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Subject: GREAT LAKES Matches Found: 88 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 11-JUN, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Twilight clouds %mushrooming to the west Last Line: And no man ventures speech Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing AFTERWARDS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Gifts and ghosts in the %fog horn's call Last Line: Warmth coming to things %and acceptance Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing ALONE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: This silent moon %of no excuses Last Line: Able to count the counties for miles, %joyously alone Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing APPLAUSE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Once again, running in Last Line: The lost boat coming home Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing ASSEMBLING THE TROOPS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Stoneport coming up and the deckhands Last Line: The kind of day we've been looking for Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing AT THE SHORE OF THE GREAT LAKE MICHIGAN I COME UPON THE FEET OF ..., by STEVEN SHERRILL Poem Source First Line: On the bluff above, a caveat - beach closed. No entry after dark Last Line: This is my church, my church, and I believe %in the feet of egon schiele %in the moonlight Subject(s): Great Lakes; Seashore BODHISATTVA AWAKES, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: I'm still waiting for that wind Last Line: Morning and the pulse %of light coming Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing BREATHER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Pastel greys awash %in lavender Last Line: We are %entering lake superior Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing BRIDGE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The sea is fog glisten Last Line: We are lost in the day Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing CLEARING PORT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: In the pewter silver sky deep water mirror Last Line: Oh wilderness campfires. You, in the middle, you Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing COLOR CODING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Down detroit river Last Line: Reading course to wheelsman Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing DAY AND NIGHT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Over the empty lake Last Line: The soul of a sailor %lonely Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing DECK IS SECURED, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: After knock-off, back to room - my home Last Line: Heartbeat bum bum bum %good companions... %sleep awhile Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing DING-A-LING -- NO SALE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Got some god-damned hernia in my left Last Line: Out there in the heat, floating Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Going aft, joe's face pops through hatch Last Line: Then cracks him in it Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing ELEPHANTS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Last night %he moon-splashed sea Last Line: Pictures of elephants mating Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing EVENING ON LAKE SUPERIOR, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like to a molten globe which workers turn Last Line: Our shadowy tow-boat followed in our wake. Subject(s): Great Lakes; Night; Bedtime EXPELLING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Whole sky the color of snow Last Line: Seem to get [or, go] out %smoothly Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing FRONT PORCH, by LESLIE NELSON JENNINGS Poem Source First Line: People who live in cities never know Last Line: Who can remember many things with pride, %who built front porches neighbourly and wide Subject(s): Country Life; Great Lakes FUSION, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: This day's beauty already written on Last Line: Don't move. You don't decide nuthin'.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing GOING ASHORE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: This morning %the beach glows like a baby's skin Last Line: So much %old immigrants' song Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing GOING INTO WINTER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Who is he who does not Last Line: The beautiful death %of the drowned Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing GOING TO THE OPERA, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: It is a day burning like fire and rushing Last Line: A triumph we do not understand Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing GREAT LAKES OF CANADA, by GORDON PERRY Poem Source First Line: What about each great canadian lake Subject(s): Great Lakes; Mnemonics HANGOVER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Quiet, new day - live through each other Last Line: There must be a better way %to make a living Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing HURON, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Morning storm, %combs of light Last Line: Liquid, %alive...Alive Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing INSIDE THE SAPPHIRE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Ship plowing through the blue-fire dawn Last Line: Keep up the good work.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing JAZZ PIECE: STILL LIFE AND DREAM TICKING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sea's quaking tinfoil, humm and whistle Last Line: Where the first mate suggested Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing JULIE [OR, LETTER TO JULIE], by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sooty from work last night Last Line: So lost or so in love %before Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing KEEP MOVING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: It's like a morgue in the soo locks at 3 am Last Line: My footsteps inside, countering %the river's flow Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LAKE SUPERIOR, by SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH Poem Text First Line: Father of lakes!' thy waters bend Last Line: Deems as a bubble all your waves! Alternate Author Name(s): Parley, Peter Subject(s): Great Lakes LAKE SUPERIOR, by LORINE NIEDECKER Poem Source First Line: In every part of every living thing Last Line: We watched a gopher there Subject(s): Great Lakes LANDING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Cold wind and cloud tatters Last Line: Treating the whole thing %as a joke Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LAUGH, CLOWNS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Silver paint all over us, costumed Last Line: Is where laughing comes very close %to crying Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LEARNING SILENCE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Steam hisses up and down the loading docks Last Line: Bite your tongue. It's the only thing to do.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE WITH AN IRISH ACCENT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: You're sitting with shirley on a forward Last Line: Who deals in dirty pictures Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LEBLANC ESTATES, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Goodbye lines of pinkish phosphor Last Line: Of his father's farm Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LESSON OF THE DIVING BOARD, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: While looking for the way %to fail Last Line: While reaching for the joy %of flight %we find it Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LIFEBOAT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: All the waves %were up and walking Last Line: We must be good to each other Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LOOKOUT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sparks of light at night along the channel Last Line: We have no better way to go Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LOST, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Take calendar and check of one Last Line: And things are handed back and forth Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing LOST, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Desolate and lone Last Line: And the harbor's eyes. Subject(s): Boats; Great Lakes MANDALA, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: I have an island Last Line: With new eyes is known Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing MAXINE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sleeping on deck all night, moon Last Line: Dreamt of you last night, empress, %your face, your kindness Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing MONAD, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: My binoculars stab out Last Line: In the soft, in the hard things of the world Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing MOTOWN, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Nosing toward detroit the factories Last Line: Grey and heavy %motown Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing MOUNTAIN STREAM, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: All beats of action Last Line: The movies on television Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing MUSIC, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sea below %dull slate blue Last Line: The infinite %made visible Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing NEED WOMAN, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Return from chicago %shaded by the pull Last Line: Not much longer %at this Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing NEW LOVE'S CHANNELS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: We are three in the pilot house Last Line: Into new love's channels? Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing NIGHT WATCH, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Big wind from the north Last Line: Fall is coming, cold and beautiful Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing ON THE AFTERDECK (1 A. M.), by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Energy of the universe %in these patterns Last Line: Their brains out %in the name of freedom Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PAINTING IN ENCLOSED SPACES', by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: There should be a manual on that Last Line: Some loose piece of metal, and I'm seeing birds %fly up everywhere Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PASSING TIME ON STEAMBOATS: LESSON #2, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: What do you do with all that time, they ask Last Line: Got to keep busy, don't they? Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PASSING UNDER - PASSING OVER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Head out of scuttle hatch Last Line: And the high organ music %of their humming Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PECKING ORDER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Wires running with sharks' tooth crystal Last Line: Harvey will only pick on him Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PHILOSOPHER'S OVERTURE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: We have been working yuri geller since Last Line: Somebody's going to get fired Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing POPEYE RECOILS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: To each man his own cure, have it how you will Last Line: Chief, it's in the dreams. Your body is your dreams.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PRESENTIMENT, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like a citadel flag on far off heights Last Line: -absolutely alone %in the great storm Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PROBLEMS OF MERGING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Sea cracking off the iron hull like Last Line: He signs them, 'nick of the clarke.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing PROJECT, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Stringing christmas tree lights Last Line: Guess who gets the job? Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing QUESTIONS [OR, QUESTION], by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Awake with sun in eyes Last Line: What his laugh means Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing QUICKLY, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Unloading grain in buffalo at pillsbury elevator Last Line: Of beautiful things that are no more Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing QUIET MAN, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: When symbols are calm Last Line: Only as the bosun who knows Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing REACHING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Boats go by exchanging signals Last Line: To the sea's toss and froth %its gentle tongues Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SEARCH FOR PERFECTION, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Wake up call %new man in the room Last Line: Quiet out here, pure Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SHADOWS AND STARS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Pulling out of conneaut tonight Last Line: The money scattered up and down the bar Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SHEARING FORCE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Pitching horribly and driven Last Line: Will the plates hold? Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SHOVELIN' HARD, FEELIN' GOOD, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Are we going to wash down in the rivers?' Last Line: He's showing us his land Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SINKING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The sunset was the big slow billowing kin Last Line: Last thing I hear before sleep takes me down Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SKY DIVER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Up and to jump - %count! Last Line: Ask %the sky %for its gifts Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SOUNDING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Hypnosis of the whitecaps' eyes Last Line: Up when they go click Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing STRING OF PEARLS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The night - wet and gloomy, musical Last Line: Midnight on deck. First snow arrives Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SURFACING, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Whose name is on your lips when you swim Last Line: Face says it doesn't matter Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing SUSPENDED, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Cable in hand %walking the boat in the morning Last Line: The boat's unreality suspended Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TAKE 'ER DOWN ONE!', by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Bitter cold on the loading dock Last Line: As we shift them Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing THE THOUSAND ISLANDS, FR. THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE SAGUENAY, by CHARLES SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The bark leaps love-fraught from the land; the sea Last Line: Ploughing, like a huge serpent from its ambuscade. Subject(s): Great Lakes; Rivers; Sailing & Sailors; St. Lawrence River; Thousand Islands TIME VOYAGE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Just a few things - those quiet sailors Last Line: Boats things like 'mary ellen.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TOM'S BOYS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The wind had arrived without any warning Last Line: Come flooding in again Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TORQUEMADA SLUMBERS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Tiny wind sock like Last Line: With lectures %on christianity Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TOURING HOUGHTON, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: I had nodded off in mid-superior Last Line: Look at trees. %who knows?' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TRACKS OF THE GULL, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The wide-eyed slow-voice finn has dragged Last Line: This is a clean boat. They didn't want him here Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TRANSFORMATIONS, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Snake disobedience! Last Line: When things got hard down south? Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TRUING IN, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: It's sunrise on the 4-8:00 watch Last Line: True north, true south %inside you again Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing TURNING THE CORNER, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The four to eight watch allows you to turn Last Line: Heavy throb and just as necessary Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing VELOCITY, LOCATION, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: There was such a star sparkle on the river Last Line: Everyone on this boat's named joe.' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing VIGIL, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: Restless with sore kidneys Last Line: Bite so hard, when it hits %you, it bruises Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, by ALAN MACDOUGALL Poem Source First Line: The snow's coming down pretty thick and Last Line: They got off, or are they still sailing with us?' Subject(s): Great Lakes; Sailors And Sailing |
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