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Subject: BIRTH CONTROL
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BIRTH CONTROL, by PAMELA GEMIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: To the daughters and sons
Last Line: The only hope left of a name
Subject(s): Birth Control


BUYING STOCK, by DENISE DUHAMEL    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I know you won't mind if I ask you to put this on.
Subject(s): Aids (disease); Birth Control; Contraception


GREETINGS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: A solitary condom, sad and crinkled
Last Line: Greets the bells greeting %sunday morning air.
Subject(s): Birth Control; Sabbath; Streets


THE PILL VERSUS THE SPRINGHILL MINE DISASTER, by RICHARD BRAUTIGAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When you take your pill
Subject(s): Birth Control; Contraception


THE PLANNED CHILD, by SHARON OLDS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I always hated the way they planned me, she
Subject(s): Birth Control; Disappointment; Contraception