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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: OLD NORTHWEST Matches Found: 29 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HOST OF THE ARKANSAS VALLEY, by SELDEN LINCOLN WHITCOMB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The river creeps through arid lands Last Line: "tain't just what I want, but they'll keep it neat." Subject(s): Arkansas; Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENY CHINESE GOVERNOR, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Po chu-I, balding old politician, Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Middle West; China; Seeking; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States BUFFALO DUSK, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The buffaloes are gone Subject(s): Buffaloes; Environment; Middle West; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States CHANCES R, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red glow on the tables Last Line: "wichita traversed with streetlight Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States CRABAPPLES, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweeten these bitter wild crabapples, illinois Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States CRICKET MARCH, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the corn becomes higher Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States DAYBREAK, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Daybreak comes first / in thin splinters shimmering Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: However lonely we were before / becomes unclear Last Line: By setting-free the soil Subject(s): Farm Life; Heat; Middle West; Oklahoma; Summer; Weather; Agriculture; Farmers; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States GRASSROOTS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grass clutches at the dark dirt with finger holds Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States HARVEST, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the corn stands yellow in september Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States JOHNNY APPLESEED; A BALLAD OF THE OLD NORTHWEST, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A midnight cry appalls the gloom Last Line: In god's grand greenwood chapel. Subject(s): Appleseed, Johnny; Chapman, John (1774-1845); Middle West; Native Americans; Patriotism; Pioneers; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America JUST BEFORE APRIL CAME, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The snow-piles in dark places are gone Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States MAN AND DOG ON AN EARLY WINTER MORNING, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a tall slough grass Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States METAMORPHOSIS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When water turns ice does it remember Subject(s): Middle West; Science; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Scientists ODE TO THE MIDWEST, by KEVIN YOUNG Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I want to be doused Subject(s): Middle West; Conduct Of Life; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States ON THE EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND PEOPLING WESTERN COUNTRY, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To western woods and lonely plains Last Line: Than all the eastern sages knew. Subject(s): Middle West; Pioneers; United States; West (u.s.); Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; America; Southwest; Pacific States PEARL HORIZONS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under a prairie fog moon Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States RED AND WHITE, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nobody picks a red rose when the winter wind howls and the Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States SITTING IN A SMALL SCREENHOUSE ON A SUMMER MORNING, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ten more miles, it is south dakota. Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Middle West; Horses; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States STILL LIFE, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cool your heels on the rail of an observation car Last Line: Lovers pass whispering. Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States SUMMER GRASS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Summer grass aches and whispers Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Awake! Awake! My gallant friends Last Line: Come gaul or briton; if arrayed / for fight - he'll feel a freeman's blade Subject(s): "harrison, William Henry (1773-1841);middle West;native Americans;tippecanoe, Battle Of (1811);" Midwest;old Northwest;central States;north Central States;indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America THE BOY ON THE PRAIRIE, by EDWIN FORD PIPER Poem Text First Line: At thirteen he first saw a railway train Last Line: With grant and lincoln as his greatest men. Subject(s): Children; Middle West; Prairies; Childhood; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Plains THE MOTHERS OF THE WEST, by WILLIAM DAVIS GALLAGHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The mothers of our forest-land! Last Line: "the dark and bloody ground." Subject(s): Middle West; Pioneers; United States; Women; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; America THE PRAIRIE STATES, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude Last Line: To justify the past. Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States THE ROAN HORSE', by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The roan horse is young and will learn: the roan horse buckles into harness Last Line: Hanging to a white star between the ears Subject(s): Middle West; Horses; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States THE TOMB OF THE BRAVE; IN COMMEMORATION OF BATTLE ON WABASH, by JOSEPH HUTTON Poem Text First Line: When darkness prevail'd and aloud on the air Last Line: And glory thus bloom o'er the tomb of the brave. Subject(s): Middle West; Native Americans; Tippecanoe, Battle Of (1811); Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America TIMBER MOON, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a way the moon looks into the timber at night Subject(s): Middle West; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States TO WESTWARD, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Westward I had expected reminders: somewhere in the dakota's carpet Last Line: Men going nowhere, hands pocketed, heels kicking the wall Subject(s): Middle West; Travel; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States; Journeys; Trips |
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