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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ACROBAT, by VLADISLAV FELITZIANOVICH KHODASEVICH    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Inscription for a silhouette
Last Line: Poet, skirt the folk who laughed: %is not your living just such craft?
Subject(s): Acrobats And Acrobatism; Circus


AFTER THE CIRCUS, by RAYMOND HOLDEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: I can remember how the memory
Last Line: The coming to one's self is what is meant.
Alternate Author Name(s): Holden, Raymond Peckham
Subject(s): Circus; Memory


AT THE CIRCUS, by GEORGE SZIRTES    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No need to ask what the black horse is
Last Line: The lollipops are cold, voluptuous
Subject(s): Circus


BAIN'S CATS AND RATS, by CONRAD AIKEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Quiet, and almost bashful, and seldom looking
Last Line: And then he'd glance, half-scared, into the wings
Subject(s): Circus; Death; Dead, The


BIG TENT UNDER THE ROOF, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Noises new to sea and land
Last Line: I'd rather shake hands with mr. Ringling %and tell him his circus is a beautiful thing
Subject(s): Circus


BILLY MILLER'S CIRCUS-SHOW, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At billy miller's circus-show
Last Line: An' dances an' says funny things!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Circus


BILLY'S ALPHABETICAL ANIMAL SHOW, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A was an elegant ape
Last Line: Right at the end of your visit?
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Animals; Circus


BOARDMAN AND COFFIN, by CONRAD AIKEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I told him straight, if he touched me, just once more
Last Line: And a wind rushed after them. And that was all
Subject(s): Circus; Murder; Suicide


CIRCUS, by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We will have to go away, said the girls in the circus
Last Line: The soft wind of summer blew in the light green trees
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS, by VINE MCCASLAND    Poem Text                    
First Line: Her scant skirt spreads above her knees
Last Line: Upward at marie, queen of the air.
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS, by ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Friday came and the circus was there
Last Line: But I didn't see him eat
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS, by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Reaching along to the distance, monotonous blocks on blocks
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS, by JAROSLAV SEIFERT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Today it was the first time
Last Line: Balloon: 'today for the last time'
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS (II), by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I remember when I wrote the circus
Last Line: And I wonder if any good will come of either of them %all the same
Subject(s): Circus; Poetry And Poets


CIRCUS AT NIGHT, by MADELEINE AARON    Poem Text                    
First Line: The weathered tent on this star-gilded night
Last Line: And singing crickets claim the field again.
Subject(s): Circus; Fields; Pastures; Meadows; Leas


CIRCUS GARLAND, by RACHEL (LYMAN) FIELD    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the day when the circus comes
Last Line: And a pygmy pony-shoe
Subject(s): Circus


CIRCUS LADY, by CELIA DROPKIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am a circus lady
Last Line: I want to fall on you
Subject(s): Circus; Women


CIRCUS PARADE, by OLIVE BEAUPRE MILLER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tomorrow, tomorrow's the circus parade!
Last Line: And the wheezing, old calliope is %the very tail end of the show!
Subject(s): Calliopes (musical Instruments); Circus; Parades


CIRCUS PARADE, by KATHARINE PYLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: One day we took our lunches
Subject(s): Circus; Parades


CIRCUS PARADE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Circus; Parades


CIRCUS PARADE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The circus! - the circus! - the
Last Line: The clash and the clang of the cymbals %that beat, %as the glittering pageant winds down %the long s
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Circus; Parades


DENOUEMENT, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The telegram says you have gone away
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Circus; Loss


ELEPHANT, by PHILIP DACEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I said it was an elephant's turd, but fay, six, didn't believe me. She
Last Line: Happier than he already was
Subject(s): Animal Rights; Circus; Elephants; Freedom; Happiness


ELEPHANT, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: A prehistoric boulder
Last Line: Walks in the circus parade.
Subject(s): Animals; Circus; Elephants


END OF THE WORLD, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Quite unexpectedly as vasserot
Last Line: There in the sudden blackness the black pall %of nothing, nothing, nothing-nothing at all
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
Subject(s): Circus; Judgment Day


MARLBOROUGH FAIR, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I warr'nt our street be near so wide
Last Line: And the long down is whispering low 'goodnight.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Abandonment; Amusement Parks; Animals; Children; Churchyards; Circus; Country Dances; Country Life; Entertainers; Festivals; Fiddles; Games; Guns; Lions; Marlborough, England; Merry-go-grounds; Mourning; Musical Instruments; Night; Pleasure; Desertion; C


NEW CIRCUS, by PABLO MEDINA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The new circus has come to town
Last Line: And the immutable stars
Subject(s): Audiences; Circus; Tourists


SIDESHOW, by B. J. BUHROW    Poem Source                    
First Line: Once I saw a woman as big as the world
Last Line: When the fat woman's tears fell, %they looked as heavy as pears, and as succulent
Subject(s): Circus; Obesity; Pregnancy


SOWRD-SWALLOWER PINES FOR HIS EX-WIFE, THE FIRE-EATER, by MICHAEL HUDSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Our pinhead drools appreciation for the yokel's
Last Line: For her lingering kerosene & chrome aftertaste
Subject(s): Circus; Marriage


TAR AND FEATHERS, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! The circus swooped down
Last Line: Has a 'down' on himself and on circuses.
Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo'
Subject(s): Circus


TENT CIRCUS, by MARIE HARRIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The cop clown is out back sitting on a hitch, nursing his sciatica while
Last Line: The final orphans
Subject(s): Animals; Circus; Clowns; Elephants; Entertainers


THE CIRCUS, by RAY CLARKE ROSE    Poem Text                    
First Line: In my purse there was gold
Last Line: But grace went to the circus.
Subject(s): Circus; Money; Spendthrifts; Women


THE CIRCUS, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The circus tent was crowded
Last Line: Where they had stood before!
Subject(s): Children; Circus; Smiles; Childhood


THE CIRCUS (I), by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We will have to go away, said the girls in the circus
Subject(s): Circus


THE CIRCUS (II), by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: I remember when I wrote the circus
Subject(s): Circus; Poetry & Poets


THE CIRCUS RINGMASTER'S APOLOGY TO GOD, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is what we both knew in the sunlight of a restaurant's garden
Last Line: Remember? You were glad that I did it once before!
Subject(s): Circus; Man-woman Relationships; Sex; Story-telling; Male-female Relations


THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! The circus-day parade! How the bugles played and played!
Last Line: Filled all the hungry hearts of us with melody sublime!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Circus; Parades


THE END OF THE WORLD, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Quite unexpectedly as vasserot
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
Subject(s): Circus; Judgment Day; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man


THE MENAGERIE, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thank god my brain is not inclined to cut
Last Line: There may be hidden meaning in his grin.
Subject(s): Animals; Circus; Zoos


THE MINIMUM CIRCUS, by HENRI COLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From the marks on their coats
Last Line: This is what life is supposed to be
Subject(s): Circus


THE RIVALS; OR THE SHOWMAN'S RUSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Straight rent across one trousers-knee, makes his inglorious -- exit.]
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Circus; Comedy; Plays & Playwrights; Quarrels; Tragedy; Arguments; Disagreements


THE SOVIET CIRCUS VISITS HAVANA, 1969, by VIRGIL SUAREZ    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They pitched tents on the grounds of lenin's park
Last Line: Of those russian elephants, the lost rumbling of a man, his son
Subject(s): Circus; Cuba; Russia; Soviet Union; Russians


THE VENUS HOTTENTOT, by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Science, science, science!
Last Line: Geometric, deformed, unnatural
Subject(s): Circus; Women - African


THE WRECK OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN, by HAYDEN CARRUTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Couplings buckled, cracked, collapsed
Last Line: Turned and swung off toward the hills
Subject(s): Circus; Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks


TRAVELING EXHIBITION, by JANE BLUE    Poem Source                    
First Line: The photographs of mary ann marks
Last Line: Buttoning each other's dresses %combing out their thick hair
Subject(s): Circus; Travel


TUESDAY IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER, by MICHAEL G. HICKEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: You are on stage
Last Line: It will carry you this reward for an eternity %to heights even the trapeze artists can't touch
Subject(s): Circus


USUAL CIRCUSLING, GARBAGE, AND THE NEW GHOST DANCE, by BRUCE RICE    Poem Source                    
First Line: In nancy's back yard grasshoppers jumping like birds
Last Line: Fall down
Subject(s): Children; Circus; Clowns


WASHING THE ELEPHANT, by BARBARA RAS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Circus; Confession; Religion; Family Life; Elephants; Theology; Relatives


WHAT WE NEED, by JO GAROT MCDOUGALL    Poem Source                    
First Line: It is just as well we do not see
Last Line: The white and trembling doves, the pair
Subject(s): Circus


WHEN I WENT TO THE CIRCUS, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When I went to the circus that had pitched on the waste lot
Last Line: In the bright wild circus flesh
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Subject(s): Circus