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Subject: BULLETS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SHOT AT NIGHT, by IDELLA PURNELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A shot rings out upon the dreaming night
Last Line: Men turn in beds. A wind like weeping stirs.
Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Night; Bedtime


BULLETS, by VINCENT O'NEILL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I've heard bullets twice in my sleep-
Last Line: The dream's resolution seems to be %back in the holds of sleep beyond recovery
Subject(s): Bullets; Dreams; Sleep


CLOSE TO HOME, by PHIL WEIDMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Last wednesday our son
Last Line: I imagine where bullet %might have hit him
Subject(s): Bullets; Sons


DISLOCATED ROOM, by RICHARD SIKEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was night for many miles and then the real stars in the purple sky
Last Line: Digging out the bullet and holding it up to the light
Subject(s): Bullets; Night; Rooms


FACTS, by CECILIA BUSTAMANTE    Poem Source                    
First Line: The invisible machines of war
Last Line: That expertly penetrates %the tree of life
Subject(s): Bullets; Death - Children; Guns; War


GUNS IN THE HOUSE, by RENEE RUDERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the garage %he forges bullets
Last Line: Wrapped in silver scales, %racing for corners
Subject(s): Bullets; Guns


LINES ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Doubtless, sweet girl! The hissing lead
Last Line: Let it be aught but banishment.
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Bullets


MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET, by RITA DOVE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Never point your weapon, keep your finger
Last Line: Sleeping in the next room, all with one shot
Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Meditation


MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET, by RITA DOVE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Never point your weapon, keep your finger
Last Line: Before you know it %I am home
Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Meditation


SONG OF THE BULLET, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It whizzed and whistled along the blurred
Last Line: Peace!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Bullets; Hate; Patriotism; Peace; War


THE VOLUNTEERS: A CHALLENGE, by CHARLES MACKAY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come if you dare, reivers and raiders!
Last Line: Yes! Every one of you, come if you dare!
Subject(s): Bullets; Courage; Fire; Guns; Valor; Bravery


TRACER BULLET, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: In a straight line
Last Line: The scaffold's uneasy floor.
Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Bullets; Patriotism; Soldiers; Weapons; Ammunition


WHAT THE BULLET SANG, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O joy of creation / to be!
Last Line: Lieth there so cold?
Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret
Subject(s): Bullets; Death; Holidays; Memorial Day; Dead, The; Declaration Day