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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: MYTHICAL ANIMALS Matches Found: 35 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMPHISBAENA, by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON Poem Source First Line: Amphisbaena Last Line: When you have to do things double! Subject(s): Mythical Animals ANANSI THE SPIDER, by GERALD MCDERMOTT Poem Source First Line: Anansi. %he is 'spider' Last Line: He tumbles into %many troubles Subject(s): Mythical Animals BASILISK/COCKATRICE, by LAURA WHIPPLE Poem Source First Line: Head and body of a cock Last Line: A cockatrice.) %hissssss! Subject(s): Mythical Animals BUNYIP, by JENNY WAGNER Poem Source First Line: What do bunyips look like?' asked the bunyip Last Line: What a pity,' he murmured. 'what a pity, what a pity' Subject(s): Mythical Animals CERBERUS, by N. B. TAYLOR Poem Source First Line: There! %that terrible three-necked Last Line: He barred the way to pluto's house Subject(s): Mythical Animals CHIMERA, by PENELOPE SCAMBLY SCHOTT Poem Source First Line: Do you always act polite? Last Line: He turned that chimera into a word Subject(s): Mythical Animals CHINESE DRAGON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As the sun came up, a ball of red Last Line: But I rode a dragon as swift as the wind! Subject(s): Mythical Animals DRAGON, by KARLA KUSKIN Poem Source First Line: Let me tell you about me Last Line: Do not pet me very much Subject(s): Mythical Animals DRAGON, by ANNE MCCAFFREY Poem Source First Line: Oh, tongue, give sound to joy and sing Last Line: Of hope and promise on dragonwing! Subject(s): Mythical Animals GANESHA, GANESH, by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON Poem Source Last Line: And maybe your wish will come true Subject(s): Mythical Animals GARUDA, by DEBORAH CHANDRA Poem Source First Line: He perches in the dusty tamarind tree Last Line: Feather by bright feather, disappears Subject(s): Mythical Animals GRIFFIN, by ARNOLD SUNDGAARD Poem Source First Line: Protector of pharaohs Last Line: Or else you may not! Subject(s): Mythical Animals HIPPOCAMP, by ARNOLD SUNDGAARD Poem Source First Line: Oh, fabrous horse that's half a fish Last Line: Engraved upon a monolith? Subject(s): Mythical Animals HIPPOGRIFF, by ARNOLD SUNDGAARD Poem Source First Line: When mare and griffin meet and mate Last Line: The hippogriff this beast is called Subject(s): Mythical Animals IF WE SHADOWS HAVE OFFENDED, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: No more yielding but a dream Subject(s): Mythical Animals KAPPA, by HIROAKI SATO Poem Source First Line: Saucer on his head, carapace on his back Last Line: To keep his carapace cucumber-fresh Subject(s): Mythical Animals LEVIATHAN, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Source First Line: He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea Last Line: Upon the earth there is not his like Subject(s): Mythical Animals MANTICORE, by JEANNE STEIG Poem Source First Line: A mythic beast, the manticore Last Line: The creatures in the list above Subject(s): Mythical Animals MINOTAUR, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: King minos had a minotaur Last Line: Swung sword and swished red cape Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Mythical Animals MYTHOLOGICAL COD, by ALICE R. FRIMAN Poem Source First Line: Soft-finned and waiting Last Line: An arc of liquid fire-the cod Subject(s): Cape Cod; Fishing And Fishermen; Mythical Animals OATS FOR PEGASUS, by W. C. A. WALLAR Poem Text First Line: Why mute your music, critic-frightened soul? Last Line: On strength-of-heart and blood-of-life he soars. Subject(s): Mythical Animals; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Fictious Animals OKOLO THE LEOPARD WARRIOR, by CHRISTINE PRICE Poem Source First Line: He comes! Last Line: That leaps on its prey Subject(s): Mythical Animals OTHER TIGER, by JORGE LUIS BORGES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A tiger comes to mind. The twilight here Last Line: Another tiger, the beast not found in verse Subject(s): Animals; Books; Librarians And Libraries; Mythical Animals; Poetry And Poets; Tigers PAN, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet, sweet, sweet, o pan! Last Line: Came back to dream on the river Subject(s): Mythical Animals PEGASUS, by ELEANOR FARJEON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He could not be captured Last Line: Who sings as he flies Subject(s): Mythical Animals PHOENIX, by PAUL FLEISCHMAN Poem Source First Line: I am phoenix Last Line: There have never been more Subject(s): Mythical Animals QUETZALCOATL, by TONY JOHNSTON Poem Source First Line: In the world's young days Last Line: And the serpent whispered, %maize Subject(s): Mythical Animals RAINBOW CROW, by NANCY VAN LAAN Poem Source First Line: I will go. I will stop the snow Last Line: Aiya, aiya, aiya, aiya Subject(s): Mythical Animals ROC, by RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON Poem Source First Line: Behold the sun Last Line: Feedeth its young %on elephants Subject(s): Mythical Animals SPHINX, by DEBORAH CHANDRA Poem Source First Line: As the sun %is going down Last Line: Ground out like powered rock Subject(s): Mythical Animals THE CENTAURS, by JAMES STEPHENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Playing upon the hill three centaurs were Last Line: They raced into the wood! Subject(s): Centaurs; Mythical Animals; Fictious Animals UNICORN, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh this is the animal that never was Last Line: Looking at them calmly, with clear eyes Subject(s): Mythical Animals WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN, by JOHN BIERHORST Poem Source First Line: ...A beautiful maiden dressed in sage Last Line: Trotting over the prairie Subject(s): Mythical Animals WINGS, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: What was it she taught Last Line: Could flap across a desk and fly away? Subject(s): Birds; Fear; Mythical Animals; Fictious Animals YETI, by JOHN GARDNER Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: The yeti is a manlike beast Last Line: All he can say is, 'maybe' Subject(s): Mythical Animals |
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