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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TOWNS Matches Found: 370 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "ACTON BEAUCHAMP, HEREFORDSHIRE", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "acton beauchamp, the poorest place in all the nation" Last Line: "a lousy parson, a nitty clerk, and a shabby congregation" Subject(s): Poverty;towns A FAREWELL TO TOWN, by NICHOLAS BRETON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since secret spite hath sworn my woe Last Line: Go sing the song of welaway. Subject(s): Farewell; Towns; Parting A FEW LEFT, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The little jay town, says ed vance cook Last Line: Along with me I will show him some. Subject(s): Towns A GOODBYE; BOURNEMOUTH, MARCH 22, 1898, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shall we see our dear nestor go by? Last Line: And the land you love! Subject(s): Farewell; Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898); Old Age; Towns; Parting A GYPSY SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Can tute rakker romany? Last Line: To my old sweetheart in her springtime gown Subject(s): Fields;gypsies;singing & Singers;spring;towns; Pastures;meadows;leas;gipsies A LETTER, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear brother, would you know the life Last Line: And aim a telescope at the inviolate sun. Subject(s): Towns A SONG OF THE LITTLE CITY, by WILFRED ROWLAND CHILDE Poem Text First Line: At intervals of tunes Last Line: The little city's king. Subject(s): Oxford University; Towns A TOWN DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF FITNESS & INNER PEACE, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Says the headline - so that's where we are Last Line: His inner peace Subject(s): Towns A TOWN WINDOW, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond my window in the night Last Line: The tumult of a thousand wings. Subject(s): Towns A VOICE FROM TOWN, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I thought, in the days of my droving Last Line: Is youth -- and I've thrown it away. Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Hearts; Life; Towns; Voices; Youth A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 2. THE RABBI IN TOWN, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But in town, what? In bratslav or zlatipolia Last Line: "that penetrates your being. And all being." Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Towns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology AARON LOUDERMILK (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Figured on droppin' outta school Last Line: And a whole lotta cows.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AARON LOUDERMILK (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My father and I have never talked much Last Line: I'd like to show him my farm Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AARON LOUDERMILK: MICHAEL PERRIN, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Great dance, wasn't it? Last Line: I got some beer in my truck %you drink? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AFTERNOON OF A MCGRATH, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This morning there was one mcgrath in aitken county Last Line: Dark holes in space I must recognize as home Subject(s): Fathers; Names; Sons; Towns AH ... TO THE VILLAGES, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Leaving the splendid plaza and the esplanade Last Line: And contentment is momentary in the villages Subject(s): Towns; Villages ALAN ZIEGEL, TEACHER, TOWER HIGH SCHOOL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: All those wishing to spend a weekend in Last Line: Stereotypes at the door. Refreshments will %be served Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALAN ZIEGEL, TEACHER, TOWER HIGH SCHOOL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I am not burning out Last Line: Thus my northern adventure Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALAN ZIEGEL, TEACHER, TOWER HIGH SCHOOL (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Just talk into the camcorder, kwame Last Line: The world awaits your words Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALAN ZIEGEL, TEACHER, TOWER HIGH SCHOOL (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I was in school myself Last Line: Anyone seen kwame? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALAN ZIEGEL, TEACHER, TOWER HIGH SCHOOL (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Officer erikson? Last Line: Can I see him now? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALBERT GOODSON, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 5 (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I must respectfully disagree with the good doctor Last Line: If not, we stand adjourned Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALBERT GOODSON, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 5 (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Duly noted, oliver Last Line: Good night, lady and gentlemen Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALONG MAIN STREET, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Did you hear 'bout the dance? Last Line: Keep this under your hat, no sense spreading stories. %you bet Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ALONG MAIN STREET 2, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Can you believe it? Last Line: You're about the only one Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AMY SWINTON (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: While my friends can't wait to leave town Last Line: Modeling just for me Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AMY SWINTON (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: That's my mother Last Line: My mother will have no time to reach me %then Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AMY SWINTON (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My mother outmaneuvers martha stewart Last Line: It's a wonder to see how she covers everything up Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AMY SWINTON: JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Tc erickson? %hope I'm not bothering you Last Line: I see that hat practically every day in town Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AMY SWINTON: KATIE FUNG, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: See this camera? Last Line: In its proper focus Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns AN EXPLANATION, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look heah! 'splain to me de reason Last Line: Oh! ...!— Subject(s): Farm Life; Fields; Towns; Agriculture; Farmers; Pastures; Meadows; Leas AN IDYLL OF DANDALOO, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On western plains, where shade is not Last Line: The atmosphere of dandaloo. Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Life; Racing; Towns ANGIE PERRY (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Most people in school don't know Last Line: And find a real family of my own Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANGIE PERRY (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I'm sittin' on the bus Last Line: To experience the luxury of complaint Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANGIE PERRY (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Mr. Z., what do you mean, I can't see him? Last Line: Man, what they're doin' to him is an american tragedy Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANGIE PERRY: BECKY BEAUCLAIRE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: You eat like that all the time?' Last Line: I'll take my chances.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I just got tenure Last Line: This is my northern adventure Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Let's go, hornets, let's go! Last Line: Let's go, hornets, let's go! Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Do not go to italy, my friends warned me Last Line: I wish I had given my dream lover more to %apologize for Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My mother believes in total honesty Last Line: I wish she were a little more dishonest Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: How wonderful you all look tonight! Last Line: And may you remember this night for a long, long time Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANNIE GARDINER, TEACHER, HUDSON LANDING CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (6), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I'm young, but I'm old inside Last Line: And dance the night away under the roman stars Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANTHONY LA BLANCA (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I'll score in the nba Last Line: With my dreams Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANTHONY LA BLANCA (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Friday nights I cruise the avenue Last Line: Puttin' my car and my body into overdrive Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ANTHONY LA BLANCA: BUDDY ERIKSON, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Boy, this schmuck's a loser; he never says a word Last Line: What can you tell me about her?' %not much.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BE'MI'STER, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet be'mi'ster, that bist a-bound Last Line: My bwones when I do vall asleep. Subject(s): Beauty; Summer; Towns; Walking BEAUTIFUL NAIRN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All ye tourists who wish to be away Last Line: Therefore I would recommend nairn for balmy pure air. Subject(s): Hotels; Tourists; Towns; Travel; Vacation; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Journeys; Trips BECKY BEAUCLAIRE (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I've known the same group of kids for so long Last Line: I figure it's time for me and my friends to check %her out Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BECKY BEAUCLAIRE (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Nothin' to do in this town Last Line: There's got to be more to life than screwin' around Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BECKY BEAUCLAIRE (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: After buddy erikson, my one true love Last Line: When he realizes he ain't gonna find nobody better Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BECKY BEAUCLAIRE (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Was who at the dance? Last Line: Personally I couldn't care less Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BERKLEY COMMON, by NATHALIA CRANE Poem Text First Line: Summer broods o'er berkley common, o'er the fields of everlasting Last Line: For the empty houses fill them with a feeling like to fear. Subject(s): Ghost Towns; Houses, Deserted BESIEGED, by DOROTHY E. JACOBS Poem Text First Line: I stood upon the city wall Last Line: Before me feasts were made. Subject(s): Sun; Towns BIG-LITTLE TOWN, by KEN WALDMAN Poem Source First Line: Next time you ride to the airport Last Line: So much, learned so much, done %so much for others? Rejoice. Subject(s): Air Travel; Commuters; Nome, Alaska; Towns; Travel BILL PAXELL, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 2, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My friend ollie, you should stay in your store on %main street Last Line: White bread only. %I vote yes Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BLUE NORTHER, by ISAAC W. WADE Poem Text First Line: Alone and self-imprisoned there, the town Last Line: To make them wish they were in hammond's place. Subject(s): Friendship; Marriage; Seasons; Towns; Weddings; Husbands; Wives BONNIE MONTROSE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful town of montrose, I will now commence my lay Last Line: Because you are one of the bonniest towns in scotland at the present day. Subject(s): Dundee, Scotland; Tourists; Towns; Travel; Journeys; Trips BOOM TO BUST TOWN, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: What town is this Last Line: Where x marks the spot %at a railroad crossing Subject(s): Towns BOONTON, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know a bright world of snowy hills at boonton Last Line: With the winter sun drawing cold blue shadows from the trees. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): New Jersey; Towns BOX-CAR LETTERS, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Alone on the hill where the sun goes down Last Line: A poor philosopher be! Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): Railroads; Towns; Railways; Trains BRIAN PAXELL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Got my first brother when I was eight Last Line: Anyone or anything %to get Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BRIAN PAXELL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I love the smell of manure in the morning Last Line: And perfectly pick them all off, one by one Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BRIAN PAXELL (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My mother drags me to box socials Last Line: Another box soial in my life %sorry, mom Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BRIAN PAXELL (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Did I see her at the dance? Last Line: Could have been anyone Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BRIAN PAXELL: TOMMY LA BLANCA, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Hey, tommy, don't this dance suck? Last Line: I just feel like shooting something. Or someone Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BUDDY ERIKSON (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I was ten Last Line: It's gonna be some time before you're a man,' he said Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns BUDDY ERIKSON (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My father is the town constable Last Line: I know I would Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns CALIFORNIA GHOST TOWN, by FRAN HARAWAY Poem Source First Line: Buildings blackened, boards warped, pushed askew Last Line: Yet, dusty streets show prints of tennis shoes! Subject(s): California; Ghost Towns CALIFORNIA PLUSH, by FRANK BIDART Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He only thing I miss about los angeles Subject(s): Cities And Towns; Los Angeles, California CHRYSALIDS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Her gaze meets his as he looks down Last Line: Are chrysalids of winged dreams Subject(s): Earth;reality;socialism;streets;towns; World;avenues CITY GIRL, by MARIE MEDORA Poem Text First Line: What can you do with a place like that? Last Line: Look at it! Subject(s): Towns COFFEE SHOP TALK, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Of course he did it Last Line: Of course he did it Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns COMING BACK, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I went through the ancient town Last Line: Who knew me not and passed. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Variant Title(s): The Meeting Subject(s): Homecoming; Longing; Loss; Towns; Youth CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BAY AREA: 5. TOWN MEETING, by GILBERT SORRENTINO Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Sure, the quality of life that is Last Line: Don't cotton much to actual people Subject(s): Collective Behavior; Socialism; Spain; Towns COOKIE MALDONADO (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Is the camera on? Last Line: Would you like a cookie from cookie, mr. Ziegel? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns COOKIE MALDONADO (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I think I see her! Last Line: Would anybody like a cookie? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns COOKIE MALDONADO (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Kristen, kristen, %where are you? Last Line: I don't think he's your type Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns COOKIE MALDONADO: KRISTEN CLARKE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Girl, you think you're fat? Last Line: What's the matter with you, girl? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns COUNTRY AND TOWN, by CHARLES MORRIS Poem Text First Line: In london I never know what I'd be at Last Line: O, give me the sweet shady side of pall mall. Variant Title(s): The Contrast Subject(s): Country Life; Towns COUNTRY AND TOWN, by ARTHUR HOBSON QUINN Poem Source First Line: Summer's reign is nearly past Subject(s): Country Life; Towns COUNTRY TOWN, by L. DALE AHERN Poem Text First Line: Now twilight's last red ember blinks alone Last Line: The night upsets a hive of golden bees. Subject(s): Towns DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY [OR, DAFFYDOWNDILLY], by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Daffy-down-dilly is new come [or, has come up] to town Last Line: With a yellow petticoat, and a green gown. Subject(s): Towns DANCE TIME, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's I live in a very wise town Last Line: "than once upon a time!" Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. Subject(s): Books; Learning; Towns; Wisdom; Reading DAVID KHALIL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When we lived in the islands Last Line: Maybe then I can heal the hole in my heart Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DAVID KHALIL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Before we arrive, they have asked us Last Line: Just a family atlas? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DAVID KHALIL: JOHNNY NESBITT, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My host, johnny, seems nice enough Last Line: Or must I cover my eyes while he drives himself %to drink? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DAY EVERYBODY WAS HONEST, by MARC LEVY Poem Source First Line: Nobody disputes the morning edition's version of the truth Last Line: At midnight, the old crime reporter lips his bottle of vermouth Subject(s): Newspapers; Towns; Truth DEAR DYING TOWN, by CAROLYN D. WRIGHT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The food is cheap; the squirrels are black; the box factories have all Last Line: P.S.: remember susanville, where restore the night sky has become the town cry Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, C. D. Subject(s): Death; Fear; Towns; Worry DIALOGUE, BETWEEN CRAB AND GILLIAN, by THOMAS D'URFEY Poem Text First Line: Where oxen do low and apples do grow Last Line: And so you may ring the bells. Subject(s): Conversation; Farewell; Hunting; Plague; Towns; Parting; Hunters DITTY, by ALMA DENNY Poem Source First Line: What a pity %that a city Last Line: Twould be correct %to call it schenect! Subject(s): Names; Towns DR. ADOLPHUS HICKS, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 4 (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Let's be practical here, folks Last Line: Before we show it off to the world. %I vote no Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DR. ADOLPHUS HICKS, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 4 (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I walk the streets at night Last Line: And walk with me late at night back to my office Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DR. ADOLPHUS HICKS, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 4 (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: The boy? %nothing serious, a sprained wrist Last Line: Who did not find a home in our town Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DREAM - COTSWOLD, by WILFRED ROWLAND CHILDE Poem Text First Line: Thy little dreaming towns life passes by Last Line: Where the trees have emerald leaves and the streets are gold. Subject(s): Cotswold Hills, England; Oxford University; Towns DRIFTER, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Home is where my harley roars Last Line: I can take yu away from all this.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DROPOUT, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: You don't want to know my name Last Line: Nobody knows my name %I'm nobody Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns DUMFRIES, by ROBERT FERGUSSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gods sure in some canny hour / to bonny nith hae taen a tour Last Line: With frequent brimmer. Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert Subject(s): Churchill, Charles (1731-1764); Drinks & Drinking; Towns; Wine DYING TOWN, by LESLIE MCDONALD Poem Text First Line: The sun is hot on unpaved streets Last Line: Men keep a watch for signs of fire. Subject(s): Streets; Towns; Avenues EDITH FROMER, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 3 (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Whether we like it or not Last Line: Of course I vote yes Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns EDITH FROMER, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 3 (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Do I have any doubts? Last Line: We aren't animals, no doubt about it Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ELMER BROWN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awf'lest boy in this-here town Last Line: "here's the way you look!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Boys; Family Life; Towns; Relatives EPIGRAM: 3, 38. TOWN VIRTUES, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What business, or what hope brings thee to town Last Line: None but had killed his man, or writ his play Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Variant Title(s): To Sextu Subject(s): Towns ETCHING OF A SMALL TOWN, by SANDOR CSOORI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Get out of here, I'm telling you, get out Last Line: The sweet scent of geraniums is too intense Subject(s): Drawing; Towns FAR COOKTOWN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Things are quiet in far cooktown Last Line: Now own the blanky town Subject(s): Abandonment;desolation;towns; Desertion FRANK AND MARILYN LANGER, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Honey, I know you're tired Last Line: Picking up our package marked 'special delivery.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns GEORGE AND EMILY GIBSON, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Honey, I know you're tired Last Line: It'll be all right, you'll see Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns GHOST TOWN, by MARGARET ADAMS Poem Text First Line: Oh, town of ghosts and drifted sand Last Line: How long will your battered houses stand? Subject(s): Ghost Towns GHOST TOWN, by JOHN HAINES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sun gone from the evening sky Last Line: Morning, where the rider goes Subject(s): Ghost Towns GHOST TOWN, by MICHAEL LONGLEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have located it, my ghost town Last Line: I shall have written another letter home Subject(s): Ghost Towns GHOST TOWN OF APPALACHIA, by J. B. GOODE Poem Source First Line: The reasons are settled Last Line: The sandstone names and epitaphs %sanded smoth by wily winds Subject(s): Coal Mines And Miners; Ghost Towns GHOST TOWNS, by JOHN HAINES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The north is strewn with cities Last Line: One space, one frame for all Subject(s): Ghost Towns; Nature GIVE ME THE TOWN, by MARY HELEN RITCHIE Poem Text First Line: Give me the town; let others go Last Line: Give me the town. Subject(s): Towns GLEN GILDER, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How curves the little river through glen gilder, o glen Last Line: Or whispering lovers walking in glen gilder? Subject(s): Nature; New Jersey; Towns GLOUCESTER SPRING, by NATHANIEL EVANS Poem Text First Line: Sequestered from the city's noise Last Line: The world around shall say. Subject(s): Pride; Towns; Self-esteem; Self-respect GOD-FORGOTTEN, by PETER AIREY Poem Text First Line: Lies the town of god-forgotten duly west Last Line: And we'll wonder where the deuce it's gone and how on earth it rose. Alternate Author Name(s): Luftig, P.; Born, Furness; Flam, Philander Subject(s): Abandonment; Desolation; Towns; Desertion GRANDMOTHER POEM #3: MOVING INTO TOWN, by SEAN HILL Poem Source First Line: Stayed in the country until I was thirteen years old 'round Last Line: Contact with 'em. No, we didn't build no fires in town Subject(s): Grandparents; Moving And Movers; Towns GRANDMOTHER POEM #4: SCHOOL IN TOWN, by SEAN HILL Poem Source First Line: Tromp through the graveyard to get to school Last Line: Today by the stove you two rid your thighs of pins Subject(s): Schools; Towns HAIL TEESSIDE!, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old ironmasters and their iron men Last Line: And earn fresh honours for our own teesside. Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Creation; Enterprise (ship); Iron & Steel Industry; Printing & Printers; Towns HARLAN JONES, EDITOR, HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Editorial: %at last week's town council meeting, we noted with inter Last Line: Have much to show and tell them. We hope it will be a week- %end they never forget Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HARLAN JONES, EDITOR, HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Editorial %one death, %one life Last Line: The one that did not take care of its children Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HARLAN JONES, EDITOR, HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Editor's note Last Line: Named 'the a tones' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HAY AND HELL AND BOOLIGAL, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You come and see me, boys,' he said Last Line: Deliver us from booligal!' Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Variant Title(s): Hay And Hell Booligal Subject(s): Animals; Towns HENRY MADDOX, PASTOR, NEW DELIVERENCE CHURCH (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: God loves a cheerful giver.' Last Line: He should be made of whole cloth Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HENRY MADDOX, PASTOR, NEW DELIVERENCE CHURCH (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I've come down to the jail to see Last Line: I got a few vcrs to fix, winter's comin' soon Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HICKS MANOR, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I sit just north of town Last Line: You can hear me breathing Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HIGHWAYS, by LESLIE NELSON JENNINGS Poem Text First Line: Who's learned the lure of trodden ways Last Line: But cannot love a town. Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Towns; Wine HOT NIGHT ON WATER STREET, by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A hot midsummer night on water street Last Line: And bought the new york times, and went to bed. Subject(s): Towns HOW BARRE, VERMONT, WAS NAMED, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I wonder if you've ever heard Last Line: "now barre is the name." Subject(s): Barre, Vermont; Mountain Life - Vermont; Towns HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Body found in lake Last Line: Down a ravine, killing three and injuring ten Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Manager of grand royale set to leave Last Line: Manager until a replacement for mr. Clarke can be found Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns HUDSON VALLEY SENTINEL: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INSERT, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Antiques and christmas shop Last Line: It hasn't been made yet.' %lake st Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns I ARRIVED IN THAT TOWN, EVERYONE GREETED ME AND I KNEW NO ONE, by JOSEP VICENC FOIX Poem Source First Line: What's the name of this town Last Line: Who awaits me around the corner Subject(s): Immigrants; Poetry And Poets; Towns; Travel I KNOW A LITTLE TOWN, by WINIFRED FLEMING TICER Poem Text Last Line: Like a romping maid. Subject(s): Towns I LOVE THIS LITTLE TOWN, by LIDA MARIE ERWIN Poem Text First Line: Twas in this little town I first saw light Last Line: I know each one. I love this little town. Subject(s): Towns IN SMALL TOWNS, by GEORGES RODENBACH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In small towns, in the languid morn and frail Last Line: As from the dead brow of a perished year. Subject(s): Bells; Flowers; Towns IN THE NORTHERN TOWNS, by ROBERT KING Poem Source First Line: We are familiar with absences Last Line: Country in the park Subject(s): North, The; Towns; Travel Directions IN THE SUN, by ISABEL FISKE CONANT Poem Text First Line: Towns there were in flanders Last Line: All in good time. Subject(s): Towns; Wellesley College IN TOWN, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere there's a willow budding Last Line: When's the next train out of town? Subject(s): Country Life; Railroads; Towns; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips IN TOWN, by LOUIS JONES MAGEE Poem Text First Line: We dwellers on the city street Last Line: Or roof of thatch. Subject(s): Cities; Towns; Urban Life INVESTIGATING 1: JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I didn't see her all night.' Last Line: Maybe her father picked her up.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns INVESTIGATING 2: JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: So what do I have? Last Line: I'll be right down, you just stay put Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns IT'S THE LITTLE TOWNS I LIKE, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Towns JACK, by EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Every village has its jack, but no village ever had quite so fine jack as ours Last Line: Given away just yet. Subject(s): Towns JASON PALMER (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I've known the same group of kids for so long Last Line: I figure it's time for me and my friends to check %her out Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JASON PALMER (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Kwame? %what kind of name is that? Last Line: Not that there's anything wrong with that Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JASON PALMER (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: The train track Last Line: And he takes the next train back home? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JERICHO, VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The first 'big man' I ever knew Last Line: And touch the earth in jericho. Subject(s): Towns; Windsor, Vermont JOE FROMER, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Happened like this, john Last Line: You gonna arrest anybody soon, john? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My name is john erikson Last Line: But now we are fully awake, screaming bloody murder Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Mr. Ziegl, annie Last Line: You have a good time, you hear? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Yes? %yes, ned Last Line: Everything'll be all right Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Guess I'll head over to the school Last Line: Wonder if they remembered to turn off the lights in the gym Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Look, I can hold the boy for twenty-four hours Last Line: You better go, ollie. I got work to do Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (6), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I don't know if we're speaking the same language Last Line: We got all the time in the world Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (7), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Son, %listen, I have a boy of my own Last Line: He doesn't speak to me either Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (8), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: You hear on the news whenever they catch a murderer Last Line: It can't be you, oliver, can it? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE (9), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Kwame, you can go home now Last Line: Kwame, you aren't guilty of anything. %we are Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHN ERIKSON, TOWN CONSTABLE: DR. ADOLPHUS HICKS, TOWN BOARD MEMBER 4, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Evening, doc Last Line: And see to my new patients Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHNNY NESBITT (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Ms. Gardiner, I really can't take yur history test Last Line: Maybe they should just bring back prohibition Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHNNY NESBITT (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My father used to take me fishing Last Line: He doesn't have the time for it anymore Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHNNY NESBITT (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My parents split up 'bout three years ago Last Line: It's the first thing we've done together in years Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOHNNY NESBITT (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Well, it's me and mom here Last Line: Hey, I think I can see the bus coming in now Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOLENE HANKS, OWNER, HUDSON HARDWARE (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: To the summer people, looking for the simpler life Last Line: This time they're real Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns JOLENE HANKS, OWNER, HUDSON HARDWARE (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: We knew about %the stories that hover over this town like a fog Last Line: And turned the other way Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KATIE FUNG (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: That's my mother Last Line: Just let my mother try to reach me %there Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KATIE FUNG (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My father thinks I am a china star Last Line: There are a lot more stars visible, %shining brilliantly Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KEEP OFF THE GRASS, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The thoughtless fellows blithely pass, and Last Line: And it will take him nineteen hours to tell just how he views such dubs. Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Houses; Lawns; Towns KILBOURNEY, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rickety stores of kilbourney Last Line: And thin blue smoke in the air. Subject(s): Towns KINGS BLUFF, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: Kings bluff was a steamboat town Last Line: When the booze yacht came to town Subject(s): Towns; Water KRISTEN CLARKE (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I was eight when I lost Last Line: Pick me, pick me Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KRISTEN CLARKE (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Sometimes, %I think I hear footsteps Last Line: Do you think im being paranoid? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KRISTEN CLARKE (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Oh, daddy, you were worried? Last Line: Oh, daddy, you were worried? %that's so silly Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KRISTEN CLARKE (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I chase the horizon once more Last Line: And not limp back, ashamed, to hudson landing, %after nightfall Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KRISTEN CLARKE (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: There's not much to do in hudson landing Last Line: Their fragile, sad messages to the world Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KRISTEN CLARKE (6), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When my boyfriend and me make love Last Line: Maybe there'll be a couple of cute guys on it Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I bury my head in my studies once more Last Line: And not crawl back, ignorant, to the projects %after nightfall Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I was eight when the fire Last Line: We moved to the projects the next month Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: From the window in my building, high up Last Line: The view from my window, high up Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I am not a slave on the niger Last Line: I really hope he is color-blind Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Ja... %son Last Line: Me... %please Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (6), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: What's up with this? Last Line: I didn't do anything, %I swear it Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (7), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Mr. Ziegel, you know me, you taught me Last Line: You think I need a lawyer? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS (8), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I can go home now? Last Line: I can't wait Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns KWAME RICHARDS: JASON PALMER, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I was in the ninth grade Last Line: Black and white Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 10. THE FAIR, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mud hovels fringe the 'fair-green' of this town Last Line: With many an ancient patch and breezy rent. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Bargains; Festivals; Labor & Laborers; Southern Hemisphere; Towns; Fairs; Pageants; Work; Workers LAY OF THE CID: DAWN IN THE TOWN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: And now the dawn was breaking and morning coming on Last Line: And but a little remnant were left in castejon Subject(s): Farm Life; Labor And Laborers; Towns LEPENSKI VIR, by JUDY KLARE Poem Source First Line: Their tents of fur faced west toward the danube; thus Last Line: Knowing what they had always known... Subject(s): Towns; Yugoslavia LIFE OF TOWNS: A TOWN I HAVE HEARD OF, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the middle of nowhere Last Line: On the stove Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: ANNA TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What an anxious existence I led Last Line: For bitter warfare. %is dear to us Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: APOSTLE TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After your death Last Line: Beautiful the nerves pouring around in her like palace fire Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: BRIDE TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hanging on the daylight black Last Line: Noon the demander was waiting for me Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: DEATH TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This day whenever I pause Last Line: Its noise Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: DESERT TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the sage came back in Last Line: Waiting nothing else %waiting itself Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: EMILY TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Riches in a little room Last Line: It meant to. %her Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: ENTGEGENWARTIGUNG TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard you are coming after me Last Line: You went past Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: FREUD TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Devil say I am an unlocated Last Line: Devil outlived devil in Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: HOLDERLIN TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You are mad to mourn alone Last Line: Props hurtle past you Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: JUDAS TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not a late hour not unlit rows Last Line: Not morsel not I Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: LEAR TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Clamor the bells falling bells Last Line: Into the kill-hole Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: LOVE TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She ran in Last Line: Down her back Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: LUCK TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Digging a hole Last Line: A man struck gold Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: MEMORY TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In each one of you I paint Last Line: 15 miles? %140 miles? Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: PUSHKIN TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It has rules Last Line: Or will be by the time our eyes are ember Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: SEPTEMBER TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One fear is that Last Line: Brother from the police Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: SYLVIA TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The burners and the starvers Last Line: Lay on the desk Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN GONE TO SLEEP, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was distant thunder that was its Last Line: Was a creature's heart. %plunged Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN JUST BEFORE THE LIGHTNING FLASH, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nuances not effective in point form Last Line: Wrote paul klee (1923) Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF BATHSHEBA'S CROSSING, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inside a room in amsterdam Last Line: On tracks and sideroads Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Rembrandt Harmensz Van Riij (1606-1669); Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF FINDING OUT ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had made a mistake Last Line: The sobbing made me. %audible to you Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF MY FAREWELL TO YOU, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look what a thousand blue thousand white Last Line: Blowing down the road Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF SPRING ONCE AGAIN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spring is always like what it used to be' Last Line: Longing from a great distance. %reached us Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE DEATH OF SIN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is sin? Last Line: Black as a wind over the forests Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE DRAGON VEIN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you wake up too early listen for it Last Line: Time Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE MAN IN THE MIND AT NIGHT, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty-five %to four a Last Line: Of night like a %paring Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE SOUND OF A TWIG BREAKING, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their faces I thought were knives Last Line: Out of his hand and impales %itself Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE WRONG QUESTIONS, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How. %walls are built why Last Line: Do they eat -- light? Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN ON THE WAY THROUGH GOD'S WOODS, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me %have you ever seen Last Line: Old freight car the word for god's %woods Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE OF TOWNS: WOLF TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let tigers. %kill them bears Last Line: Hear a cloud pass. %overhead Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT HIM, by MAUDE ARNEY FARNSWORTH Poem Text First Line: I heard a boy, a high - school boy Last Line: Both death and birth. Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Boys; Towns; Estrangement; Outcasts LITTLE OLD TOWN, by ETHEL C. MITCHELL Poem Text First Line: A little old town with an old-world air Last Line: Because of its quaintness, -- but I thought it dear! Subject(s): Towns LITTLE TOWN, by HAROLD H. KENISTON Poem Text First Line: I hope some day to settle down Last Line: When my time comes to settle down. Subject(s): Dreams; Rivers; Towns; Nightmares LITTLEHOLME; FOR J.S. AND A.W.S., by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In entering the town, where the bright river Last Line: About an earth that has not been misused. Subject(s): Towns LOCKERBIE STREET, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Such a dear little street it is, nestled Last Line: My rhyme-haunted raptures of lockerbie street. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Night; Streets; Towns; Bedtime; Avenues LOLITA ROSENBAUM (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: It's been a bad week Last Line: I wonder, did thoreau ever have to take the sat's? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns LOLITA ROSENBAUM (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I first saw valerie van garp Last Line: I think we're gonna get along just great Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns LOLITA ROSENBAUM: VALERIE VAN GARP, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Val, let me tell you about the city Last Line: Sometimes I feel I'm just full of crap Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns LOOKING OVER VERMONT TOWN RESORTS, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Along before marchmeeting day Last Line: And them that search the town reports. Subject(s): Courthouses; Towns; Vermont LUCILE SWINTON, PARENTS' COMMITTEE, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: The students from tower will have a good time Last Line: Too many choices confuse people Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns LULLABY FOR A PRAIRIE TOWN, by LEE ANDREW WEBER Poem Text First Line: Little prairie town Last Line: Sleep. Subject(s): Prairies; Towns; Plains MAIN STREET IN A FOG, by ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE Poem Text First Line: The asphalt street gleams like a river black Last Line: Drapes car and taxi waiting in long lines. Subject(s): Fog; Towns; Haze MELINDA KURTZ (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Well, well, will you take a look at that? Last Line: Maybe she's got a secret like mine Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MELINDA KURTZ (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I hate the cold Last Line: Maybe my baby will look like kristen Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MELINDA KURTZ (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I meet stella Last Line: Forever in hudson landing Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MELINDA KURTZ (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Thank you for the chair, miss carter Last Line: I can't wait to get out on that floor Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MELINDA KURTZ: STELLA CHURCH, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Oh, this is so lovely Last Line: Hurry, I don't wanna have this kid in the bathroom Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MICHAEL PERRIN (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My mother knocks on my door Last Line: You will never know where the road will take you.' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MICHAEL PERRIN (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Mr. Ziegel, I'm having second thoughts about this trip Last Line: Maybe something interesting will happen Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns MODEL COMMUNITY, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: The superintendent was showing me through the model community Last Line: And, bending over, he snipped the telephone cord Subject(s): Contrariness; Inconsistency; Life; Towns MONMOUTH SANDS, by HENRY NEHEMIAH DODGE Poem Text First Line: On monmouth sands the full tides rise and fall Last Line: And weave the lasting fabric of our life. Subject(s): Seashore; Towns; Beach; Coast; Shore MONTCLAIR, by WILLIAM LAWRENCE CHITTENDEN Poem Text First Line: Dear lovely mountain town, farewell Last Line: Proud mountain town, montclair! Alternate Author Name(s): Chittenden, Larry Subject(s): Mountains; Towns; Hills; Downs (great Britain) MY TOWN IS HERE, by RHONDA C. POYNTER Poem Source First Line: My old town might be one of impatience Last Line: It was only - a town Subject(s): Home; Towns NED M. CLARKE, MANAGER, GRANDE ROYALE SUPERMARKET (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Don't tell me to calm down Last Line: And then I'm gonna kill her Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns NED M. CLARKE, MANAGER, GRANDE ROYALE SUPERMARKET (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Yes, I know one day you'll leave for college Last Line: Knowing that you are home, sweet home? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns NEVER AGAIN, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: At what moment in that town Last Line: Never to speak a word again? Subject(s): Pain; Silence; Speech Disorders; Towns NIGHT OFF GALLIPOLI: 4. VOICE OF A BRETON FISHERMAN, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Douarnenez! Douarnenez! Last Line: Break on mine eyes with the breaking day! Subject(s): Eyes; Fish & Fishing; Home; Sea; Towns; Ocean ODE TO GALISTEO, by MICHAEL SCOFIELD Poem Source First Line: Where are the residents of this little town Last Line: Of weed-sweet mud rising with poplars over the little river's trickling rainbows Subject(s): Towns OLD BARN, by JANICE BLANCHARD Poem Text First Line: On the edge of the town Last Line: Your day is done. Subject(s): Towns OLD ST. JOE, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the towns that jest suits me Last Line: They ain't no flies on old st. Joe. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Towns; Anglers OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Well, I think it's a bad idea Last Line: It' s a bad idea any way you look at it. %I vote no Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Before we adjourn for the evening Last Line: He has kept us out of harm's way Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Attention, shoppers: %have your purchases in one hand Last Line: Or I'm bound to be devoured %wholesale Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 (4), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Heard you got him locked up, john Last Line: Or transfer him over to saratoga? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 (5), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: John, you want to know why? Last Line: When everything was white? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns OLIVER NESBITT, TOWN BOARD MEMBER NO. 1 - JOHNNY NESBITT, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: What dance, where? Last Line: Dad, you're just goin' out to get drunk again Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns ON THE TAKING OF NAMUR, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The town which louis bought, nassau reclaims Last Line: He had stunned the dame, his thunder in his hand. Subject(s): Aging; Thunder; Towns OUR TOWN, by PHILIP R. ST. CLAIR Poem Source First Line: This is our town. At the east end of a low bridge is a junkyard Last Line: But where is the other one? Which one of us has it? Subject(s): Towns OUR TOWN, by COLE SWENSEN Poem Source First Line: They who had just Last Line: And at that, just the palms %in a curved position Subject(s): Towns PENNY MARSDEN, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Kristen clarke does not have to work Last Line: Or giving it away for free? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns PENTRIDGE BY THE RIVER, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pentridge! -- oh! My heart's a-zwellen Last Line: Tis pentridge – pentridge by the river. Subject(s): Rivers; Towns PICKENSVILLE, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I ain't so strong for fancy names Last Line: Be good enough for pickensville. Subject(s): Names; Towns POINTING SPIRES, by ETHEL BELLE WASSINK Poem Text First Line: As I travel round the country Last Line: Beneath a single spire. Subject(s): Towns; Worship POISON, by KIRK NESSET Poem Source First Line: He grew up in your town, drank lukewarm milk Last Line: And open, as you do, to wonder Subject(s): Poisons And Poisoning; Towns POPULATION, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Prune center is a hustling town. For Last Line: Then why invite him to your town, and beg that he will settle down? Subject(s): Immigrants; Towns; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration PORTENTS, by WILLIAM SHELDON Poem Source First Line: Newly moved to the edge of town Last Line: Slow to learn that all these %mean the same way Subject(s): Change; Nature; Towns PRE-TOWNMEETING TALK IN VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: About a week before town meeting Last Line: "will make our wallets mighty sick." Subject(s): Public Service; Towns; Vermont PURPOSE OF ALTAR BOYS, by ALBERTO ALVARO RIOS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tonio told me at catechism Last Line: With authority down %the tops of white dresses Subject(s): Adolescence; Altar Boys; Towns RAMBLE OF THE GODS THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SELECTION, by JAMES BISSET Poem Text First Line: Next day they rambled round the town, and swore Last Line: With thund'ring hammers made the air resound. Subject(s): Birmingham, England; Goddesses & Gods; Labor & Laborers; Mythology; Towns; Work; Workers RED TELEPHONE NEAR THE DAVENPORT, by EDWARD KLEINSCHMIDT Poem Source First Line: Hot and the wind is not acting Last Line: Forms for five, maybe ten minutes on the dance floor Subject(s): Minnesota; Telephones; Towns REGARDIN' TERRY HUT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sence I tuk holt o' gibbses' churn Last Line: Around the streets o' terry hut! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Indiana; Towns RIVER TOWNS, by ANNELIESE WAGNER Poem Source First Line: On hills above train stations Last Line: Seperate. Divided by the river Subject(s): Railroads; Rivers; Towns RURAL PROGRESS; OR WE'RE LIVIN' 'MOST IN TOWN, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: So you're sorry for us fellows Last Line: Are a-livin' 'most in town. Subject(s): Camping; Country Life; Fields; Towns; Camps; Summer Camps; Pastures; Meadows; Leas SALEM HILLS TO ELLIS ISLAND, by DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) FISHER Poem Text First Line: A single sleighbell, tinkling down Last Line: (praise god, my heart!), shall laugh and sing. Alternate Author Name(s): Canfield, Dorothy Subject(s): Towns SANDY HOOK, by GEORGE WASHINGTON WRIGHT HOUGHTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: White sand and cedars; cedars, sand Last Line: Rattling their life-boats down the sand! Subject(s): Seashore; Towns; Beach; Coast; Shore SATAN'S HIGHWAY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: With satan joyously leading the way Last Line: They follow the road to his old home town. Subject(s): Homecoming; Roads; Towns; Travel; Travel Directions; Walking; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips SATIRE ON THE TOUN LADIES, by RICHARD MAITLAND Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis First Line: Some wifis of the burrows-toun Alternate Author Name(s): Lethington, Lord Subject(s): Towns; Women SATURDAY NIGHT, by MARY COLBURNE VEEL Poem Text First Line: Saturday night in the crowded town Last Line: Walking in arcady, land of love. Subject(s): Earth; Neighbors; Night; Streets; Towns; World; Bedtime; Avenues SEATOWN, by CONOR O'CALLAGHAN First Line: Sanctuary of sorts for the herons all day yesterday Last Line: To negotiate the eight kilometers from this to open water Subject(s): Sea; Towns SENLIS: EARLY MORNING, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: I go out. Has all the town this morning dropped from sight? Pray Last Line: Where god doth rest his brow, bending above senlis. Subject(s): Towns SMALL TOWN, by PHILIP BOOTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You know. / the light on upstairs Last Line: You know you cannot stop weeping Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SMALL TOWN, by PHILIP BOOTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You know Last Line: You know you cannot stop weeping Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SMALL TOWN, by THOMAS BRUSH Poem Source First Line: There are times when I'm sure Last Line: Lions. Welcome. Goodbye. Thanks for coming. %hurry back! Subject(s): Towns SMALL TOWN, by RITA DOVE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Someone is sitting in the red house Last Line: To avoid being laughed at during the day Subject(s): Towns SMALL TOWN, by RITA DOVE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Someone is sitting in the red house Last Line: To avoid being laughed at during the day Subject(s): Towns SMALL TOWN, by WILLIAM JOYCE Poem Source First Line: All the clitorises are safely %anchored with rings Last Line: Clitorises shake like turkey wattles %in the shadow of my grate. At night %I teach this forsaken tow Subject(s): Sex; Towns SMALL TOWN, by WALTER KUCHINSKY Poem Source First Line: Old neighbor ned Last Line: Shuffling, leaning a lot %on whatsername's arm Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SMALL TOWN, by ERNST STADLER Poem Source First Line: The many narrow alleys that cut across Last Line: And the festive light of the fields Subject(s): Towns; World War I SMALL TOWN, by NINA ZIVANCEVIC Poem Source First Line: There was a small town seedy look Subject(s): Towns SMALL TOWN ROLLER RINK, by FRANK HIGGINS Poem Source First Line: The farm boys drive up in droves Last Line: Like sweat, and manure, and oats Subject(s): Towns SONG FOR THE SAGUARO, by VIRGIL SUAREZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Impressions tumble-weed -- first & always desrt Last Line: You can shoot all you want -- but I won't surrender Subject(s): Towns; West (u.s.) SPARTA, by JAMES MONAHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I dreamed of sparta...Of the withered hill Last Line: On athens of the everlasting light. Subject(s): Cities; Sailing & Sailors; Sparta, Greece; Towns; Travel; Urban Life; Journeys; Trips SPIRIT QUICKENED, by GRACE HERSEY THOMPSON Poem Text First Line: Boldly enter into your own house of silence Last Line: To be met and solved by craftsmanship of mind. Subject(s): Silence; Spiritual Life; Towns SPRING LAUGHS, by KATIE F. NICHOLS Poem Text First Line: Trim little towns in waiting Last Line: The little breezes sing. Subject(s): Laughter; Spring; Towns; Weather STATE POETRY DAY, by RONALD W. WALLACE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The mayor couldn't be here, but he sends his grand whereases Alternate Author Name(s): Wallace, Ron Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Towns STEEPLE-JACK, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Durer would have seen a reason for living Last Line: Pointed star, which on a steeple %stands for hope Subject(s): Spires; Towns STEEPLE-JACK (REVISED VERSION), by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Durer would have seen a reason for living Last Line: Pointed star, which on a steeple %stands for hope Subject(s): Spires; Towns STELLA CHURCH (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: I'm glad I'm away on this trip Last Line: For the next few days Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns STELLA CHURCH (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I meet mel Last Line: My new home on the range Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns STELLA CHURCH (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Before the dance melinda took me to her favorite store Last Line: Isn't that store simply beautiful?' Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns STEREOTYPES 1, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Country kids? They milk cows Last Line: And tell them hicks how city kids live Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns STEREOTYPES 2, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: City kids? %they rob people Last Line: And tell those burn't-out losers how real kids live Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns STEREOTYPES 3, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: The city the country Last Line: Copper white Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns TACONITE HARBOR, by BARTON SUTTER Poem Source First Line: The houses stand still, but the people are gone Last Line: No one ever lived here. There's no such town Subject(s): Ghost Towns; Towns THE ABIDING BURG (DEDICATION: TO THE SMALL TOWNS OF CHRISTENDOM), by WILFRED ROWLAND CHILDE Poem Text First Line: There lived a man before the altar - flame Last Line: Resting eternally his travelling feet. Subject(s): Christianity; Oxford University; Towns THE ALDERMAN'S FUNERAL, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whom are they ushering from the world, with all Last Line: Dropping upon his urn their marble tears. Subject(s): Christianity; Funerals; Generosity; Sin; Strangers; Towns; Wealth; Burials; Riches; Fortunes THE ANCIENT TOWN OF LEITH, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ancient town of leith, most wonderful to be seen Last Line: Because they have always been very kind to me. Subject(s): Scotland; Tourists; Towns; Travel; Journeys; Trips THE ARTEMUS OF MICHIGAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grand haven is in michigan Last Line: Potts! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Hotels; Michigan; Towns; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses THE BLACKBIRD IN TOWN, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the stone-prisoned tree Last Line: Through the spring nights and days. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Blackbirds; Country Life; Singing & Singers; Towns THE BUNTY SHOE, by JAMES E. RICHARDSON Poem Text First Line: O husband, husband, yours the sin Last Line: Was better stuff than he! Subject(s): Towns THE BURGH TOON O' RUTHERGLEN, by P. MCARTHUR Poem Text First Line: Ha'e ye been owre on cathkin side Last Line: By oor auld kings to rutherglen. Subject(s): Towns THE CHAPEL ROAD, by MARY C. HAUGHEY Poem Text Last Line: It knows the way to god. Subject(s): Towns THE COUNTRY TOWN IN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The town has grown here, angular Subject(s): Cities And Towns THE DESERTED CITY, by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There lies a little city leagues away Last Line: Since yesterday it is so long ago. Subject(s): Ghost Towns THE FUNERAL; A TOWN ECLOGUE, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twice had the moon perform'd her monthly race Last Line: She read, and blushes glow'd beneath the veil.] Subject(s): Funerals; Towns; Burials THE GHOST TOWNS, by JOHN HAINES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The north is strewn with cities Subject(s): Ghost Towns; Nature THE GYPSY AND THE TOWNSMAN, by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pleasant enough in the seed time Last Line: There than here in the saddest month of the weariest year. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Gypsies; Towns; Weather; Gipsies THE HAPPY TOWNLAND, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's many a strong farmer Last Line: That is the world's bane.' Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Variant Title(s): The Rider From The North Subject(s): Future; Towns THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Small towns are for knowing who's poor Last Line: No more than the dress itself / of green Subject(s): Green (color); Poverty; Tailors; Towns; Dress Makers THE LIFE OF TOWNS: A TOWN I HAVE HEARD OF, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the middle of nowhere Last Line: On the stove Subject(s): Towns THE LIFE OF TOWNS: FREUD TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Devil say I am an unlocated Last Line: Devil outlived devil in Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns THE LIFE OF TOWNS: JUDAS TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not a late hour not unlit rows Last Line: Not morsel not I Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns THE LIFE OF TOWNS: LOVE TOWN, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She ran in Last Line: Down her back Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF FINDING OUT ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had made a mistake Last Line: Audible to you Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE MAN IN THE MIND AT NIGHT, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty-five / to four a Last Line: Of night like a / pairing Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Towns THE LITTLE TOWN O' TAILHOLT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size Last Line: But the little town o' tailholt's good enough fer me! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Cities; Pride; Towns; Urban Life; Self-esteem; Self-respect THE MAKER, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God made the country Last Line: Of great renown? Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Country Life; Creation; God; Mankind; Towns; Human Race THE MOUNTAIN TOWN, by DUBOSE HEYWARD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the days when I can love the town Last Line: And understand a little, and love much. Subject(s): Towns THE PRAIRIE TOWN, by HELEN HOOVEN SANTMYER Poem Text First Line: Lovers of beauty laugh at this gray town Last Line: Lies like an old sea-road, star-pointed north. Subject(s): Prairies; Towns; Wellesley College; Plains THE ROAD TO OLD MAN'S TOWN, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The fields of youth are filled with flowers Last Line: The road to old man's town! Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Flowers; Roads; Towns; Youth; Paths; Trails THE ROSSVILLE LECTUR' COURSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Folks up here at rossville got up a lectur' course:-- Last Line: "got off at rossville, indiany, 'stid of michigun." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): April; Lectures; Michigan; Towns; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking THE SILENT TOWN, by RICHARD DEHMEL Poem Text First Line: A town lies in the valley Last Line: Begin a gentle hymn of praise. Subject(s): Grief; Towns; Travel; Wandering & Wanderers; Sorrow; Sadness; Journeys; Trips; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes THE STEEPLE-JACK, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Durer would have seen a reason for living Subject(s): Spires; Towns; Steeples THE TOWN, by ALICE MONKS MEARS Poem Text First Line: This is a dead man's town. It is his will Last Line: And not remember who built the quaint clock tower. Subject(s): Memory; Tower Of London; Towns THE TOWN BETWEEN, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A wall impregnable surrounds Last Line: The town that lies between? Subject(s): Solitude; Towns; Loneliness THE TOWN IS ILL BUILT, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The town is ill-built, and is dirty beside Last Line: You may then see a novelty, beast leading beast! Subject(s): Towns THE TOWN KARNTEEL, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The town karnteel! - it's who'll Last Line: And racing, wid wheelborries! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Praise; Seasons; Towns THE TRUTH ABOUT SMALL TOWNS, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Cities And Towns THE WARGEILAH HANDICAP, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wargeilah town is very small Last Line: He won wargeilah handicap!' Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Animals; Heroism; Horses; Towns; Heroes; Heroines THEY SAY, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They say that smithman spends his life in Last Line: "way; but he plays second violin, I often think, beside ""they say." Subject(s): Gossip; Rumors; Towns THREE TOWNS, by LEOPOLD STAFF Poem Source First Line: Three small towns, %so small that all of them Last Line: How poor is the man who %asks no questions Subject(s): Towns TIME'S CHANGES, FR. THE ART OF POLITICS, by JAMES BRAMSTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like south-sea stock, expressions rise and fall Last Line: Can there be any trusting to our words? Subject(s): Comedy; Courts & Courtiers; London; Politics & Government; Towns; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens TOMMY LA BLANCA (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My mother put us in the same clothes Last Line: Without his freakin' shadow behind me Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns TOMMY LA BLANCA (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: My brother, anthony, left me holdin' the bag Last Line: I'll bust your head wide open Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: Coming out barefoot on the verandah Last Line: Pumpkins, cucumbers, and sugar-cane Subject(s): Night; Sleep; Towns TOWN, by CARLA LANYON LANYON Poem Text First Line: We have propped ourselves against Last Line: To shut it out. Subject(s): Towns TOWN AND COUNTRY, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The flowers are blooming in the woods, the Last Line: "when the sun goes down, if I can chase myself to town, to see the movie shows." Subject(s): Country Life; Fields; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Roses; Towns; Pastures; Meadows; Leas TOWN CLERK'S VIEWS, by JOHN BETJEMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, the town clerk will see you. In I went Last Line: So don't encourage tourists. Stay your hand %until we've really got the country plann'd Subject(s): Towns TOWN FOLK, by FRANK WILMOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They said 'farewell' in a hundred rending ways Last Line: That their cars thrash the roads from town to town? Alternate Author Name(s): Maurice, Furnley Subject(s): Towns TOWN GARDEN, by MARGARET VELEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A plot of ground -- the merest scrap Last Line: Or twine about the cross of pain Subject(s): Gardens And Gardening; Towns TOWN NAMED BUCKLE, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: During the revolutionary war Last Line: Here's hoping you live forever %and I never die Subject(s): Life; Towns TRAVELOGUE: WHEN WE CONSIDER THE DARK LIGHT, by ELENI SIKELIANOS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you could hear a town grow, to wonder about other, distant objects Last Line: By thinking the thinking heart so smokeable Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Towns; Travel; Journeys; Trips TRIP TO FOUR OR FIVE TOWNS, by JOHN+(1) LOGAN Poem Source First Line: The gold-colored skin of my lebanese friends Last Line: Seemed like the right time %to disappear Subject(s): Cities; Towns TROPICAL TOWN, by SALOMON DE LA SELVA Poem Source First Line: Blue, pink and yellow houses, and afar Last Line: The lonely green trees and the white graves are Subject(s): Towns TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHILDREN: THE NEW BOY-WONDERS, by BECKIAN FRITZ GOLDBERG Poem Source First Line: They would have found the place earlier Last Line: The wolf-boy left by accident in the middle of someone's field Subject(s): Secrets; Towns UNCLE DAN'L IN TOWN OVER SUNDAY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cain't git used to city ways Last Line: Wisht I hed you home with me! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Country Life; Sabbath; Towns; Sunday UP AT A VILLA - DOWN IN THE CITY, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had I but plenty of money, enough and to spare Last Line: Oh, a day in the city-square, there is no such pleasure in life! Subject(s): Towns; Travel; Journeys; Trips USED, by DEVERY C. LANDRAM Poem Source First Line: I swear this town has been used Last Line: The town faintly swore %'I swear this town's been used' Subject(s): Towns VALERIE VAN GARP (1), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: In the living room, we will welcome my guest Last Line: Divorce is not a spectator sport, even for %honored guests Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns VALERIE VAN GARP (2), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When I first saw lolita rosenbaum Last Line: I think we're gonna get along just great Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns VALERIE VAN GARP (3), by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: Who the hell does she think she is? Last Line: Who the hell does she think she is? Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns VERMONT FOR A LITTLE GIRL, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two hundred-forty towns, or more Last Line: And now I'd like to hear from you. Subject(s): Names; Towns; Vermont VOICES, by JEAN FOLLAIN Poem Source First Line: On the boulevards of towns Last Line: Which are then lost in death Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns; Voices WE WANT OUR TOWN TO GROW, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We want our town to grow, to be Last Line: We want our town to grow -- in heart. Subject(s): Towns WE'LL TELL YOU, by STEVEN REESE Poem Source First Line: The mayor's tomato stake for killing birds Last Line: Entombed in our cheerleaders' pyramids Subject(s): Towns WHAT COULD HAPPEN, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Noon. A stale saturday. The hills Last Line: Beyond that shadowy nest of red madrones. Subject(s): Decay; Driving & Drivers; Towns; Women; Rot; Decadence WILDSTRAWBERRY TOWN, by IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA Poem Source First Line: In wildstrawberry town -- Last Line: Set off without cares %to wildstrawberry town Subject(s): Human Rights; Towns; Utopia WINDSOR, VERMONT, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The windsor that I used to know Last Line: Has voted democratic. Subject(s): Towns; Windsor, Vermont WIVES OF OCTOBER, by MEIR WIESELTIER Poem Source First Line: The town sinks under the weight of its own Last Line: Until the empty screen after midnight %lights their contracted thighs Subject(s): October; Towns YELLOW AND GRAY, by AUGUST H. MASON Poem Text First Line: Evreux, lisieux, caen Last Line: The sandals of the sun. Subject(s): France; Towns YOUR TOWN, by STEVEN REESE Poem Source First Line: There's still a river giving back the leap Last Line: At night. There's no work here, but the devil's. %can you help Subject(s): Towns YVETTE RONDEAU, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: When brian paxell was through with me Last Line: I can find a job in the next town over Subject(s): Cities; High School Students; Murder; Racism; Towns |
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