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Subject: CONTINENTS
Matches Found: 11

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1959, by SUSAN RICH    Poem Source                    
First Line: The year I was born my mother ate nothing but oranges
Last Line: He proclaims may she peel the skin from this schizophrenic age
Subject(s): Continents; Cuba - Rebellions Against Spanish Rule; Family Life; Love - Cultural Differences; Travel


CARTOGRAPHY, by PABLO MEDINA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The map speaks
Last Line: The sky is not on the map
Subject(s): Continents; Maps; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration


COLORED COUNTRIES, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: From greenland's icy mountains to / far-off borneo
Last Line: Geography that's studied so.
Subject(s): Continents; Geography; Greenland; September; Travel; Journeys; Trips


DISCOVERING THE CONTINENTS ON YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUES, by THERESA W. MILLER    Poem Source                    
First Line: O great explorer, where do you sail?
Last Line: North america, south america, europe, africa, and asia; %don't forget australia, don't forget antarc
Subject(s): Continents; Explorers


EMIGRANTS, by KJELL ESPMARK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Do we darken the night sky for you
Last Line: We're trying in the next galaxy
Subject(s): Automobiles; Continents; Exiles; Immigrants; Travel


FILIGREE OF THE FAMILIAR, by SUSAN RICH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here, all the men wear mustaches
Last Line: Linking the outbound voyage to the everyday
Subject(s): Boston; Continents; Maps; Travel


GEOGRAPHY, by VERN RUTSALA    Poem Source                    
First Line: In fourth grade we played geography
Last Line: Beyond here there be monsters
Subject(s): Continents; Geography; Maps


GREENLAND ICY MOUNTAINS, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand
Last Line: Let them think of the cold and hardships greenland sailors have to fight.
Subject(s): Continents; Earth; Greenland; Tourists; Travel; World; Journeys; Trips


MAPPARIUM, by SUSAN RICH    Poem Source                    
First Line: In geography class we learn the world
Last Line: I'll take this globe as my own
Subject(s): Continents; Geography; Maps; Travel


WALL, by SUSAN RICH    Poem Source                    
First Line: We jews slip secrets inside cracked mortar
Last Line: Mosques and homes. Mosques and homes
Subject(s): Aviation And Aviators; Continents; Travel


WHO'S STANDING, by TOMAZ SALAMUN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Are you the stone of a fruit, dear soul? Mandorla, fetus
Last Line: Loaded among wooden logs
Subject(s): Continents; Death; Love - Loss Of; Travel; Yugoslavia