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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GIFT OUTRIGHT, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The land was ours before we were the land's
Last Line: But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced, %such as she would become
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; United States; War


GIFT OUTRIGHT OF 'THE GIFT OUTRIGHT'; WITH SOME PRELIMINARY HISTORY .., by ROBERT FROST    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Summoning artists to participate
Last Line: Such as she was, such as she would become
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)


GIFT OUTRIGHT OF 'THE GIFT OUTRIGHT'; WITH SOME PRELIMINARY HISTORY .., by ROBERT FROST    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Summoning artists to participate
Last Line: Of which this noonday's the beginning hour
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)


INAUGURAL POEM: ON THE PULSE OF MORNING, by MAYA ANGELOU    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: A rock, a river, a tree
Last Line: "with hope --
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem


INAUGURAL POEM: ON THE PULSE OF MORNING, by MAYA ANGELOU    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A rock, a river, a tree
Last Line: And say simply %very simply %with hope %good morning
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem


INAUGURATION, by OREN HAKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: His eyes glazed with a layer of tears. His coffee
Last Line: You want to know about the truth. It shines %in filthy places
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem


ON THE PUMICE OF MORONS (THE UNAUGURAL POEM), by CLARK COOLIDGE    Poem Source                    
First Line: A rock crystal, a roach, a tree of heaven
Last Line: With hooray -- %good moron
Subject(s): Angelou, Maya (b. 1928); Inaugural Poem


ONE TODAY, by RICHARD BLANCO    Poem Full Text                 Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores
Last Line: Waiting for us to name it – together
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; United States; America


SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, by CHRISTOPHER MERRILL    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I should have pocketed the key left in the front door of the embassy and used
Last Line: I should have asked charon for permission to troll. %I should have thrown back what I caught.
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; Politics; Presidents, United States; Waterloo


THE GIFT OUTRIGHT, by ROBERT FROST    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The land was ours before we were the land's
Last Line: Such as she was, such as she would become
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem; United States; War; America


THE INAUGURATION OF THE HILL O' BALGAY, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beautiful hill o' balgay
Last Line: And that ended the inauguration of the hill o' balgay.
Subject(s): Inaugural Poem


THE INAUGURATION OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUNDEE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Good people of dundee, your voices raise
Last Line: And may all good angels guard her while living and hereafter when dead.
Subject(s): Dundee, Scotland; Inaugural Poem; Knowledge; Teaching & Teachers; Universities & Colleges - Faculty