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Subject: HAMMOCKS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DREAM OF INSPIRATION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To loll back, in a misty hammock, swung
Last Line: Save fancy's hinted chime of unknown seas.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dreams; Hammocks; Wind; Inspiration; Creativity; Nightmares


AT UTTER LOAF, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: An afternoon as ripe with heat
Last Line: Smiling at all things drowsily.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Afternoon; Hammocks; Idleness; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence


IN MY HAMMOCK, by LAURA VANDIVIER    Poem Text                    
First Line: After the busy day has ended
Last Line: I'm dreaming dreams.
Subject(s): Dreams; Hammocks; Nightmares


IN THE AFTERNOON, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You in the hammock; and I, near
Last Line: Kiss me again, my dear!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Afternoon; Books; Hammocks; Kisses; Reading


IN THE HAMMOCK, by ROSE TERRY COOKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How the stars shine out at sea!
Last Line: And my eyes shine -- I've been swinging.
Subject(s): Hammocks; Wind


LULLABY, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO    Poem Source                    
First Line: This hammock, slung between two trees, exists
Last Line: A little longer, voices raised against the air
Subject(s): Comfort; Friendship; Hammocks


THE HAMMOCK'S COMPLAINT, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Who thinks how desolate and strange
Last Line: Who wonders how the hammock feels?
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs.
Subject(s): Hammocks