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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WOLVES Matches Found: 60 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GREEK EPIGRAM IMITATED, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When hungry wolves had trespassed on the fold Last Line: Who prove the greatest robbers, wolves or gods! Subject(s): Fates (mythology); Wolves A STORY FOR A CHILD, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little one, come to my knee! Last Line: When the stormy rain is pouring! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Variant Title(s): A Night With A Wolf;a Wolf Story Subject(s): Wolves A WOLF IS AT THE LAUNDROMAT, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Wolves AMERICAN MYSTIC, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of some toasty leaf-burrow she wallows into the cold Last Line: Bare-toothed, edgy. Subject(s): Snow; Suburbs; Wolves BEING AS I WAS, HOW COULD I HELP, by ELEANOR WILNER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was the noise that drew me first Last Line: I would give it again. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand Subject(s): Animals; Forgiveness; Hunger; Tigers; Wolves; Clemency BLUE ICE WOLF, by DIANE WAKOSKI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like a paper with a bent corner, haphazardly Subject(s): Hospitals; Wolves; Dogs; Supernatural CONSCIENCE, by DANIEL HEITMEYER Poem Text First Line: I saw the gray wolf on the hill-top wild Last Line: The wolf will come again -- he'll come to stay. Subject(s): Wolves FABLE, by JANOS PILINSZKY Poem Source First Line: Once upon a time %there was a lonely wolf Last Line: And on into the morning when he was beaten to death Subject(s): Human Rights; Solitude; Wolves FABLES FOR THE LADIES: THE WOLF, THE SHEEP, AND THE LAMB, by EDWARD MOORE (1712-1757) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Duty demands the parent's voice Last Line: Beneath his jaws the victim dies. Subject(s): Fables; Lambs; Marriage; Sheep; Wolves; Allegories; Weddings; Husbands; Wives FEUD, by LEW SARETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Poor wayworn creature! Oh, sorely harried deer Last Line: Laughing -- one round for you, and one for me. Subject(s): Deer; Hunting; Wolves; Hunters FOUR MOUNTAIN WOLVES, by LESLIE MARMON SILKO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gray mist wolf Subject(s): Wolves FOUR MOUNTAIN WOLVES, by LESLIE MARMON SILKO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gray mist wolf Last Line: Her pale lavender outline %startled into eternity Subject(s): Wolves FOX AND THE WOLF, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A vox gon out of pe wode go Last Line: For he ne fond nones kunnes blisse %ne hof dintes forzeuenessse Subject(s): Foxes; Wolves GRAY SHE-WOLF, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I was in my hut Last Line: And your guts for lute strings %to make the ladies dance Subject(s): Wolves HOWLING OF WOLVES, by EDWARD JAMES HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is without world Last Line: The night snows stars and the earth creaks Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted Subject(s): Wolves HUNTING SONG, FR. ZAPOLYA, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Up, up! Ye dames and lasses gay! Last Line: To hunt the wolf in the woods to-day. Variant Title(s): Peasants' Hunting Song;choral Song Of Illrian Peasants Subject(s): Hunting; Wolves; Hunters INCIDENT ON THE ROAD TO THE CAPITAL, by DARA WIER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A wolf had grown tired of his character and sought Subject(s): Wolves LAND OF ALVARGONZALEZ: THE MURDERERS, by ANTONIO MACHADO RUIZ Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Juan and martin, the elder Last Line: Booms from boulder to boulder Alternate Author Name(s): Machado, Antonio; Machado Y Ruiz, Antonio Subject(s): Assassination; Crime And Criminals; Fields; Spain; Wolves LOBO, by CHARLES LILLARD Poem Source First Line: I could kill you right now Last Line: You aren't the last one, lobo. %you're not the survivor Subject(s): Wolves LYRICS OF LOBOS, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I heard old lobos storming in the night Last Line: And upon lobos an eternal awe! Subject(s): Wolves PAPER ROUTE, NORTHWEST MONTANA, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Halfway home to the warm trailer, I stopped on a ledge Last Line: A stunned, white wolf. Subject(s): Montana; Solitude; Wolves; Loneliness POEM ABOUT A WOLF MAYBE TWO WOLVES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He comes running Subject(s): Wolves SCAPEGOAT, by YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The alpha wolf chooses his mate Last Line: Between man & what shines Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, James Willie, Jr. Subject(s): Wolves SERENADE, by CORAL MORGAN Poem Text First Line: Rest your foot at the cocktail bar Last Line: . . . It's got a mate. Subject(s): Soul; Wolves SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 21, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Haste, my nannette, my lovely maid Last Line: Though the wolf prowl, and the sheep stray. Variant Title(s): Nannette Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Sheep; Wolves TAMARACK BLUE, by LEW SARETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As any brush-wolf, driven from the hills Last Line: Something in palsied mullein troubles me. Subject(s): Blue (color); Christianity; Wolves THE GOOD GRAY WOLF, by MARTHA COLLINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wanted that red, wanted everything tucked inside Last Line: By love, were all she ever dreamed of Subject(s): Wolves THE GREY WOLF, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The grey wolf comes again:I had made fast Last Line: This time, unless I feed you with my heart? Subject(s): Wolves THE MALAMUTE DOG OF ALASKA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Thou, ruler and slave of the frozen plain! Last Line: The snow-halls on valhalla's height. Subject(s): Alaska; Animals; Hunting; Wilderness; Wolves; Hunters THE RISING OF THE SUN, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wake! Wake! Wake to the hunting! Last Line: Forth to the hunting! The sun's riding high! Subject(s): Deer; Hunting; Sea; Wolves; Hunters; Ocean THE STALKING OF THE SEA WOLVES, by CHARLES WEST THOMPSON Poem Text First Line: They had come from out of the east Last Line: "they'll never get home!" Subject(s): Flags; Spain; Victory; War; Wolves THE TIMBER WOLVES, by IVAN SWIFT Poem Text First Line: We are the slaves of the timber land Last Line: The boss of care is the king of the world! Subject(s): Frost; Slavery; Snow; Wilderness; Wolves; Serfs THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD: THE WOLF GOD, by ANNE CARSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like a painting we will be erased, no one can remain Last Line: Things are as hard as you make them Subject(s): Wolves; Death THE WOLF, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a grey shadow lurking in the light Last Line: And leaves her bones to bleach upon the plains. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Animals; Hunting; Survival; Wolves; Hunters THE WOLF AND WOODEN BEAUTY. AN OLD FABLE NEWLY VAMPED, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once on a time a wolf did pop Last Line: Think of the wolf and carver's shop. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Fables; Wolves; Allegories THE WOLF CALL, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN Poem Text First Line: The cry of the wolf in the forest brings me comfort Last Line: And cry out my own loneliness. Subject(s): Animals; Grief; Hunger; Solitude; Wilderness; Wolves; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness THE WOLF IN THE THEATRE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It was a thrilling western play Last Line: Their havoc in the human soul? Subject(s): Theater & Theaters; Wolves THE WOLF OF GUBBIO, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world is cold Last Line: Out of the cold! Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. Subject(s): Italy; Legends; Wolves; Italians THE WOLF'S POSTSCRIPT TO 'LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD', by AGHA SHAHID ALI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: First, grant me my sense of history Last Line: Should have come to an end Subject(s): Fictional Characters; Wolves; Children's Literature THE WOLF, THE HORNET, AND THE NIGHTINGALE, by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ Poem Text First Line: A wolf, a hornet, and a nightingale Last Line: Slaying the rapturous song-bird on the wing! Subject(s): Birds; Hearts; Hornets; Nightingales; Thought; Wolves; Thinking THE WOLVES, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are wolves in the next room waiting Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Wolves TO THE UNWRITTEN POEMS OF YOUNG JOY, by BESMILR BRIGHAM Poem Source First Line: That were. %that were not abstract as language is abstract Last Line: The structure of language Subject(s): Animals; Hunting; Language; Poetry And Poets; Wolves WEIGHT OF THE SHADOW, by JOSE FONTINHAS Poem Source First Line: Night must have already fallen, the river's skin had darkened Last Line: Upon my heart, pushing me toward waters ever nearer and more deserted Subject(s): Animals; Fire; Hunting; Wolves WHERE IS JAPANESE POETRY: WOLF, by FUJII SADAKAZU Poem Source First Line: Many say japan has neither a poetics nor a language Last Line: That's the wind. Behind the wind-like wolf Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Wolves WOLF, by PETER BLUE CLOUD Poem Source First Line: Burrowing deep into earth until the grave is complete Last Line: Now you are dancing Subject(s): Wolves WOLF, by J. PATRICK LEWIS Poem Source Last Line: But when the moon %decides to roam, %the wolf looks up %and howls her home Subject(s): Wolves WOLF AND THE KID, by RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS Poem Source First Line: The kid ran for his very life, cut back Last Line: Demise in which teeth like yours rip at my throat? %the wolf smiled, saluted, and went on his way Alternate Author Name(s): Avianus Subject(s): Wolves WOLF AND THE RABBIT, by ANNA CITRINO Poem Source First Line: Ohh,' Last Line: To be, %cast out, %set free Subject(s): Animals; Imagination; Rabbits; Wolves WOLF AND THE SHEEP, by ZBIGNIEW HERBERT Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: - I've got you, said the wolf, and yawned. The sheep Last Line: Sacrifice yourselves for the moral Subject(s): Life; Sacrifices; Sheep; Wolves WOLF CRY, by LEW SARETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The arctic moon hangs overhead Last Line: Trembles in that wail Subject(s): Wolves WOLF OF GUBBIO, by ROBERT CORDING Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Just beyond field and vineyard, the wolf Last Line: Its sculpted form hidden in the underbrush Subject(s): Wolves WOLF'S ADVICE TO HIS NEPHEW, by WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE Poem Source First Line: Beware your pig: he runs the show now Last Line: Try to pass for a collie, is all I can say Subject(s): Nature; Survival; Wolves WOLFMAN, by ELIZABETH WILLIS Poem Source First Line: A man with a cane had made a long trip. He's unstrung Last Line: You can't protect everyone from yourself Subject(s): Wolves WOLFMAN'S REPRISE, by JANA SALMON-HEYNEMAN Poem Source First Line: Somewhere between Last Line: Wailing white lines %and road kill Subject(s): Radio; Wolves WOLVERINE, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yes sir, it's quite a story though you won'r bwlieve it's true Last Line: "I peered into the face—my god! 'twas poor old wolverine." Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Murder; Native Americans; Prejudice; Salvation; Trapping & Trappers; Wolves; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Bias; Intolerance; Traps; Snares; Trappers WOLVES, by DUANE NIATUM Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once shy nomads from pacific slopes Last Line: The running beauty striking off their hooves Subject(s): Wolves WOLVES, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are wolves in the next room waiting Last Line: Like a bearded spider on a sunlit floor, %will snarl - and man can never be alone Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Wolves WOLVES IN THE ZOO, by HOWARD NEMEROV Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They look like big dogs badly drawn, drawn wrong Last Line: The tiger pacing in the striped shade. Subject(s): Wolves WOLVES RUN TOGETHER, by SUSAN TERRIS Poem Source First Line: January is the wolf moon Last Line: With howls loud and thin. %the blood too thin Subject(s): January; Moon; Wolves YAWN OF YAWNS: BURNING SHEWOLF, by VASKO POPA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On the bottom of the sky Last Line: The watering place of the long-tailed stars Alternate Author Name(s): Popa, Vasco Subject(s): Wolves |
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