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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NORTH DAKOTA Matches Found: 31 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ABANDONED CITIES: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: There are no suburbs Last Line: Trooper's headlights vanish down highway 27 Subject(s): Cities; North Dakota BLIZZARD: APRIL 4, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Spring creeps into the city Last Line: Close to the warm, black stove Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival CAMPING IN THE HOUSE, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: No cooking. %no warm water Last Line: I can't believe it's even our house Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival CHRISTMAS BOX, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Red and silver garland Last Line: They're survivors of the flood - %like us.' Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival CLEANUP: MAY 5, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: My feet shiver in the big gray boots Last Line: But sarah's dolls must all be gone Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival DAKOTA HILLS, by H. R. MARTINSON Poem Text First Line: Hills in the hazy Last Line: Are leveled in sleep. Subject(s): Mountains; North Dakota; Hills; Downs (great Britain) DANGER, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: The newspaper says Last Line: I wish they could tell me what happened to my cat Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival FACES AT AN INTERSECTION, by THOM TAMMARO Poem Source First Line: Fifteen billion years of cosmic history Last Line: Heading toward their lives Subject(s): Fargo, North Dakota FARGO, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fertillest soil this side of the tigris Last Line: Rewards those god's grandeur does not drive mad Subject(s): Fargo, North Dakota FARGO, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fertillest soil this side of the tigris Last Line: Rewards those god's grandeur does not drive mad Subject(s): Fargo, North Dakota FLEEING: JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT: APRIL 18, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Most things you lie awake and worry about Last Line: Away from our home Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DAY, by JAY MEEK Poem Source First Line: Standing in the shadow of a hangar Last Line: As if they were stars of the show Subject(s): Air Force - United States; Aviation And Aviators; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Travel GEO. KUPPER'S FATHER, by TOM DOMEK Poem Source First Line: My father drives spikes Last Line: Grown white and more white %with its churches and bars Subject(s): Grandparents; North Dakota; Refuse And Refuse Disposal GOING BACK: MAY 3, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: All winter, cars leaped Last Line: Every story is sad Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: HOME TO FARGO, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mortals live by mutual interchange Last Line: Drive to the next time zone. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Fargo, North Dakota; Mothers & Daughters; Graveyards JUST IN CASE, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: At supper, %everyone is as quiet Last Line: Just %in %case Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival MAD, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: I'm mad at the flood Last Line: But I don't feel lucky Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival MEMORIES, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: The river is back in its banks again Last Line: In the whole world %we are Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival MOST TERRIBLE PART, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Down beside the dike Last Line: But this isn't home. %is it?' Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival NEW DIKE, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: The city's cleaning up Last Line: But the new dike will Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival NIGHT THE BUILDINGS BURN: APRIL 19, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: The shelter cots are hard and squeaky Last Line: Again and %again and %again and %again Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival NORTH DAKOTA SPRING, by ALICE SINCLAIR PAGE Poem Text First Line: Balmy days have come again Last Line: In the marsh reeds, dense and tall. Subject(s): North Dakota; Spring OCEAN OF FEELINGS, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Two weeks of waiting Last Line: I'll help you find the library.' Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival ONE TERRIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD: MAY 20, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: This was a great neighborhood,' dad says Last Line: This was one terrific neighborhood.' Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival POSTCARD FROM THE CENTER OF THE CONTINENT, by JAY MEEK Poem Source First Line: The big story from out here Last Line: You could go almost anywhere Subject(s): Hotels; North Dakota; Tourists; Travel RED RIVER, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: The river wiggled %like a fat brown thread Last Line: That was us. %that was the river Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival RIVER WILD, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Melting snow has made the river wild Last Line: But she never answers Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival SANDBAGGING: APRIL 12, by JANE KURTZ Poem Source First Line: Snow's melting, %river's rising Last Line: One, lift, two, swing, three, catch, four, toss Subject(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota; Rivers; Survival SWEEPING HEAVEN, by HEID E. ERDRICH Poem Source First Line: Someone has to sweep these million golden Last Line: It showers like the wheeling prairie sky Subject(s): Cleanliness; Housekeeping; North Dakota WALKING THE MALL, by JAY MEEK Poem Source First Line: In winter, before the shops open Last Line: Just for good memories and the sport Subject(s): Fargo, North Dakota; Memory; Travel WILL COGAN'S MAP, by TOM DOMEK Poem Source First Line: Mine are the drills Last Line: Like dust in my skull Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; North Dakota; Prairies; Water Supply; Wells |
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