our own found
Subject(s): Blood Vessels; Hearts