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Subject: CONVALESCENCE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LEG IN A PLASTER CAST, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When at last he was well enough to take the sun
Subject(s): Convalescence; Sin


AMONG THE NARCISSI, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Spry, wry, and grey as these march sticks
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Convalescence


AMONG THE NARCISSI, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Spry, wry, and grey as these march sticks
Last Line: The narcissi look up like children, quickly and whitely
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Convalescence


CONVALESCENCE, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When one's been lying sick in bed, with
Last Line: I am saying yet, that health's the one and only bet.
Subject(s): Convalescence


CONVALESCENT, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The fever went at the turn of the night
Last Line: And we, we just thank god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Convalescence


PRAYER FOR SHUT-INS, by RUTH WINANT WHEELER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Because, dear lord, their way is rough and steep
Last Line: Please give fresh courage, ease their load.
Subject(s): Convalescence


THE TREES OF MADAME BLAVATSKY, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is always the cough. In the afternoon
Last Line: Showing her breasts to a boy in a cemetery.
Subject(s): Convalescence; Secrets; Singing & Singers; Trees; Walking; Songs