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Subject: RUST
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CELEBRATION OF RUST, by BARTON SUTTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am so weak my enemies
Last Line: With rust, the loveliest pollen
Subject(s): Enemies; Friendship; Rust; Self-reliance


RUST, by LUCILLE CLIFTON            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Are you saying that iron understands
Subject(s): Death; God; Rust; Dead, The


RUST, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Are you saying that iron understands
Last Line: Their ebony patience, their shine?
Subject(s): Death; God; Rust


RUST, by HUDSON STRODE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Rust has some roles to play
Last Line: A feat of genius is a flake of brain-rust.
Subject(s): Rust


TO A DISCARDED STEEL RAIL, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Straight strength pitched into the surliness of the ditch
Subject(s): Rust


WHAT I'VE BELIEVED IN, by JAMES GALVIN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Propped on blocks, the front half of a packard car rides the hillside
Last Line: Waited years to be asked
Subject(s): Automobiles; Junk & Junkyards; Rust; Cars