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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BATHS & BATHING Matches Found: 41 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BATHER, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thick dappled by circles of sunshine and fluttering Last Line: And the scent of the woods is sweet on this hot summer morning. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Nudity; Showers & Showering; Nakedness A MEAN TRICK, by DOROTHY QUICK Poem Text First Line: April showers / bring may flowers Last Line: Of my hat -- and it is through! Alternate Author Name(s): Mayer, John Adams, Mrs. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing AFTER READING TOO MANY POEMS, I WATCH A ROBIN TAKING A BATH, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She does it so devotely Subject(s): Robins; Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering BARCOO JIM'S BATH, by C. H. WINTER Poem Text First Line: The water was scarce on the dead horse run one year when the land was bare Last Line: That the brownest man on the dead horse run is that very same barcoo jim. Alternate Author Name(s): Riverina Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Dirt; Disappointment BATHING IN THE RIVER, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fish around her crowded, as they do Last Line: But she, fond maid, shuts and seals up the spring. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Rivers; Showers & Showering DIANA, by NATHALIA CRANE Poem Text First Line: Diana, out of italy, my sister's protegee Last Line: "for the gods possess their copies of 'diana at the bath!' " Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Guests; Italy; Showers & Showering; Visiting; Italians FIVE WOMEN BATHING IN MOONLIGHT, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When night believes itself alone Last Line: The soft compulsions of their dance Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Women GLOIRE DE DIJON, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When she rises in the morning Last Line: Mellow as the glory roses. Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Love - Erotic; Love; Showers & Showering HUNGER TO THE TABLE (2), by CLAUDIA RANKINE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nearer the open hydrants of summer to arrive flung, sung, sweat stains tossed aside: all effort Last Line: Legs around: closure rewarding and sustained and thigh-high Subject(s): Past; Baths & Bathing MY BATH, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Come here, good people great and small Last Line: You'll come forth like a flower that blooms 'neath freshening showers in may! Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Health Resorts; Showers & Showering; Spas MY LADY'S BATH, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O the sky hung dark and shaded Last Line: At the pearl-white glimpse of her.) Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Beauty; Night; Women; Showers & Showering; Bedtime ON A BATH, by PLATO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Did cytherea to the skies Last Line: When bathing here, that made it such? Subject(s): Baths & Bathing ON MRS. E. MONTAGUE'S BLUSHING IN THE CROSS-BATH; A TRANSLATION, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Amidst the nymphs (the glory of the flood) Last Line: From the tribunal of a lovely face. Subject(s): Bath, England; Baths & Bathing; Blushing; Showers & Showering ON PALLAS BATHING, by CALLIMACHUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nor oils of balmy scent produce Last Line: Adjusted twice a single hair. Alternate Author Name(s): Kallimachos Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering ON SIX MAIDS BATHING THEMSELVES IN A RIVER, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When bashful daylight once was gone Last Line: Whether he were a fool or no. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing PARIS, by BILLY COLLINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the apartment someone gave me Last Line: As they float down the river of this momentous day Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Paris, France; Tourists; Showers & Showering PITY THE BATHTUB ITS FORCED EMBRACE OF THE HUMAN FORM, by MATTHEA HARVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pity the bathtub that belongs to the queen its feet Last Line: Inside the body oh pity the bathtub but pity us too Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering RAINBOWS, by M. ANNETTE PAPAYANAKOS Poem Text First Line: Tear-drops laved a ripple-sound Last Line: From the dusk of a shower. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Rainbows; Sky SOAPSUDS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blue and amber lay in the soapsuds Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering SPRING DAY: BATH, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day is fresh-washed and fair, and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus in the air. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Spring; Showers & Showering STANZAS COMPOSED IN A SHOWER-BATH, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trembling, as father adam stood Last Line: Just let them try the whole cold pig! Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering TALE OF A TUB, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The photographic chamber of the eye Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Imagination; Showers & Showering; Fancy THE BATH, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With rosy palms against her bosom pressed Last Line: Hot in the sand a gladiator dies. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Rome, Italy; Showers & Showering THE BATH, by JOEL OPPENHEIMER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He will insist on Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering THE BATH, by IRA SADOFF Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother might have drowned me Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Skin; Showers & Showering THE BATH OF CROWDS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I feel the swinging human sea Last Line: And newly purifies! Subject(s): Baths & Bathing THE BATHER, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where the sea-wind ruffles Last Line: Of the fragrant daphne. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Beauty; Daphne (mythology); Nudity; Rome, Italy; Sea; Nakedness; Ocean THE BATHERS, by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves flashed darkly though there was not much wind Last Line: Free of knowledge; he had been rid of pity, cleansed of love Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering THE DOG'S TURN, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They're at me all the day Last Line: I guess what's good for baby boys is good for doggies too. Subject(s): Animals; Baths & Bathing; Boys; Cleanliness; Dogs; Showers & Showering THE GROOMING, by PATTIANN ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Under the branches of the elm Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Bodies; Cleanliness; Soul; Showers & Showering THE HAMMAM NAME (FROM A POEM BY A TURKISH LADY), by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Winsome torment rose from slumber, rubbed his eyes, and went his way Last Line: The water froze. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Gays & Lesbians; Turkey; Showers & Showering; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 27, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I came from Last Line: Buttock shivered against you Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Love - Erotic; Nudity; Nakedness THE NYMPH, by PIERRE LOUIS Poem Text First Line: The pool in the forest drinks her in, mirrors her, laughs with her Last Line: Pool. Alternate Author Name(s): Louys, Pierre Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Lakes; Nymphs; Water; Showers & Showering; Pools; Ponds THE SECRET FLAME: CAPRICE, by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The grainy earth is black and cool Last Line: On her bright breasts Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Showers & Showering THE SHADED POOL, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A laughing knot of village maids Last Line: And laura's are the lips I sing. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Country Life; Lakes; Women; Showers & Showering; Pools; Ponds THE SHOWER, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On every budding leaf and flower Last Line: Thy life, thy grace, thy light Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Rain; Tears; Water; Showers & Showering TWO BATHS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Use well the bath of slumber, warm and deep Last Line: The cold and dashing bath of wakefulness! Subject(s): Baths & Bathing TWO BATHS: 2, by MICHAEL WATERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Light roused us from the depths of our separate longings Last Line: Past the horizon, writing you out of existence. Subject(s): Activity; Baths & Bathing; Loss; Love - Complaints; Memory; Exercise UPON JULIA WISHING HER SELFE IN THE RIVER, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How fierce was I, when I did see Last Line: Had not thy waves forbad the rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Subject(s): Baths & Bathing WINTER'S SNOW, by MRS. R. A. MEDLAM Poem Text First Line: The snow lies soft upon the lea Last Line: And that good and bitter we all must take Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Blessings; Clouds; Snow WRITTEN .. AUTHOR'S BATHING AT TEIGNMOUTH, FOR THE HEAD-ACHE, by JANE CAVE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whilst on the beach I stood, my courage fainted Last Line: While I to neptune tune the grateful lyre! Alternate Author Name(s): Winscom, Mrs. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Headaches; Showers & Showering |
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