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Subject: RACCOONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ADAM AND THE RACCOON, by JOHN ENGELS    Poem Source                    
First Line: I saw him a little before dawn
Last Line: To hunger! He will die for it one of these days!
Variant Title(s): Raccoo
Subject(s): Raccoons


DEAD RACCOON, LEGS IN THE AIR, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Washes his paws in the sky
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death - Animals; Nature; Raccoons


DEMIGODDESS, by JAMES TATE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Aunt myrtle was very old now and lived
Subject(s): Aunts; Old Age; Raccoons


DEMIGODDESS, by JAMES TATE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Aunt myrtle was very old now and lived
Last Line: Enough in this world
Subject(s): Aunts; Old Age; Raccoons


DIARY OF A RACCOON, by GERTRUDE RYDER BENNETT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here on this open, ancient book
Subject(s): Diaries; Raccoons


DOUBLED MIRRORS, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is the dark of the moon
Subject(s): Insects; Nature; Raccoons; Spiders; Bugs


DOUBLED MIRRORS, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It is the dark of the moon
Last Line: Across immeasurable distance
Subject(s): Insects; Nature; Raccoons; Spiders


MILL VALLEY, by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Out with the mountian moon, stinging clear
Last Line: Gloved, dressed in her evening gown, %crept near the windowpane, to feast
Subject(s): Raccoons


RACCOON, by CATHERINE ANDERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The animal strains
Last Line: We lick them, they learn to breathe, %they settle in our skin
Subject(s): Raccoons


RACCOON, by ROBERTA GOULD    Poem Source                    
First Line: The black tip of its pointed snout was still shining
Subject(s): Raccoons


RACCOON, by ANDY NEELY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Poor little raccoon
Subject(s): Raccoons


RACCOONS, by RITA SIGNORELLI-PAPPAS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Their wild carnival nights ended
Last Line: The morning sun breaks from the clouds %like an animal hunted out of hiding
Subject(s): Raccoons


SCAVENGERS, by NOELLE RYDELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Wanachela, raccoon goddess
Last Line: And hiding them in the husk %of my heart
Subject(s): Raccoons


TALKING BLUES, by CALVIN FORBES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Raccoon you better be cool
Subject(s): Raccoons; Harlem (new York City)


THE PET COON, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Noey bixler ketched him, an' fetched him in to me
Last Line: "er 'greedy,' next he whips yer dog, shall whip you, too!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Pets; Raccoons