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Subject: LONGEVITY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ENNUI, by PETER VIERECK    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Trapped me in ice. No, not one chink is gaping
Last Line: Sometimes I almost wish I were alive
Subject(s): Boredom; Longevity


FACING THE STORM, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: The church made in the shape of a boat
Last Line: Finds it hard to stay afloat
Subject(s): Churches; Longevity; Ships And Shipping; Storms


LIQUOR & LONGEVITY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The horse and mule live 30 years
Last Line: And some of them, a very few, %stay pickled till they're 92
Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Longevity


MY AUNTS ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE LONGEVITY GENES, by ELIZABETH ZELVIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Still a virgin at ninety-one
Last Line: I guess the honeymoon is over
Subject(s): Aunts; Longevity; Psychoanalysis; Relationships


SALUTE TO SURVIVORS, by RHODA BANDLER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Long living is rough
Last Line: And yet, if we're wise, %good enough
Subject(s): Longevity


SO IT'S TODAY, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And in the chokecherry this year
Last Line: For a few more days of summer.
Subject(s): Autumn; Change; Gifts & Giving; Leaves; Longevity; Seasons; Summer; Time; Fall


THE LENGTH OF LIFE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Are your sorrows hard to bear?
Last Line: Life is long!
Subject(s): Longevity


WATERLINE, by ELIZABETH ZELVIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Walking the beach in winter
Last Line: Until the next flows in, and those that can %fly out past sight of shore
Subject(s): Longevity; Psychoanalysis; Relationships