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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BURMA Matches Found: 10 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` COLD BLOOD, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After murdering his father Last Line: On limber fingers. Subject(s): Burma; Fear; Murder; Punishment; Reincarnation; Transmigration; Pretas HATCHING; FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On university avenue in rangoon Last Line: To crack its walls with wings. Subject(s): Burma; Revolutions; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness IMAGINARY ANCESTORS: THE GIRAFFE WOMAN OF BURMA, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their voices reach us as if from the shaft Last Line: Lies close to you as air. Help me to hold up my head. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Variant Title(s): The Giraffe Women Of Burma Subject(s): Burma; Women - Abused; Wife Beating MANDALAY, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: By the old moulmein pagoda, lookin' lazy [or, eastward to] at the sea Last Line: Crost the bay! Subject(s): Army Life; Asia; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Mandalay, Burma; Drills & Minor Tactics; Far East; East Asia; Orient; British Empire; England - Empire RENDEZVOUS: BELLE GLADE, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pine thicket at the edge of a clearing Last Line: And nerves edged a name in his stock. Subject(s): Burma; Guns; Night; Soldiers; Bedtime THE BEAST, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The teak is carved, fine as mantilla lace Last Line: The cupped hands of love, to change the beast within. Subject(s): Burma; Fables; Love; Prudence; Allegories; Caution THE BURMANS AND THEIR MISSION, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a cry in burmah, and a rush Last Line: Rising to bear the embassy of heaven. Subject(s): Burma; Missions & Missionaries THE GARDEN AGAIN, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The romans, retreating from the wilderness Last Line: A compost of leaves and wings. Subject(s): Burma; Imperialism THE SONG OF THE CITIES, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Royal and dower-royal, I the queen Last Line: To seek the happy isles! Subject(s): Auckland, New Zealand; Bombay, India; Brisbane, Australia; Calcutta, India; Cape Town, South Africa; Cities; Halifax, Canada; Hobart, Tasmania; Hong-kong; Madras, India; Melbourne, Australia; Montreal, Canada; Quebec, Canada; Rangoon, Myanmar (burma); Si WATCHING; IN BURMAH, by EMILY CHUBBUCK JUDSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep, love, sleep! Last Line: Night deepens, and I sit, in cheerless doubt alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Forester, Fanny; Judson, Emily E. Subject(s): Burma; Rest; Sleep |
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