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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NEIGHBORS Matches Found: 145 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A MAN IN OUR TOWN, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We pitied him as one too much at ease Subject(s): Memory; Men; Neighbors A VERMONT GENERAL-UTILITY MAN, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We used to have a man in town Last Line: That bested jerry king. Subject(s): Ingenuity; Neighbors; Vermont ABRIDGED, by JR. ORVAL A. LUND Poem Source First Line: I knew a man, walked round his yard Last Line: To anything. When the man fell, %someone who loved him %removed human being Subject(s): Death; Neighbors; Old Age AD NEPOTEM, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O nepos, twice my neighbour since at home Last Line: For fathers also may enjoy their nights. Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Subject(s): Daughters; Neighbors ARMORED HEARTS, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'd been awakened before by hammers cracking across the pond Last Line: The bait from his hooks. Subject(s): Ducks; Neighbors; Sabotage; Mallards; Drakes AUGUST, by MARY OLIVER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our neighbor, tall and blonde and vigorous, the mother Subject(s): Neighbors; Sickness; Illness BAD WORD, by DAVID KELLER Poem Source First Line: The next door neighbor has bought one of those above-ground pools Last Line: For the back yard; it is what he wants his love to mean Subject(s): Cancer (disease); Family Life; Grief; Love; Neighbors BEAUTY CRUCIFIED, by ANNA SHAW BUCK Poem Text First Line: My neighbor's tree, in sunny field Last Line: Revealed by beauty crucified! Subject(s): Growth; Neighbors; Trees BESIDE MILL RIVER, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When my key sticks in the neighbor's Last Line: High-rise of sleep. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Houses; Identity; Neighbors BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The complainant is a big man Subject(s): Neighbors; Dogs; Parrots BRIGHT SUN AFTER HEAVY SNOW, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A ledge of ice slides from the eaves Last Line: It, too, rises and falls Subject(s): Snow; Neighbors COUPLE, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: We've been wondering Last Line: You know scott said as %if that explained it Subject(s): Neighbors; Relationships COUPLE OVERHEAD, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They don't get anywhere Last Line: And the punishment they've chosen, %after a while it dies Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Hate; Neighbors CROSS-PATCH, by MOTHER GOOSE Poet's Biography Last Line: Then call your neighbors in Subject(s): Neighbors DARKNESS, by SHARON RUBENSTEIN Poem Source First Line: Darkness steals a city Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Neighbors; Schools; Youth DICKEY, by MRS. WILBUR BELL Poem Text First Line: I hear the sound of pattering feet Last Line: Without this boy across the street. Subject(s): Boys; Neighbors DIFFERENCES, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbor lives on the hill Last Line: "the same to yourself,"" say I." Subject(s): Neighbors DIRE WARNINGS: MY AUNT ROSEMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE, by ELAINE HATFIELD Poem Source First Line: Love thy neighbor as thyself Last Line: If you get married, don't ask me to watch your kids Subject(s): Aunts; Neighbors EAST SIDE WEST, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stairs squeak like mice caught outside Last Line: On the stairs, as if searching in me %for the help she needs Subject(s): Neighbors ENCROACHMENTS, by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The madman son of our dear friend cynthia Last Line: Thinks about coming over to our place Alternate Author Name(s): Dunn, Stephen Subject(s): Neighbors; Travel ENCRYPTED, by ANTHONY SEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: I find myself each evening, while commuting on the freeway, or when the blue Last Line: Parties and diners, their salesmen crying hysterically in motel rooms, the deafening %hiss of prayer Subject(s): Commuters; Conversation; Neighbors EVENING, by MARY WINTERS Poem Source First Line: Neighbor stops by about a lost cat Last Line: Let her watch the piranhas, I call Subject(s): Children; Neighbors FENCING, by SUE ANN ALDERSON Poem Source First Line: Her neighbors have been building Last Line: Break off at the root. Some hold Subject(s): Neighbors FLIGHT, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like a glum cricket Subject(s): Neighbors FOUR FOUR SQUARE HOUSES: 519 NORTHWESTERN, by MICHAEL MARTONE Poem Source First Line: There is a porch across the full front of the house. The door is to the left Last Line: From the ceiling above when the upstairs neighbors make love Subject(s): Houses; Neighbors GLASS HOUSES, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Learn if you must, but do not come to me Last Line: That we may not be here a thousand years. Subject(s): Neighbors GOOD NEIGHBORS, by WILLARD WATTLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Many a man hath gold to guard Last Line: Because I have good neighbors. Subject(s): Neighbors GREEK NEIGHBOR HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, by GERALD STERN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where he hung the bird feeder a month ago Subject(s): Greece; Home; Neighbors; Greeks GREEK NEIGHBOR HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, by GERALD STERN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where he hung the bird feeder a month ago Last Line: Too much away to the poisonous squirrels, poor greek Subject(s): Greece; Home; Neighbors GREEN PIANO, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Aeolian. Gratis. Great thunderer, half-ton infant of miracles Last Line: Pink one, forever green one, white-and-gold one, comforter, living soul Subject(s): Musical Instruments; Neighbors; Pianos GUINEA AFTERNOON, by NICHOLAS KOLUMBAN Poem Source First Line: I took my guinea pig for a spin in the park Last Line: I would have grazed on her intoxicating moss Subject(s): Guests; Neighbors HELSINKI, 1940, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Exploding, shattering, burning / big lights in the sky Last Line: All of whom really felt like living Subject(s): Friendship - Selectivity; Guests; Neighbors; Visiting HIGH RISE, by MAXINE CHERNOFF Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The man next door has extended a long, wooden plank out of his win Last Line: Their graves of sky Subject(s): Love; Neighbors I KNEW A MAN BY SIGHT, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Stranger and foe, one day each other know Subject(s): Relationships; Neighbors; Brotherhood I LOVE A VILLAGE, by BLANCHE PALMER Poem Text First Line: I love a little village best Last Line: Till comes the last clear call. Subject(s): Homecoming; Neighbors; Villages I'VE HEARD MY NEIGHBOR'S PUMP AT NIGHT, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Or else the squeak of a meadow hen Subject(s): Wells; Neighbors IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I was not well the other day Last Line: Back to my labor in the rolling-mill Subject(s): Calm;home;neighbors;silence; Placid;undisturbed;tranquility IN A RUN-DOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, by FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER Poem Source First Line: A storm of images, he said, like a strom they come Last Line: Nor do I have much time left, he said, I haven't much %time either Subject(s): Jazz; Music And Musicians; Neighbors KEEPING THINGS NEAT, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You plant a rosebush by your door, and Last Line: Hide. Subject(s): Admiration; Cleanliness; Gardens & Gardening; Housekeeping; Neighbors; Tools LAME ONE, by SHERWOOD ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: At night when there are no lights my city is a man who arises from a Last Line: My city is a murmur of voices coming out of a pit Subject(s): Life; Neighbors; Old Age LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN A LIVING HELL, by EDWARD MICHAEL O'DURR SUPRANOWICZ Poem Source First Line: Got some neighbors at the apartments Last Line: But, hereabouts, they are considered normal Subject(s): Neighbors LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 3. ISAAC BROWN, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pass on to isaac brown, a man elect Last Line: Resumes his bench, and wipes his reeking face. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Landlords & Tenants; Mortgages; Neighbors; Portraits; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes LEARNING TO TALK, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On magnolia avenue there are no magnolias. Someone bought Subject(s): Neighbors; Birds; Mothers; Babies; Infants LIVING ROOMS OF MY NEIGHBORS, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The living rooms of my neighbors are like beauty parlors, like night-club Last Line: Neighborhood with a sky Subject(s): Neighbors LYONS AVENUE, by BOB HICOK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ramesh, ice-t dripping from headphones Last Line: In space, a time too brief %to believe by any measure but faith Subject(s): Neighbors; Streets MAGRITTE DANCING, by GERALD STERN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every night I have to go to bed twice Subject(s): Insomnia; Neighbors; Dancing & Dancers; Sleeplessness MAN IN OUR TOWN, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We pitied him as one too much at ease Last Line: And though he be forgotten, it was good %for more than one of you that he was there Subject(s): Memory; Men; Neighbors MARIE AND ELLA (2), by SHARON CHMIELARZ Poem Source First Line: Marie coffin, my mother's neighbor on the south Last Line: Who've seen the world, from both top and bottom Subject(s): Geese; Neighbors; Old Age; Women MENAGE, by LESLIE NELSON JENNINGS Poem Text First Line: Blinds down!' they cry Last Line: Open to the sky. Subject(s): Gossip; Neighbors MENDING WALL, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Something there is that doesn't love a wall Last Line: He says again, 'good fences make good neighbors.' Subject(s): Neighbors; Walls MRS., by BARTON SUTTER Poem Source First Line: What I'd really like to do tonight Last Line: That summer, a bad one for the farmers Subject(s): Memory; Middle Age; Neighbors; Old Age; Past MUSIC IN THE FLAT, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When tom and I were married, we took a little flat Last Line: And so in spite of my resolve, I do not play at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Neighbors MY MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORS, by MILDRED GAVITT DODGE Poem Text First Line: The hem of her skirt makes a path to my gate Last Line: My tall mountain neighbors and I. Subject(s): Country Life; Neighbors MY NEIGBOR'S ROSES, by A. L. GRUBER Poem Text First Line: The roses red upon my neighbor's vine Last Line: Is grown for you, upon your neighbor's vine. Subject(s): Flowers; Neighbors; Roses MY NEIGHBOR, by GYULA ILLYES Poem Source First Line: The girl who lives next to us Last Line: Like an animal Subject(s): Courtship; Farm Life; Neighbors MY NEIGHBOR, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbor as myself to love Last Line: That thou thyself art he. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Neighbors; Religion; Theology MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the years that now are dead and gone Last Line: The wealth that now is mine. Subject(s): Envy; Neighbors MY NEIGHBOR'S REPLY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "your neighbor, sir, whose roses you admire" Last Line: And he who shares the joy in what he's grown / spreads joy and doubles all his own Subject(s): Flowers;neighbors;pleasure;roses MY NEIGHBOR'S TREASURE, by ANNA O. SMITH Poem Text First Line: My neighbor has a precious thing Last Line: Deep envy to his house I bring. Subject(s): Envy; Houses; Neighbors MY NEIGHBORS: INTRODUCTORY POEM, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To rest my fagged brain now and then Last Line: Maybe they'll find him dead to-morrow. Subject(s): Neighbors; Paris, France MY NEIGHBOUR, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbour -- an eternal ninny -- Last Line: "he'll come, I warrant him, no more." Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Money; Neighbors MY NEIGHBOUR'S CURTAINS, by ALFRED DE MUSSET Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My charming neighbour's curtain / is moving, I declare Last Line: Tis by the wind, no doubt! Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Neighbors; Window Treatments; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes MY POOR NEIGHBOR, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: My neighbor hath a lordly pile Last Line: While I have home—and you, my dear! Subject(s): Blessings; Family Life; Fathers; Happiness; Neighbors; Poverty; Wealth; Relatives; Joy; Delight; Riches; Fortunes NEEBOR JOHNNIE'S COMPLAINT, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My aul' neebor johnnie had lang been awa' Last Line: An' we'll ne'er pit him oot till we stop the supplies. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Neighbors; Temperance; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Wine; Prohibition NEIGHBORHOOD OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE, by STEPHANIE BROWN Poem Source First Line: In the neighborhood where I grew up, the men Last Line: They nod. Hurry. Hurry up Subject(s): Marriage; Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How little I have really cared about nature Alternate Author Name(s): Ammons, A. R. Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by JUNE W. BASH Poem Source First Line: Swiftly Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by ANNE MILLAY BREMER Poem Text First Line: A faint twitter at paling dawn Last Line: You have moved out. Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by WITTER BYNNER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let me have faith, is what I pray Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by LINDA HOGAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In this country Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Environment; Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where do they find the answers? Last Line: To expel waste and to make arrangements %and to carry them out Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by WALTER ROBERT MCDONALD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They yowl sometimes like cats at midnight Last Line: Joe roars as he backs out, shifts, %and burns rubber down the block Alternate Author Name(s): Mcdonald, Walt Subject(s): Automobiles; Neighbors; Night NEIGHBORS, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As often as we thought of her Last Line: More than one heart could hold. Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by ANNE SPENCER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, you are cruel! Alternate Author Name(s): Bannister, Anne Bethel Scales Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Will they have children? Will they have more children? Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, by JAMES TATE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Will they have children? Will they have more children? Last Line: It's just all so damned %difficult! Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS (1), by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The cold man Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS (2), by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dick's bought an old boat Subject(s): Neighbors NEIGHBORS, THROWING KNIVES, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full 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 NEW NEIGHBOR, by ROSE FYLEMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Have you had your tonsils out? Last Line: Do you think your mother %will ask me in to tea? Subject(s): Neighbors NEW NEIGHBOR, by CLARA HYDE Poem Text First Line: She had a modern furnished home Last Line: The guests that never came. Subject(s): Neighbors NEW NEIGHBORS WHO RENT NEXT DOOR, THEIR LAUNDRY, by MICHAEL J. ROSEN Poem Source First Line: Drip-dries in the rain. The sad fact is Last Line: That was so clear we had become transparent, %naked, despite our wealth of dry, warm changes Subject(s): Laundry And Laundering; Neighbors NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOURS, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My wife and I live, comme il faut Last Line: Their neighbours' faults and failings. Subject(s): London; Marriage; Neighbors; Peace; Weddings; Husbands; Wives NOT ALWAYS: 1, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In surety and obscurity twice mailed Subject(s): Neighbors; Solitude; Loneliness NOT ALWAYS: 1, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In surety and obscurity twice mailed Last Line: A song somewhat as of the morning stars Subject(s): Neighbors; Solitude ON FINDING ONE'S NEIGHBOR DEAD IN HIS GARDEN, by LESLIE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: No one saw the clumsy way his body Last Line: Brown, soft, tired, kissing - cheek to cheek they meet Subject(s): Death; Gardens And Gardening; Neighbors ONCE MORE BREVITY, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Wells; Neighbors OUR NEIGHBOR IN CHARGE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Rub out %with my bare feet Subject(s): Arabs; Hebrew Literature; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Neighbors; Palestine PARTY NEXT DOOR, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I trust I am not a spoilsport, but there is one thing I deplore Last Line: Means they have experienced a party next door Subject(s): Neighbors PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The phone ringing in a sandstorm Last Line: Banging together. Or is that singing? Subject(s): Neighbors PEOPLE UPSTAIRS, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The people upstairs all practice ballet Last Line: If instead of above us, they just lived under us Subject(s): Neighbors PLASTIC BEATITUDE, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our neighbors, the pazzotis, live in a long Last Line: To their last temptation. Subject(s): Blessings; Electricity; Extermination & Exterminators; Family Life; Insects; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Neighbors; Toys; Women In The Bible; Relatives; Bugs; Virgin Mary PLEASANT AVENUE, by MARIE PONSOT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is in manhattan / as only those who live there know Last Line: I have nothing to fear Subject(s): New York City; Italian Americans; Neighbors PORTRAIT BY A NEIGHBOR, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before she has her floor swept Last Line: And the queen anne's lace! Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Neighbors; Women QUARREL OF PAIRS, by GREGORY DJANIKIAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The hayfield is harrowed Last Line: What a roundness of words to hold in your hand Subject(s): Farm Life; Neighbors RIVER ROADS, by NIKI LEOPOLD Poem Source First Line: Our neighbor, in retirement Last Line: And hope the answer will arrive Subject(s): Neighbors; Roads ROOM 4: THE PAINTER CHAP, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He gives me such a bold and curious look Last Line: The queen of virtues is discretion. Subject(s): Neighbors; Paris, France ROOM 5: THE CONCERT SINGER, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm one of these haphazard chaps Last Line: I often wonder what's her story. Subject(s): Bohemians; Neighbors; Paris, France; Singing & Singers ROOM 6: THE LITTLE WORKGIRL, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three gentlemen live close beside me Last Line: His night's made up of song and folly. Subject(s): Neighbors; Paris, France ROOM ABOVE, by SUPRITHA RAJAN Poem Source First Line: The occupants of the room Last Line: As the edge of a long skirt shyly escapes %the closing heavy door Subject(s): Neighbors; Rooms RUNOFF, by AL MASARIK Poem Source First Line: We live in a very small place Last Line: Immediately I think of excuses %to be outside Subject(s): Neighbors SATURDAY NIGHT, by MARY COLBURNE VEEL Poem Text First Line: Saturday night in the crowded town Last Line: Walking in arcady, land of love. Subject(s): Earth; Neighbors; Night; Streets; Towns; World; Bedtime; Avenues SHOVEL, by DABNEY STUART Poem Source First Line: My neighbor's out early Last Line: Slowly with his exposed thumb, and lets go Subject(s): Ice; Neighbors SKETCHES OF VILLAGE CHARACTER IN DAYS 'O' LANGSYNE.', by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane Last Line: That droons her an' a' that is holy an' gude! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Memory; Neighbors; Villages SLUM LORDS, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Upper Classes; Absence; Neighbors; Separation; Isolation SMALL TOWN, by PHILIP BOOTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You know. / the light on upstairs Last Line: You know you cannot stop weeping Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SMALL TOWN, by PHILIP BOOTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You know Last Line: You know you cannot stop weeping Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SMALL TOWN, by WALTER KUCHINSKY Poem Source First Line: Old neighbor ned Last Line: Shuffling, leaning a lot %on whatsername's arm Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Good neighbour, why you look awry? Last Line: You've torn my hood, and shall make it good %if it cost me forty pound Subject(s): Hate; Neighbors SONNET: 28, by EDMUND JOSEPH BERRIGAN Poem Source First Line: To gentle, pleasant strains Last Line: Clinging together with slightly detached air Subject(s): Neighbors STUDIES FOR PICTURES: 2. THE NEIGHBOR, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How cool and wet the lowlands lie Last Line: They bring a welcome rain to mine Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Neighbors; Rain SUMMER HILL, by HENRY SPLAWN TAYLOR Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seems like to me it ought to be winter hill Last Line: The blade bite wood. Sound can't keep up with light Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Neighbors; Country Life SUNNING IN THE COURTYARD, NANNERL MOZART, 1829, by SHARON CHMIELARZ Poem Source First Line: Neighbors passing through the courtyard Last Line: Show of resistance when snapped off Subject(s): Baths And Bathing; Neighbors; Sun SWEET CORN, by SUSAN RONEY-O'BRIEN Poem Source First Line: March, mud-kneeling, harlan Last Line: The broken ones, we chop down Subject(s): Farm Life; Gardens And Gardening; Memory; Neighbors THE BANDED, by EDWIN FORD PIPER Poem Text First Line: Who are the banded? Gather from the four Last Line: Shall ask for health, a clean soul, and good neighbors. Subject(s): Neighbors THE COUPLE OVERHEAD, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They don't get anywhere Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Hate; Neighbors THE DOGWOOD THE ANSWER, by ROBERT KELLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dogwood is no answer Last Line: All this island music Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Neighbors THE FRIENDS, by GEORGE LUNT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbor john died yesternight Last Line: And miss him sadly. Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Neighbors; Dead, The THE GREEN PIANO, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Aeolian. Gratis. Great thunderer, half-ton infant of miracles Subject(s): Musical Instruments; Neighbors; Pianos THE KINDLY NEIGHBOR, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a kindly neighbor, one who stands Last Line: When man has made the man next door his friend. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Neighbors; Peace; Religion; Theology THE MAN INTO WHOSE YARD YOU SHOULD NOT HIT YOUR BALL, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Each day mowed Subject(s): Neighbors THE NEIGHBOR, by MARGE PIERCY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man stomping over my bed in boots Subject(s): Neighbors; Anger THE NEIGHBORS, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Against the distant striking of the clock Last Line: Stayed till the last had gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Immortality; Neighbors THE NOBLE OLD ELM, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O big old tree, so tall an' fine Last Line: "but shade belongs to you an' me." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Neighbors; Trees; Childhood THE OLD COLLECTOR, by BEATRICE HANSCOM Poem Text First Line: Tis strange to look across the street Last Line: For him are ended. Subject(s): Art Patronage; Collectors & Collecting; Death; Neighbors; Patrons Of The Arts; Dead, The THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He isn't a religious man Subject(s): Neighbors; Family Life; Fatners; Transience; Mortality; Happiness; Relatives; Impermanence; Joy; Delight THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PORCH, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Across my neighbor's waste of whins Last Line: My modest patch of garden. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Neighbors THE POET'S TREE, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The burch and the juniper Last Line: He lives across town and rarely comes this way Subject(s): Trees; Neighbors THE REAL TRAVELERS, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was supposed to snow, but it rained Last Line: The real travelers etting out for mars Subject(s): Space & Space Travel; Neighbors; Journeys; Trips THE TWO ANGRY WOMEN OF ABINGTON, by HENRY PORTER Poem Text First Line: Gentlemen, I come to ye like one that lacks and would borrow Last Line: [exeunt. Subject(s): Anger; Marriage; Neighbors; Women; Weddings; Husbands; Wives TRYING TO WRITE A POEM WHILE THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS MAKE LOVE, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: She's like a singer straying slowly off key Subject(s): Neighbors; Love - Erotic; Poetry & Poems VAGRANT SIRENS, by SHARON RUBENSTEIN Poem Source First Line: Love's thin galt Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Neighbors; Schools; Youth VILLAGE, by ROBERT MCALMON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saloons are all closed now. Boards are across their doorways Last Line: Which I learned to swim is dry, life is so dry, dust dry there Subject(s): Neighbors; Villages VILLAGE, by ROBERT MCALMON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saloons are all closed now. Boards are across their doorways Last Line: Is dry, life is so dry, dusty dry there Subject(s): Neighbors; Villages VOICES, by JEAN FOLLAIN Poem Source First Line: On the boulevards of towns Last Line: Which are then lost in death Subject(s): Neighbors; Towns; Voices WEEDS, by JIM DANIELS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tina's dog got hit by a cab yesterday Last Line: What can we do but bend down %and shove our hands in it Subject(s): Animals; Death; Dogs; Drugs And Drug Abuse; Neighbors; Streets WELCOME, by ROSE WALDO Poem Source First Line: Little new neighbor, have you come to be Last Line: And we'll sing all the songs that we love to sing Subject(s): Neighbors WHA'S MY NEIBOR!, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Doon frae jerus'lem a traveller took Last Line: But wha am I neibor till? Subject(s): Neighbors WHAT THOU LOVEST WELL REMAINS AMERICAN, by RICHARD HUGO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You remember the name was jensen. She seemed old Last Line: You are welcome in the secret club they have formed Subject(s): Neighbors WHEN LIGHT COMES UP, by JULIE ILES O'LEARY Poem Source First Line: There's a moment each morning Last Line: Against a blue-morning sky Subject(s): Houses; Memory; Neighbors WHITE CEILING, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Until that child, one flight below, stops crying Last Line: Since those below are helpless, I lie here %and look up at the white ceiling Subject(s): Insomnia; Neighbors WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Who is my neighbor? He of whom 'tis said Last Line: To prove my love to them in everything. Subject(s): Good Samaritan; Love; Neighbors WINTER, by MARIE PONSOT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Neighbors; Sons; Friendship; Suicide; Divorce WINTER SAINT, by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the summer I live so Last Line: And the miles and miles %winter clears between us Alternate Author Name(s): Ammons, A. R. Subject(s): Hate; Neighbors WORKS AND DAYS: NEIGHBOURS AND KINSFOLK, by HESIOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Call him who loves you to your feast Last Line: But kinsmen dawdle o'er their gear. Subject(s): Family Life; Neighbors; Relatives |
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