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Subject: KNIVES
Matches Found: 24

DAGGER [EL PUNAL], by JORGE LUIS BORGES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A dagger rests in a drawer
Last Line: So impassive or innocent its pride, and the years slip by, unheeding
Subject(s): Knives


EASIER, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: How peacefully he wipes the bloddy knife
Last Line: Is easier than chopping up a man
Subject(s): Blood; Butchers; Knives; Lambs; Murder


GRANDFATHER'S POCKETKNIFE, by JEFF STEWART    Poem Source                    
First Line: I keep the pulsing finger to myself
Last Line: Bring me that finger, boy
Subject(s): Grandparents; Knives


HOW SHARP MUST BE THE FLETCHER'S KNIFE, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: And leave in both halves flight
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Feathers; Knives; Nature


INVENTORY, by FRANK STANFORD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A man came into the store
Subject(s): Knives; Daggers


INVENTORY, by FRANK STANFORD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A man came into the store
Last Line: Stealing a little jam %by god if I didn't hear someone %hit the bedrock again
Subject(s): Knives


KNIFE, by LASZLO NAGY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Knife, I longed to hold you
Last Line: My knife - oh knife
Subject(s): Arms And Armor; Knives; Murder


KNIFE, by RICHARD TILLINGHAST    Poem Source                    
First Line: What was it I wonder
Subject(s): Knives


KNIFE THAT IS ALL BLADE, SELS., by JOAO CABRAL DE MELO NETO    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like a bullet
Last Line: Is felt on knives
Subject(s): Absence; Death; Knives


LINES ADDRESSED TO HIS FATHER ON ... PRESENT OF A KNIFE, by JAMES EDWARD AUSTEN-LEIGH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Though superstitious folks may say
Last Line: And me, your duteous son beleive
Subject(s): Fathers And Sons; Gifts And Giving; Knives


MIRRORS, by RAFAEL ESTRADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The mirror is a distant precursor of the cinema
Last Line: Obscene gesture back at him
Subject(s): Arms And Armor; Conscience; Knives; Murder


MISSED, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He fumed from the kitchen
Last Line: Hers are black frost
Subject(s): Anger; Family Life; Fights; Knives


NEIGHBORS, THROWING KNIVES, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the woods at the corner of our yards
Last Line: Trellised vines, boxwoods manicured by wives.
Subject(s): Hunting; Knives; Neighbors; Suburbs; Hunters; Daggers


RIDDLE (3), by JAMES LEIGH PERROT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Each day by the clown I'm employed
Last Line: To catch me -- 'tis folly to try
Subject(s): Knives; Riddles


SHE SAYS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: She says the syringe is not her own
Last Line: She says she is not afraid of prison
Subject(s): Drugs And Drug Abuse; Fear; Knives; Lies; Prisons And Prisoners


SPLINTERS: 4. THE MOTHER'S SHARD, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: No matter who you are, you open
Last Line: A v-neck sweater and never %fondle shards
Subject(s): Knives


THE CLICK OF THE WIELDED PICK, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh, I like to list to the wielded pick
Last Line: And sweet is its metal tone.
Subject(s): Axes; Knives; Labor & Laborers; Hatchets; Daggers; Work; Workers


THE DAFFODILS, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now through the april land doth pass
Last Line: Yet go we empty through the wood!
Subject(s): Knives; Daggers


THE PAPER KNIFE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Belinda! Deem not this, my shining blade
Last Line: Till I my entrance and my exit make.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Authors & Authorship; Knives; Daggers


THE SINGING KNIVES, by FRANK STANFORD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dogs woke me up
Subject(s): Knives; Hunting; Fish & Fishing; Daggers; Hunters; Anglers


THE SONG OF THE GYPSY BOY, by JEAN RICHEPIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hawthorn blossom's white in may
Last Line: Beware! Beware!
Subject(s): Children; Knives; Childhood; Daggers


THEY THAT HAVE THE POWER TO HURT, by PETER DAVISON    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hand me the knife. There. See
Last Line: Nor weapon, neither a means %nor an end. The knife is you
Subject(s): Knives


THREE JUDGES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Judge knife is very narrow
Last Line: Is wide enough all sides to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Knives; Spoons; Tableware; Daggers; Cutlery; Forks; Plates


WHITTLING: A YANKEE PORTRAIT, by JOHN PIERPONT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The yankee boy, before he's sent to school
Last Line: That there's go in it, and he'll make it go.
Variant Title(s): Whittling: A National Portrait
Subject(s): Children; Knives; Childhood; Daggers