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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ILLINOIS Matches Found: 20 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG TO ILLINOIS, by HORACE SPENCER FISKE Poem Text First Line: Lift a song to illinois, a song of pride and praise Last Line: Her mighty, marching city, and the lifting hopes of men. Subject(s): Illinois; Praise; Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect ACROSS ILLINOIS, by JOHN STOLTZE Poem Source First Line: The feel of the friendly preairies, the softening shadows of Subject(s): Illinois BACKYARD GARDENING IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, by ANNA LEAHY Poem Source First Line: I have an aunt who looks %into the backyards of neighbors Last Line: Waiting fo rht ecardinals to come %together to feed Subject(s): Aunts; Springfield, Illinois FIRES IN ILLINOIS, by JOHN JAMES PIATT Poem Source First Line: How bright this weird autumnal eve Last Line: But, numberless as the stars above, %the windows shine below! Subject(s): Fire; Illinois FIRST SONG, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Then it was dusk in illinois, the small boy Last Line: His heart to the darkness and into the sadness of joy. Subject(s): Children; Illinois; Labor & Laborers; Childhood; Work; Workers HIGHWAY 2, ILLINOIS, by LISEL MUELLER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look at this country Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel Subject(s): Illinois; Roads; Solitude; Paths; Trails; Loneliness ILLINOIS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Domain of homes and herds and fields Last Line: Majestic illinois! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Geography; Illinois JOLIET, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the one hand the steel works Last Line: Claws of an avalanche loosed here. Subject(s): Joliet, Illinois JOLIET BOUND, by JOE MCCOY Poem Source First Line: How these police coming : with his ball and chain Last Line: Now I done got on that dock : and I'm joliet bound Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; Blues (music); Joliet, Illinois; Prisons And Prisoners MIGRATION, by HANNAH EKBERG Poem Source First Line: Every summer they bundled us Last Line: Thick and sure between our fingers Subject(s): Appalachia; Illinois; Migration; Mountains; Travel OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You might call this / the far side of the river Subject(s): Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Rivers; Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes PEORIA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O the music of they name, peoria! Last Line: Peoria! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Peoria, Illinois SAYINGS OF HENRY STEPHENS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you get enough money Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Farm Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Springfield, Illinois'; Strikes; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Agriculture; Farmers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts SING ILLINOIS, by HELEN DEGAN COHEN Poem Source First Line: How easy it was to write american poems Last Line: Than my true gods Subject(s): Illinois; Immigrants; Poland SPRINGFIELD MAGICAL, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this, the city of my discontent Last Line: In this, the city of my discontent! Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Springfield, Illinois THANKSGIVING NIGHT; MEMORIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN ILLINOIS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Across the prairie moans the wind Last Line: The ancient virtues of the hills! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Holidays; Illinois; New Hampshire; Thanksgiving THE BUILDER, by ISABELLE LOAR Poem Text First Line: To build with stone: to fashion here Last Line: A splendid, shining tower! Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers; Western Illinois University; Educators; Professors THE HUNDRED DAYS' MEN; ILLINOIS, MAY, 1864, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis time the corn was planted, the latest wheat was sown Last Line: But joyfully, in busy may, gave up our thousands more! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): American Civil War; Government; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Soldiers; U.s. - History THE ILLINOIS VILLAGE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O you who lose the art of hope Last Line: The artist's town of bethlehem! Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Illinois TROPHIES OF PEACE; ILLINOIS IN 1840, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Files on files of prairie maize Last Line: Nor annals fame the field. Subject(s): Illinois |
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