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Subject: INERTIA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BOUND, by THEODORE ROETHKE    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Negative tree, you are belief
Subject(s): Birds; Inertia


INERTIA, by JANE KENYON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My head was heavy, heavy
Last Line: In a pile of mail
Subject(s): Centipedes; Inertia


OH, IMMOBILITY, DEATH'S VAST ASSOCIATE, by STEPHEN DOBYNS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, immobility, death's vast associate, you are the still center around which we jog.
Last Line: The reality? To bang your drum in the mortal parade. And the dream? To believe yourself dancing
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Inertia