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Subject: MAMMALS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AARDVARKS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Aardvarks aare odd
Last Line: By faar in the daark
Subject(s): Mammals


BACTRIAN CAMEL\, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mr. Bactrian, a question for you
Last Line: About your back: %one lump or two?
Subject(s): Mammals


BEAR, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Come septem-bear %I sleep, I slum-bear
Last Line: More than that's %em-bear-rassing
Subject(s): Mammals


BEAVER, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Wood-chopper %tree dropper
Last Line: Tail-flopper %stream-stopper
Subject(s): Mammals


BOAR, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The boar at best %is just a pig
Last Line: That wears a vest %and coat, and wig
Subject(s): Mammals


CALLING ACROSS WATER AT LION COUNTRY SAFARI, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Across reptile pond a herd of zebra graze in open green
Last Line: Across water, the only thing he believes is really between us.
Subject(s): Cages; Mammals; Zoos


COYOTE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I prowl. %I growl
Last Line: For I am coyooooote
Subject(s): Mammals


ELEPHANT, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: An elephant, rising, %finds grass appetizing
Last Line: And not looking leaner %it's just growing greener
Subject(s): Mammals


EXPLOSION AT THE CLUB, by RUSSELL EDSON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The ape is accepted, and sits quietly smoking a cigar and reading a
Last Line: Something fummy about him
Subject(s): Animals; Apes; Mammals


FACT, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Chirotherium tracks occur
Subject(s): Encyclopedia; Mammals; Reproductive System; Women; Sex Organs; Genitalia


FACT, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the encyclopedia %are facts on which you can't improve
Last Line: The female hyena, it is %very large'
Subject(s): Encyclopedia; Mammals; Reproductive System; Women


FOX, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Clever. %cunning
Last Line: A fox composed this poem, %not I
Subject(s): Mammals


GIRAFFE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Rubber-necker %double decker
Last Line: Cloud-checker %star-trekker
Subject(s): Mammals


GORILLA, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A gentle giant %blessed with grace
Last Line: Don't get in its face
Subject(s): Mammals


HIPPO, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: By day the hippo loves to float
Last Line: And eats %and eats %and eats
Subject(s): Mammals


IBEX, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The daring ibex risk their necks
Last Line: Or else become an ex-ibex
Subject(s): Mammals


LEMURS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In madagascar leaping lemurs breeze through
Last Line: Trees without breaking femurs
Subject(s): Mammals


LYNX, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Some people wear fur coats of lynx
Last Line: I %think %that %stynx
Subject(s): Mammals


MULE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Voice of the mule: bray
Last Line: Rule of the mule: stay
Subject(s): Mammals


OTTER, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I state most emphatic
Last Line: An otter's aquatic
Subject(s): Mammals


PORCUPINE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: You'll complain: %the porcupine's %a porcupain
Subject(s): Mammals


RHEBOK, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The rhebok's main
Last Line: Claim to fame %is its name
Subject(s): Mammals


TAPIR, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The shape of a tapir
Last Line: Seems better on paper
Subject(s): Mammals


TIGER, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am a cat - come hear me purrrr
Last Line: I hunt at night - I am tigerrrr
Subject(s): Mammals


ZEBRAS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: How many zebras %do you see?
Last Line: I see four, too. %I see more!
Subject(s): Mammals