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Subject: CENTIPEDES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CENTIPEDE WAS THIRSTY, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: And so the centipede
Subject(s): Centipedes


CENTIPEDE, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I objurgate the centipede
Last Line: Or, if he is, he makes a spot
Subject(s): Animals; Centipedes


DELIGHTS OF CAMP LIFE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come to the home of the friendly mosquito
Last Line: Come to where the centipedes crawl underneath
Subject(s): Centipedes;insects;mosquitoes; Bugs


INERTIA, by JANE KENYON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My head was heavy, heavy
Last Line: In a pile of mail
Subject(s): Centipedes; Inertia


OLD CENTIPEDE, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Can't keep himself %from leaving
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Centipedes; Nature


THE PUZZLED CENTIPEDE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: A centipede was happy quite
Last Line: She lay distracted in the ditch / considering how to run
Variant Title(s): Perils Of Thinking
Subject(s): Centipedes;thought; Thinking