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Subject: CARNIVALS
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First Line: O beautiful
Subject(s): Carnivals


A COWBOY AT THE CARNIVAL, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "yes, o' cose it's interestin' to a feller from the range"
Last Line: An' he thinks o' nothin' but his grub an' hoss an' steers
Subject(s): Carnivals;cowboys;ranch Life;west (u.s.); Southwest;pacific States


A LITTLE LAME BOY'S VIEWS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On 'scursion-days - an' shows - an'
Last Line: They ain't no bad folks anywheres!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Boys; Carnivals; Country Life; Physical Disabilities; Handicapped; Handicaps; Physically Challenged; Cripples


AT THE CARNIVAL, by ANNE SPENCER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gay little girl-of-the-diving-tank
Last Line: I implore neptune to claim his child today!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bannister, Anne Bethel Scales
Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Women; Carnivals; Negroes; American Blacks


BLACK ORPHEUS, by PHILIP R. ROYSTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your strut is somber
Subject(s): Carnivals


CARNIVAL, by FRANCIS CARCO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gilded mask and domino
Last Line: Spare, o lord, thy last bohemian!
Subject(s): Carnivals; Games; Play; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements


CARNIVAL, by DAVID CHORLTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: A woman with an owl's face
Last Line: Who spends his life behind a mask %the carnival never ends
Subject(s): Carnivals


CARNIVAL, by CALE YOUNG RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Earthis the merry-go-round of the devil
Last Line: And ride, friend, for none rides twice.
Subject(s): Carnivals; Devil; Laughter; Love; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


CARNIVAL, by PRIMUS ST. JOHN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun's return is magical
Last Line: Trying to become one with the gods.
Subject(s): Carnivals; Slavery; Sun; Serfs


CARNIVAL DAYS, by SANDRA STONE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Show me your red-smeared face drawn gaudy
Last Line: Those barkers, those haranguers
Subject(s): Carnivals


CARNIVAL STREET, by SIGRID BERGIE    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have met a rio man
Last Line: Carnival of my soul
Subject(s): Carnivals; Strangers


CARNIVAL, VENICE: A MEDITATION ON GENERATIONS, by ANN SNODGRASS    Poem Source                    
First Line: One hundred years now
Last Line: I knew right away there would be no teacher
Subject(s): Carnivals; Venice, Italy


FAIR/BOY CHRISTIAN TAKES A BREAK, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This other speaks of bones, blood-wet
Last Line: The removal of what my troubled eyes have seen.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Carnivals; Children; Memory; Sin; Childhood


INDEPENDENCE STAMPEDE, COLORADO, by LESLEE RENE WRIGHT    Poem Source                    
First Line: The carnival camps quietly behind
Last Line: The gate opens. He waits for it
Subject(s): Carnivals


LISTEN TO THE CARNIVAL BELL, by F. JOHN HERBERT    Poem Source                    
Last Line: The tune was boundless and a display of a shelf. %it's close and too green right in the middle
Subject(s): Carnivals; Dancing And Dancers


LOST CARNIVAL, by FRED CHAPPELL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She feels her presence as never
Subject(s): Carnivals


ON THE EVE OF HIS RETIREMENT, THE WEIGHT-GUESSER GOES ALL OUT, by DAVID CLEWELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: In her fortuneteller's booth, madame starlight
Last Line: Or not, your guess is as good as mine
Subject(s): Carnivals; Retirement


PINK DOG (RIO DE JANEIRO), by ELIZABETH BISHOP    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun is blazing and the sky is blue
Subject(s): Animals; Carnivals; Dogs; Rio De Janeiro


PINK DOG (RIO DE JANEIRO), by ELIZABETH BISHOP    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun is blazing and the sky is blue
Last Line: Dress up! Dress up and dance at carnival!
Subject(s): Animals; Carnivals; Dogs; Rio De Janeiro


SUNDAY NIGHT IN SANTA ROSA, by DANA GIOIA    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The carnival is over. The high tents
Last Line: While a clown stares in a dressing mirror, %takes out a box,and peels away his face
Subject(s): Carnivals


SURFACES AND MASKS; 12, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The theme of carnevale is a secret
Subject(s): Carnivals; Venice, Italy


THE CARNIVAL, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, the autumn-tide is the carnival tide
Last Line: Does the king of the carnival care?
Subject(s): Carnivals; Red (color)


THE CARNIVAL OF 1848, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Have you ever seen the carnival, at paris
Last Line: That the sovereigns of the last year are the harlequins of this!
Subject(s): Carnivals; Europe