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Subject: REPTILES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BOA-CONSTRICTOR'S DREAM, by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO    Poem Source                    
First Line: Within his knots a strength mysterious lies
Last Line: With grace about a fair arm, round and white
Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Reptiles; Snakes


BOX TURTLE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: This bony dome's %my mobile home
Last Line: Secure from beasts %that box my head
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


BULLFROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Polli-wogger, %bobby-bogger
Last Line: Jug-o'-rummer, %jug -o'-rummer
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


CHAMELEON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Chameleon, comedian %we never know which skin you're in
Last Line: Comedian, make up your mind!
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


COBRA, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It's wise to stay clear
Last Line: All months of the year, %including octobra
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


CROCODILE AND THE ALLIGATOR, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The crocodile's smile is wide
Last Line: Sometimes swallow second graders?
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fork in front, %rattle behind
Last Line: The lump in the middle? %a rabbit too slow
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


GECKO, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The gecko's trick is climbing walls
Last Line: But don't you try this in your home
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


GILA MONSTER, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: They call me monster just because
Last Line: Like someone's composition book
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


GLASS FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Upon a tree %it's hard to see
Last Line: I've lost myself again - %good grief!
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


IGUANA, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I wouldn't wanna %be an iguana
Last Line: Be an iguana - %except for halloween
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


KILLING THE SNAKE ON SUMMER'S CUSP, by CATHRYN HANKLA    Poem Source                    
First Line: A thin, spotted teenager-still, the copperhead's
Last Line: I pretend holds back the beasts
Subject(s): Animals; Danger; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes


KOMODO DRAGON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am komodo, %I'm gruesome and gray
Last Line: Plus all those who don't think %that dragons are real
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


MIDWIFE TOAD, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: On dad's back the eggs are toted
Last Line: To his kids he's toadally devoted
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


NEWT, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Orange nose. %orange toes
Last Line: In your bright orange suit
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


OCTOPODS AND REPTILES, by EDWARD LEAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: The corridors they block
Subject(s): Reptiles


POISON-DART FROGS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Brown with oval orange spots
Last Line: These frogs are masters of fine art
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


POLLIWOGS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: We polliwoggle, %we polliwoggle
Last Line: To turn ourselves %into a frog
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


PYTHON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: With thirty feet to squeeze your prey
Last Line: Python, you take my breath away!
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


RED-EYED TREE FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tomato eyes. %catches flies
Last Line: Lives on t-shirts and coffee mugs
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


REPTILIAN ANATOMY, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "'bedad, that hurt!' and patrick held"
Last Line: To know if I am bit or shtung!'
Subject(s): Reptiles


SKINK, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Along the ground I'm found - I slink
Last Line: I don't fight back - I fall to pieces
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


SNAKE, by SVETLANA MAKAROVIC    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like a noble fire, %poison flares in it
Last Line: The grater of summer would %never consume it to the end
Subject(s): Animals; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes


SNAKES, by MICHAEL WATERS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Knowing nothing about snakes, I fear them all
Last Line: Can easily overwhelm us. %costa rica
Subject(s): Animals; Danger; Death; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes


SPRING PEEPERS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Peep, %peep - %we steal your sleep
Last Line: And make you stay %awake too late
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


THE TURTLE SHRINE NEAR CHITTAGONG, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Humps of shell emerge from dark water
Last Line: Or say, this is water, that is land.
Subject(s): Reptiles; Turtles; Tortoises


TORTOISE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I wear a helmet %on my back
Last Line: I'm born with it, %for I'm a tortoise
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


TURTLE SIGHING TREE, by GAYLE ELEN HARVEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Eons swallowed whole. Your reptilian unease
Last Line: Remnants. The undoing %that heals
Subject(s): Evolution; Healing; Reptiles; Turtles


TURTLES OF SANTA ROSA, by MICHAEL WATERS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Haul their leathery, pock-marked backs
Last Line: Might then remember me
Subject(s): Deserts; Food And Eating; Reptiles; Seashore; Tourists; Travel; Turtles; Zoos


WAKULLA: CHASING THE GATOR'S EYE, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If you catch a gleam between pad stalks
Last Line: The reptile that moves beneath you.
Subject(s): Alligators; Boats; Night; Reptiles; Bedtime


WOOD FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am a frozen frogsicle
Last Line: For I am full of antifreeze
Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles


YJUANAS, by VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: There's not an iguana that isn't drawn up
Last Line: A place that can never be told in words
Subject(s): Caribbean Sea; Puerto Ricans - New York City; Reptiles