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Subject: MISSILES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEITIES AND BEASTS, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tall atlas, jupiter, hercules, thor
Last Line: Is never mentioned in the press at all
Subject(s): Cold War; Missiles; Guided Missiles; Ballistic Missiles


DEITIES AND BEASTS, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tall atlas, jupiter, hercules, thor
Last Line: Is never mentioned in the press at all
Subject(s): Cold War; Missiles


GUIDED MISSILES EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, by GEORGE ROBERT ACWORTH CONQUEST    Poem Source                    
First Line: Soft sounds and odours brim up through the night
Subject(s): Missiles


SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM, by WILLIAM WITHERUP    Poem Source                    
First Line: After the first a-bomb test,'
Last Line: After a shit and a coffee break
Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Bombs; Missiles; Nuclear Accidents; Science


TOWARD THE MILLENIUM, by FRANCES HORODAS    Poem Text                    
First Line: They come to sip, they come to trip
Last Line: The living and dead as it bursts overhead.
Subject(s): Death; Missiles; Dead, The; Guided Missiles; Ballistic Missiles


WAR COMMUNIQUE, by MAHDY Y. KHAIYAT    Poem Source                    
First Line: The cruise missile
Last Line: There was minimal %collateral damage
Subject(s): Missiles; War