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Subject: CANYONS
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First Line: And then I came to the brain's pink canyons
Last Line: For every small thing %to explain us
Subject(s): Books; Canyons


AN INCIDENT OF THE WEST, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: More annoyed than for many a week before
Last Line: For the faults of the dead in the canyon
Subject(s): Accidents;canyons;death;tragedy;war; "dead, The;


ANDREE REXROTH: KING RIVER CANYON, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My sorrow is so wide
Subject(s): Canyons; Death; Grief; Love; Solitude; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness


ANDREE REXROTH: KING RIVER CANYON, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My sorrow is so wide
Last Line: Over the cobbles, in a lost spring
Subject(s): Canyons; Death; Grief; Love; Solitude


ARROYO SECO, by MARTHA RONK    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The gap in logic cuts a dry riverbed across the land
Subject(s): Canyons


ARROYO SECO, by MARTHA RONK    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The gap in logic cuts a dry riverbed across the land
Last Line: After a while I couldn't tell if nostalgia was %for a place or a time or before learning to think
Subject(s): Canyons


AT THE MOUTH OF A CANYON, by R. W. DE BERRY    Poem Text                    
First Line: I came forth from the canyon and paused
Last Line: To the west, in his journey unending.
Subject(s): Canyons


CANYON GORGE ARROYO, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How many other codices
Subject(s): Canyons; Death; Earth; Grandparents; Tradition; Dead, The; World; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers


CANYON GORGE ARROYO, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How many other codices
Last Line: And I studied %I could read him like an open book
Subject(s): Canyons; Death; Earth; Grandparents; Tradition


CANYON WALLS, by IRIS ELIZABETH SPARKS    Poem Text                    
First Line: I know the deep-browed peace of canyon walls
Last Line: And the silence reigns.
Subject(s): Canyons; Rocky Mountain Range; Silence


CHACO CANYON, by KURT LELAND    Poem Source                    
First Line: I came from the love of puzzles and ghosts
Last Line: Cliff-hung silhouette the pilgrim fears, a god
Subject(s): Canyons; Religion


DESERT PARABLE, by ELEANOR WILNER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Miles above them, miles below
Last Line: Than night
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand
Subject(s): Canyons; Deserts; Drought; Food & Eating; Heat


FOR J.A. AS DUSK DEEPENS CANYON, by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This time we were passing into night
Last Line: Pyrola
Subject(s): Canyons; Rocky Mountain Range


IN THE HILLS, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR.    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The shadow crawls up canyon walls; the
Last Line: Somewhere the loud streets thunder, and one time there was a war.
Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger
Subject(s): Canyons; Cowboys; Disasters; Hunger; Smoke; Soldiers; War


LANDSCAPE, by CHALLIS SILVAY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Stalwart old men of earth
Last Line: By some miracle of destiny . . .
Subject(s): Canyons; Landscape; Mountains; Rivers; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


LOST IN SULPHUR CANYONS, by JIM BARNES    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All the stones
Subject(s): Canyons; Nature


LOST IN SULPHUR CANYONS, by JIM BARNES    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All the stones
Last Line: As a stray dog %among the stones
Subject(s): Canyons; Nature


LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 2. THE CANYON, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE    Poem Text                    
First Line: The sky withdraws, the cutting narrows
Last Line: Plunges the train at set of sun.
Subject(s): Canyons; Evening; Men; Railroads; Sunset; Twilight; Railways; Trains


MIRROR, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The afternoon ends with red
Last Line: With white feet, and swaying hips, %and fragrant sex
Subject(s): Canyons; Nature; Nudity


NEW AGE AT AIRPORT MESA, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My husband was hanging wet sheets, almost in disbelief
Last Line: I told her I was done feeling sorry for myself.
Subject(s): Canyons; Hearts; Gays & Lesbians; Laundry & Laundering; Self-pity; Widows & Widowers; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men


SPEARFISH CANYON, by CORIE DAVIS HENTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: My camp fire smoke wreathes in and out the trees
Last Line: And rest, by nature soothed, carefree, content.
Subject(s): Camping; Canyons; Explorers; Camps; Summer Camps; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers


THE COLORADO CANYON, by GEORGIANA HODGKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Blue mists of morning filled it to the brim
Last Line: Its devious course, unheard, and mocked at man.
Subject(s): Canyons


THE LONG TRAIL: THE GOLD RUSH, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now it's gold and gold!
Last Line: And we strike it rich.
Subject(s): Canyons; Prairies; Roads; Travel; Plains; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips