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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: LIES Matches Found: 82 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "CHARLEY, THE STORY-TELLER", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Charles was a very wayward youth Last Line: "fie, charley, you've been fibbing!" Subject(s): Children;lies;story-telling; Childhood A PACK OF LIES TO GOD, by WILL CHAMBERLAIN Poem Text First Line: I wonder if a little lying, ever Last Line: If I shall bring a pack of lies to god. Subject(s): Lies ABOUT MY COUSIN, by MARGARET C. SZUMOWSKI Poem Source First Line: I always pretended that jan gratowski Last Line: Porkchops and potatoes Subject(s): Cousins; Lies; Poland AGAINST THE FALSE MAGICIANS, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The poem must not charm us like a film [or, play] Last Line: The rituals of our humanity Subject(s): Humanity; Lies; Magic; Motion Pictures; Movies; Cinema ALGONQUIN AFTERTHOUGHTS, by RACHEL WETZSTEON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Or else our drunken tumble was Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Love - Erotic; Lies; Wine ALICE DU CLOS: OR THE FORKED TONGUE. A BALLAD, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun is not yet risen Last Line: Lies bleeding on the glade. Subject(s): Language; Lies; Words; Vocabulary ANIMAL, by SHERRY FAIRCHOK Poem Source First Line: In the dark, through my fingertips, I learned my body Last Line: Smoothly, baldly, art had lied to me Subject(s): Bodies; Lies ANTINOMY, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: There is no truth! Last Line: This evil thing ye publish her woman-eyes disprove. Subject(s): Disdain; Lies; Love; Truth; Women; Scorn ANY OTHER TIME, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All of us play our very best game Last Line: Any other time! Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Lies; Sea; Wine; Ocean AT THE ROTTEN SEA, by ION CARAION Poem Source First Line: We shall torture you, we shall kill you and we shall laugh Last Line: Everything is lie, even truth - %darkness begets itself Subject(s): Death; Human Rights; Lies; Torture BAD, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: I used to lie Last Line: Would make me %look a little better Subject(s): Lies BEELZEBUB'S REMONSTRANCE (ON RIVINGTON'S APOLOGY FOR LYING), by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your golden dreams, your flattering schemes Last Line: Will bolt him in, and keep him there! Subject(s): American Revolution; Lies; Rivington, James (1724-1803) BLUFF AND STRUT!, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: Bluff, bluff, and strut your stuff-- Last Line: Talk in large numbers, and then strut your stuff! Subject(s): Conceit; Duplicity; Lies; Deceit BOILING OVER, by E. J. MILLER LAINO Poem Source First Line: At rush hour, we are all cars Last Line: Trying to pay him back for everything Subject(s): Automobiles; Lies; Quarrels; Traffic; Truth BOY WHO SPLIT HIMSELF IN TWO, by COREY MEAD Poem Source First Line: I can make the sound Last Line: The boy who split himself in two? %it goes: he lied Subject(s): Lies; Solitude BREAKING THE WALL, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Shifting always, tide of truth and lies Last Line: Blocking my eyes. Subject(s): Lies; Truth CHARACTER, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If one should tell you that in such a spring Last Line: "I have been this man's familiar, and you lie." Subject(s): Lies CONCLUDING THE REVELATION, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Would I be talkin' shite?' Last Line: Ya might.' Subject(s): Conversation; Lies CRUELEST LIES ARE TOLD ON SUNDAYS, by ELIAS MIGUEL MUNOZ Poem Source First Line: Today a sunday afternoon Last Line: But be silent today. %and I will lie to you. %the worst lies are told %on empty sunday afternoons Subject(s): Calendar; Lies; Sabbath CULTIVATION, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: The crow's feather she tickled him with Last Line: To her amusement and his decay. Subject(s): Lies; Love; Mythology - Celtic DENIAL OF PETER, by STEPHEN FRECH Poem Source First Line: This was your true calling, peter Last Line: I do not know the man Subject(s): Dishonor; Lies DREAM AND LIE OF GENERAL FRANCO, by PABLO PICASSO Poem Source First Line: Owl fandango escabeehe swords of octopus of evil omen furry dishrag Last Line: Imbedded in the rock Subject(s): Franco, Francisco (1892-1975); Generals; Lies; Omens; Revolutions EPIGRAM, OCCASIONED BY TITLE OF RIVINGTON'S ROYAL GAZETTE, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Says satan to jemmy, 'I hold you a bet' Last Line: "a sett of new types, and a sett of new lies." Subject(s): American Revolution; Lies; Newspapers; Rivington, James (1724-1803); Journalism; Journalists FALSE ALARMS, by ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One day little mary most loudly did call Last Line: For giving mamma false alarms. Alternate Author Name(s): O'keefe, Adelaide Subject(s): Children; Fire; Girls; Lies; Tragedy; Childhood FALSEHOOD 'CORRECTED', by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When jacky drown'd our poor cat tib Last Line: Such naughty things to do. Subject(s): Boys; Lies GEORGE MULLEN'S CONFESSION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the sake of guilty conscience, and the heart that ticks the time Last Line: I'm so chicken-hearted lately I'd be certain 'most to cry. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Confessions; Guilt; Lies; Love GIANTS, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Someone's old parents in the desert on folding chairs Last Line: To each memory station -- pause, hold, mute, flash. Subject(s): Abandonment; Lies; Marriage; Quarrels; Secrets; Desertion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Arguments; Disagreements GIVING THE FERN A SECOND CHANCE, by EVE E.M. WOOD Poem Source First Line: Symied in its soil the maidenhair fern refused to grow Last Line: That was it %that was all it would take to keep me Subject(s): Growth; Guilt; Lies; Plants GOD, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is that face at the window? Last Line: I refuse to believe in god! Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Faces; Fire; God; Jesus Christ; Lies; Love; Wine GOOSE AND THE GANDER, by FRANCES FARFONE Poem Text First Line: It wasn't lovelight Last Line: To you too! Subject(s): Lies HE IS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: The stranger has a black cross on his forehead Last Line: Between fiction and lies Subject(s): Crosses; Lies; Strangers; Truth IN MENDACEM; EPIGRAM, by CHARLES COTTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mendax, 'tis said th' art such a liar grown Last Line: But, pray thee, mendax, do not praise my rhymes. Subject(s): Lies IN OUR OWN IMAGE, by THEODORE OLSON Poem Text First Line: There are no gods. Apollo-ashtoreth Last Line: Died of our unbelief! Alternate Author Name(s): Olson, Ted Subject(s): Atheism; Faith; Lies; Mythology; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology LIAR, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What brings me alive Subject(s): Lies LIAR, by NOVICA TADIC Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When he doesn't chatter Last Line: A liar worthy of respect Subject(s): Lies LIES, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Probably no one noticed the mornings I disappeared to sit Last Line: The little mothers and sisters. Subject(s): Lies; Mothers & Daughters; Poetry & Poets; Sisters LIKE A LIE, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In myself I speak the language of love Last Line: Sound like a lie Subject(s): Lies LYING, by VERN RUTSALA Poem Source First Line: In that you can have any number of opponents this can be a very difficult Last Line: A strong sense of modesty Subject(s): Dishonor; Lies LYING MY HEAD OFF, by CATE MARVIN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's my head, in a dank corner of the yard Subject(s): Lies; Truth; Conduct Of Life; Relationships MADAME LA MARQUISE, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said hongray de la glaciere unto his proud papa Last Line: For I as well the truth may tell... Papa is not your father Subject(s): Lies; Parents MAKING A LIVING, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: When a man lives in a city addicted to lies,' he said Last Line: Out of the eternal verities Subject(s): Cities; Lies; Truth MANGOES AND HONEY, by JACQUELINE JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: We met at the junction of Last Line: Down by street and street Subject(s): Escapes; Lies; Love - Cultural Differences MELTING, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Is it a lie? He'll never know Last Line: No melting into yes, yes into no. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Lies NEVER TOO LATE: ISABEL'S SONNET, THAT SHE MADE IN PRISON, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No storm so sharp to rent the little reed Last Line: And god makes open what the world doth blind. Subject(s): Lies; Prisons & Prisoners; Reeds; Truth; Convicts NIGHT AND MORNING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Was it a lie that they told me Last Line: Rejoice! I have heard thee! Arise! Subject(s): Lies OAR, by JOHN POCH Poem Source First Line: I have cheated at everything. When I lived in town Last Line: Like homer far removed, I told some stories in the dark Subject(s): Lies OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 24. ELEGIAC VERSE: THE SEVENTH EPIGRAM, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All wonders barnzy speaks, all grossly feigned Last Line: Speak some wonder once, barnzy; speak the truth. Subject(s): Barnes, Barnabe (1569-1609); Lies ONE LIE AFTER ANOTHER, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'd come so far, the last leg Subject(s): Lies ONE OF MANY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The man who told me Last Line: How about the moon? Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Lies; Moon OUR LIES AND THEIR BEAUTY, by BRUCE WEIGL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have loved most Subject(s): Beauty; Lies PREVARICATING MARY, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Mary told a little lie Last Line: He'd lie himself I think! Subject(s): Lies; Sin; Truth RIME 49, by PETRARCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bicause I have the still kept fro lyes and blame Last Line: And onely my loke declareth my hert. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 25;sonnet: 16 Subject(s): Hearts; Lies; Tears ROMANCE, by CONRAD AIKEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last farewells were said, friends hurried ashore Last Line: Ere it goes down to darkness, whence it came! . . . Subject(s): Betrayal; Boats; Death; Happiness; Lies; Love; New York City; Youth; Dead, The; Joy; Delight; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple 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 SURPRISE, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He suggests pancakes at the local diner Last Line: Accomplishment with which he has lied Subject(s): Lies TABLETS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Lying, they disagreed. She argued him Last Line: My love would give a headache to an aspirin Subject(s): Lies; Relationships THE AZURE FROG: 2. RESPONSE TO THE FORESTER, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: Good forester, you lied! Thus is my joy betrayed. This very morn I Last Line: Hue, its glossy form was green, but mirrored stainless blue. Subject(s): Forests; Lies; Woods THE BLACK RIDERS: 4, by STEPHEN CRANE Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Yes, I have a thousand tongues Last Line: But is dead in my mouth. Subject(s): Lies THE BOOK OF LIES, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'd like to have a word Last Line: That? I give you my word Subject(s): Lies THE CASING, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For years I sat in bars lying about everything Subject(s): Lies; Conduct Of Life THE CONFESSIONAL, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is a lie - their priests, their pope Last Line: Lies -- lies, again -- and still, they lie! Subject(s): Catholics; Clergy; Confessions; Lies; Spain; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN SINS, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Call in the dancers Last Line: Heaven too shall vanish in pale smoke. Subject(s): Anger; Dancing & Dancers; Gluttony; Idleness; Lies; Lust; Pride; Sin; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence; Self-esteem; Self-respect THE LIE, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Go, soul, the body's guest Last Line: No stab the soule can kill. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): The Soul's Errand;the Lye Subject(s): Courage; Freedom; Lies; Social Protest; Soul; Truth; Valor; Bravery; Liberty THE LIE, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, meriwether, murdered by your lie Subject(s): Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826); Suicide; Lies THE MAIDS OF ELFIN-MERE, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas when the spinning-room was here Last Line: And the tall reeds sighs as the wind doth blow.@! Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Lies; Spinning THE REFORMER, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A man once stood before a frowning wall Last Line: And deified his name to after-times. Subject(s): Desire; Flowers; Heaven; Lies; Love; Paradise THE SOLDIER GENERATION, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are the sons of disaster Last Line: Will yield of our strivings, god. Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Lies; Soldiers; Truth; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness TO A SERIOUS LADY, by MARTHA BANNING THOMAS Poem Text First Line: A rare distinction you possess Last Line: Demurely round you like a dress! Alternate Author Name(s): Eden, Patience Subject(s): Lies TO AN IDEALISTIC POET, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O why, dear heart, drag in Last Line: With the over-souls and democracies. Subject(s): Lies; Life; Muses; Poetry & Poets; Prayer; Soul TO EACH HIS DREAM, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With each his little, secret dream Last Line: Throws back a wonder on each face! Subject(s): Dreams; Lies; Life; Love; Soul; Tears; Time; Nightmares TOMORROW, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See where the falling day Last Line: And all deceive. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Lies; Women TOWARD THE PIRAEUS: 3, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What had you done Last Line: That I am wise. Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible; Lies; Man-woman Relationships; Men; Male-female Relations TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: A yellow cat is sitting in my doorway Last Line: If I had walked with you last night we would have seen the stars Subject(s): Lies; Life; Truth TRUTH, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Permit me, madame, to declare Last Line: To flatter them, I'd have you know. Subject(s): Lies; Man-woman Relationships; Truth; Male-female Relations TRUTH AND LIES, by LORI POWELL Poem Source First Line: Lies are an empty room Last Line: Fist pounding the door Subject(s): Lies; Truth TRUTH ANTICIPATED, by PHILIP FRENEAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What brilliant events have of late come to pass Last Line: For all his life long he did little but lie. Subject(s): Lies; Newspapers; Rivington, James (1724-1803); Journalism; Journalists TWO SINS, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sin I did for love's sake Last Line: The eyes that fain would see. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Hate; Lies; Love; Sin UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the time you swear you're his Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Lies VERY SHORT, PASSIONATE POEM, by KENNETH LEONHARDT Poem Source First Line: Would I lie to you? Subject(s): Lies; Truth VISIBLE LIE, by NATALIE KENVIN Poem Source First Line: Time is a visible lie Last Line: She'll swallow an egg whole, %common as a moan Subject(s): Lies; Time; Women WHISPERED LIES, by SARAH SPENCER ROE Poem Text First Line: Their lies / are snakes, which crawl Last Line: Their sting. Subject(s): Animals; False Accusations; Lies; Snakes; Serpents; Vipers WITH A BARRIE BOOK, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old year dies, and a new is born Last Line: Lo, here's barrie! Subject(s): Books; Hate; Holidays; Laughter; Lies; Love; New Year; Reading |
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