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Subject: INFERTILITY
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EMPTY WOMAN, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The empty woman took toys!
Last Line: And bouffants that bustle, and rustle
Subject(s): Infertility


EPIGRAM: 10, 91, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Surrounded by eunuchs and limp as a tissue
Last Line: Almo blames his polla for bearing no issue
Alternate Author Name(s): Martial
Subject(s): Infertility


RADIO SKY, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The blue house at mills cross
Last Line: Drifting under the familiar worn sheet.
Subject(s): Comfort; Cruelty; Family Life; Infertility; Relatives


THE EMPTY WOMAN, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The empty woman took toys!
Last Line: And bouffants that bustle, and rustle
Subject(s): Infertility


TO FINE LADY WOULD-BE, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fine madam would-be, wherefore should you fear
Last Line: Of the not born, yet buried, here's the tomb.
Subject(s): Duplicity; Infertility; Pregnancy; Deceit


WAITING, by JANE COOPER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My body knows it will never bear children
Last Line: Filling you with poems
Subject(s): Emptiness; Infertility


WAITING, by JANE COOPER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My body knows it will never bear children
Last Line: Breathe in and out of you
Subject(s): Emptiness; Infertility