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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CONTRARINESS Matches Found: 19 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHARACTER, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On monday (god bless her!) she makes my heart gay Last Line: She is sometimes a strawberry, sometimes a quince. Subject(s): Contrariness A CONTRADICTION, by CLEMENT WILLIAM SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They say she's like an april day Last Line: A contradiction. Subject(s): Charm; Contrariness; Deception; Flirtation; Love A PROTEST, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I think it's queer that boys should be Last Line: "yes, dear—some time—now run to bed!" Subject(s): Boys; Children; Contrariness; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood AU CONTRAIRE, by ELAINE M. LIVINGSTON Poem Text First Line: The winter's too warm and the spring's too cold Last Line: And the sun's up too soon in the morning. Subject(s): Contrariness CONTRADICTIONS, by KERSTIN THOREK Poem Source First Line: This is the way I want the world to look on a day off Last Line: Saturn in a butterfly net Subject(s): Contrariness; Self-consciousness IN EACH OF MY CELLS DAD AND MOM, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And feel deep sympathy for my children Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Contrariness; Family Life; Nature; Parents; Psychology IN THE GARDEN, CONTRARIES, by HERMAN ASARNOW Poem Source First Line: Today contraries come to mind. I think Last Line: Contrast, not contradiction!) and my luck Subject(s): Contrariness; Gardens And Gardening INCONSISTENT, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They say I'm a darling, and joy-of-the-house Last Line: Why can't I have sugar in my bread and milk? Subject(s): Admiration; Children; Contrariness; Childhood LATE AUTUMN, EARLY WINTER, by MARJORIE MEEKER Poem Text First Line: Late autumn, early winter... Down the mothless Last Line: Live without breath. Subject(s): Contrariness; Witchcraft & Witches LIFE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Alas poor life, no more will I Last Line: From this intestine warre, & I shall live. Subject(s): Beauty; Contrariness; Death; Life; Dead, The LILIES AND MUD, by MARGARET M. L. MILLER Poem Text First Line: Lilies tall, cool, smooth, white Last Line: Strange that god made both. Subject(s): Contrariness; God 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 OPPOSITION, by KANEKO MITSUHARU Poem Source First Line: In my youth Last Line: To oppose is to get a grip on the very self Subject(s): Contrariness PARADOX, by BENJAMIN FRANCIS MUSSER Poem Text First Line: We are a regiment, whose martial cry Last Line: Your own slain march at our side. Subject(s): Contrariness; Military; Pacifism; Peace; Social Protest; Soldiers; War; Peace Movements PERVERSITY, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The doctor says that pies are harmful, I Last Line: Takes a pride in scorning all sorts of danger signs. Subject(s): Contrariness; Danger SEEN AND UNSEEN, by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND Poem Text First Line: A marble courtyard Last Line: Unnoticed on the chill marble. Subject(s): Contrariness; Vision SPEAKING TERMS, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All around me to-ing and fro-ing Last Line: And start walking Subject(s): Contrariness; Lectures; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking WOMEN, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: If you take them to the ball game Last Line: The contradictory fish! Subject(s): Baseball; Contrariness; Man-woman Relationships; Sports; Women; Male-female Relations ZENO'S PARADOX, by ROSE NAJIA Poem Source First Line: The relation of the discrete to the continuous Last Line: She wants is wanting has wanted speaks Subject(s): Change; Contrariness |
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