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| Searching... Subject: GUNS Matches Found: 67 "SIR DILBERRY DIDDLE, CAPTAIN OF MILITIA; EXCELLENT NEW SONG", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Of all the brave captains that ever were seen Last Line: "in his sleep if such dreadful destruction he makes, / what havoc, ye gods, shall we have when he wa Subject(s): Courage;great Britain - Wars With France;guns;heroism;soldiers; Valor;bravery;heroes;heroines 0.22, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The legend is bull's eye, part of a local scene Last Line: Death was once a barefoot boy Subject(s): Guns 1917 - THE WAR CLASS, by GEROID TANQUARY ROBINSON Poem Text First Line: Down the long white road beneath the / moon Last Line: One great humanity? Subject(s): Guns; Military Education; Soldiers; War; Youth; Military Schools A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The child received two bullets in the brain Last Line: Must sew the shrouds of children eight years old. Subject(s): Death - Children; France; Grandparents; Guns; Murder; Napoleon Iii (1808-1873); War; Death - Babies; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers A GRAVE NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Head-board and foot-board duly placed Last Line: The -- buried gun. Subject(s): American Civil War; Graves; Guns; U.s. - History; Tombs; Tombstones A MERRY HEART: GOIN' SHOOTIN', by THELMA LUCILE LULL Poem Text First Line: I took me out a-hunting for to bag a gamesome kill Last Line: Holds still some eight professors on the dead tree limb! Subject(s): Comedy; Guns; Hunting; Irony; Teaching & Teachers; Hunters A SHOT AT NIGHT, by IDELLA PURNELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A shot rings out upon the dreaming night Last Line: Men turn in beds. A wind like weeping stirs. Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Night; Bedtime ANTHROPOLOGY, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Remember the night you got drunk / and shot the roses? Last Line: For the archer’s bow to become a violin Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Fathers; Guns; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse AT THE SAND CREEK BRIDGE, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The path of most insistence Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Guns; Mountains; Nature; Rivers; Trout; Anglers; Hills; Downs (great Britain) BATTLE, by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do you mind that old fight in the rattles Last Line: The bill must go to mother and the girls! Alternate Author Name(s): Clark, Badger Subject(s): Cowboys; Death; Guns; Soldiers; War; Dead, The BELOW FREEZING ON PINELOG MOUNTAIN, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Crouched in the rusted cab of a junked pulpwood truck Last Line: Rises like gray smoke through rust holes in the roof. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Appalachia; Guns; Mountains; Rain; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Hills; Downs (great Britain) CHANNEL FIRING, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: That night your great guns, unawares Last Line: And camelot, and starlit stonehenge. Subject(s): Death; Guns; Social Protest; World War I; Dead, The; First World War COLT AUTOMATIC, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My gun, the color of winter rain and thunder Subject(s): Guns DOMESDAY BOOK: AT NICE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, let me tell you, safe beside you now Last Line: To coroner merival in a leisure hour: Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; France; Guns; Love; Soldiers; Wine DR. EGG: 5 SECURITY, by B. J. BUHROW Poem Source First Line: In the waiting room Last Line: He pulls out %nothing Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Fear; Guns; Psychology DREAM OF A LARGE LADY, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The large lady laboriously climbs Last Line: Painted by the sun against the sky. Subject(s): Guns; Poetry & Poets; Women; Women's Rights; Feminism DURER'S HARE, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source Last Line: On the earth %or was all that %just to make the treads sway Subject(s): Forests; Guns; Hunting EPIGRAM: 10, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Vulcan begat me. Minerva me taught Last Line: And if I be thine enemy I may thy life end. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 103;description Of A Gun Subject(s): Guns; Riddles EPIGRAM: ON THE INVENTOR OF GUNS, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Praise in old times the sage prometheus won Last Line: To emulate the fiery bolts of jove. Subject(s): Guns EVEN IF IT'S WRONG, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: Gordon is a dead shot Last Line: Go home & do something %even if it's wrong Subject(s): Guns FACTS, by CECILIA BUSTAMANTE Poem Source First Line: The invisible machines of war Last Line: That expertly penetrates %the tree of life Subject(s): Bullets; Death - Children; Guns; War GUNS IN THE HOUSE, by RENEE RUDERMAN Poem Source First Line: In the garage %he forges bullets Last Line: Wrapped in silver scales, %racing for corners Subject(s): Bullets; Guns JOHN WAYNE, GUNSLINGER, R.I.P., by WILLIAM WITHERUP Poem Source First Line: John wayne, gunslinger, pranced out Last Line: Of our hero-gunslinger, john wayne Subject(s): Cowboys; Guns; Hero And Leander; Wayne, John (1907-1979); West (u.s.) JOHNNY BOER, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men fight all shapes and sizes as the racing horses run Last Line: And we'll be running after him with our little maxim gun. Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Boer War; Courage; Guns; Proverbs; South African War; Valor; Bravery; Maxims; Adages JONESBORO ARKANSAS MARCH 24 1998, by D. A. FEINFELD Poem Source First Line: Sometimes we forget the way Last Line: Chastened by his shots %and go home Subject(s): Guns LESSONS OF THE WAR: 1. NAMING OF PARTS, by HENRY REED Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday Subject(s): Guns; Men; Soldiers; World War Ii; Second World War LESSONS OF THE WAR: 1. NAMING OF PARTS, by HENRY REED Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday Last Line: Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards, %for to-day we have naming o Subject(s): Guns; Men; Soldiers; World War Ii LOCAL QUARRELS, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As though the nineteenth century hadn't crumbled Last Line: They sat in a common shadow. Subject(s): Duels; Guns; Honor; Quarrels; Arguments; Disagreements MARLBOROUGH FAIR, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I warr'nt our street be near so wide Last Line: And the long down is whispering low 'goodnight.' Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Abandonment; Amusement Parks; Animals; Children; Churchyards; Circus; Country Dances; Country Life; Entertainers; Festivals; Fiddles; Games; Guns; Lions; Marlborough, England; Merry-go-grounds; Mourning; Musical Instruments; Night; Pleasure; Desertion; C MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET, by RITA DOVE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Never point your weapon, keep your finger Last Line: Sleeping in the next room, all with one shot Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Meditation MEDITATION AT FIFTY YARDS, MOVING TARGET, by RITA DOVE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Never point your weapon, keep your finger Last Line: Before you know it %I am home Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Meditation MOUNTAIN FROLIC, by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS Poem Text First Line: In working clothes with song and whoop and shout Last Line: Shot dead for dancing with his pal's best girl. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Festivals; Guns; Murder; Music & Musicians; Fairs; Pageants MY MOTHER CONTEMPLATING HER GUN, by NICK FLYNN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One boyfriend said to keep the bullets Subject(s): Mothers; Guns OFFISA POPP; A MANEUVER IN CLASS WARFARE, by PETER DAVISON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My father suited up Last Line: A goddam plowshare Subject(s): Fathers; Guns; Soldiers ON A CANNON (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Begotten, and born, and dying with noise Subject(s): Guns; Riddles ON THE FREQUENT REVIEW OF THE TROOPS, by M. [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: Reviews are gaudy shows - allowed Last Line: "let causists tell us, if they can, / is england's welfare furthered?" Alternate Author Name(s): M. Subject(s): Death;england;fights;guns; "dead, The;english; PASSING TIME, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: He climbs to a high room in the big house Last Line: Shoots two swans Subject(s): Birds; Guns; Home; Hunting; Swans PORT BOU, by STEPHEN SPENDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As a child holds a pet Alternate Author Name(s): Spender, Stephen (harold), Sir Subject(s): Guns; Travel; Journeys; Trips PORT BOU, by STEPHEN SPENDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As a child holds a pet Last Line: Draw on long needles white threads through my navel Alternate Author Name(s): Spender, Stephen (harold), Sir Subject(s): Guns; Travel PRINCIP, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Look at him there, a lad of nineteen years Last Line: Princip, with nineteen years, can you not tell? Subject(s): Assassination; Fate; Guns; Nations; World War I; Destiny; First World War RAVINE, by MONG-LAN Poem Source First Line: As they come Last Line: You point %to your head Subject(s): Bodies; Guns; San Francisco; Sleep; Vietnam RENDEZVOUS: BELLE GLADE, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pine thicket at the edge of a clearing Last Line: And nerves edged a name in his stock. Subject(s): Burma; Guns; Night; Soldiers; Bedtime REUBEN, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not) Last Line: In henly meditation, bullet free. Subject(s): Farm Life; Guns; Hens; Agriculture; Farmers SHOOTING RATS AT THE BIBB COUNTY DUMP, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Loaded on beer and whiskey, we ride Last Line: For all they're worth into the darkness we're headed for. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Guns; Refuse & Refuse Disposal; Rodents; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse SHOTGUN LOADED WITH ROCK SALT, by THOMAS LUX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So I took my shotgun Last Line: And that big boy's fat ass Subject(s): Guns; Youth; Robbery SNIPER, by NICOLE BLACKMAN Poem Source First Line: Last monday, they rushed out like Last Line: Death comes from the trees Subject(s): Ambulances; Blood; Death; Guns; Violence SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IPPOLIT KONOVALOFF, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was a gun-smith in odessa Last Line: To mould the metal over. Subject(s): Guns SPOON RIVER GARLAND: 5. DOUBLE SHOOTING, by MICHAEL JOSEPH BUGEJA Poem Source First Line: I would have quizzed my executioner Last Line: And then the guilt, so I fired again Subject(s): Fire; Guns; Murder THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the month of october, and in the year of 1899 Last Line: At home or abroad, wherever they go. Subject(s): Death; Enemies; Guns; Highlands Of Scotland; War; Dead, The THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas on the 18th of august in the year of 1798 Last Line: That thanksgiving should be returned to god for the victory complete. Subject(s): Death; Guns; Nile (river); Sailing & Sailors; Victory; War; Dead, The THE COWBOY TO HIS FRIEND IN NEED, by BURKE JENKINS Poem Text First Line: You're very well polished, I'm free to confess Last Line: You forty-five caliber colt! Subject(s): Cowboys; Guns; Ranch Life; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States THE DRUNK HUNTER, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spun on a flat rock Last Line: They will tell what found him in the deeper woods. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Guns; Hunting; Men; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Hunters THE EMPTY GUN, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: You may loop the loop, and leap the gap Last Line: But you can't get by the empty gun. Subject(s): Guns THE GUARD AT THE BINH THUY BRIDGE, by JOHN BALABAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How still he stands as mists begin to move Last Line: He aims. At her. Then drops his aim. Idly. Subject(s): Guns; Rivers; Soldiers; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 THE GUN-CASTING, by HORACE W. STOKES Poem Text First Line: In the furnace-glare the anvils rang Last Line: The metal bubbles beneath the ground. Subject(s): Guns; Yale University THE GUNS IN SUSSEX, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Light green of grass and richer green of bush Last Line: But still I hear the mutter of the guns. Subject(s): Desolation; England; Guns; Patriotism; Sussex, England; War; World War I; English; First World War THE MAN WHO COOKS THE GRUB, by SAMUEL ELLSWORTH KISER Poem Text First Line: We have read in song and story Last Line: Is the man who cooks the grub. Subject(s): Guns; Heroism; Men; Soldiers; War; Heroes; Heroines THE MINUTE GUNS, by CELIA LEIGHTON THAXTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I stood within the little cove Last Line: I only heard the minute guns. Subject(s): Coves; Guns; Sea; War; Ocean THE RECRUITING SERGEANT; A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: AIR, by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What a charming thing's a battle! Last Line: What a charming thing's a battle! Subject(s): Guns; Soldiers; Trumpets; War THE SWAMP ANGEL, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a coal-black angel Last Line: Christ, the forgiver, convert his mind. Subject(s): American Civil War; Charleston, South Carolina; Guns; United States - History THE TROPHY GUNS, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the fourth of july, a. D. 1874, an impromptu Last Line: "banner." Subject(s): Fourth Of July; Guns; Nations; Independence Day THE VOLUNTEERS: A CHALLENGE, by CHARLES MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come if you dare, reivers and raiders! Last Line: Yes! Every one of you, come if you dare! Subject(s): Bullets; Courage; Fire; Guns; Valor; Bravery THREE FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What's so special about shooting an animal? Last Line: To anyone interested in taking it Subject(s): Animals; Guns; Hunting TO A NINE-INCH GUN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Whether your shell hits the target or not Last Line: Seek bread to fill their mouths again Subject(s): Arms & Armor;guns;krupp (industrial Conglomerate);murder;war UTAH, by ANNE STEVENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere nowhere in utah, a boy by the roadside Subject(s): Utah; Guns VENGEANCE IS MINE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Vengeance is mine, the lord declared of old Last Line: Only when both shall put their vengeance by. Subject(s): God; Guns; Vengeance WHO'S CRAZIEST, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: I've got a .357 snubby Last Line: I wonder who's craziest. %me or the thief Subject(s): Guns |
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