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Subject: POLE VAULTING
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pass. Pass. Pass. Thou hast had thine hour
Last Line: To rush on and win with thy pitiful lance.
Subject(s): Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


LOVE SONNET OF A TRACK FIEND, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Baby, I know you think that I
Last Line: I'll make the rest look just like also-rans!
Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing; Track Athletics; Wagering; Betting; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


PAAVO NURMI, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: They say he lives on hard, black bread
Last Line: The bounding, flying finn!
Subject(s): Nurmi, Paavo (1897-1973); Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


REGATTA, by IVAN SWIFT    Poem Text                    
First Line: We have heard the roll of the signal - gun!
Last Line: We've heard our signal-gun!
Subject(s): Competition; Surfing; Track Athletics; Waves; Wind; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


RUNNER, by GENEVIEVE TAGGARD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You are not for valleys. Or for any maiden
Last Line: Runner, runner, runner -- wind and runner meet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Wolf, Robert Leopold, Mrs.
Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


THE BLACK RUNNER, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm awake, I'm away!
Last Line: My feet in the dust.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN, by GEORGE ADE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When the crisp autumnal zephyrs whistle through the leafless trees
Last Line: By going into training — the result will be the same.
Subject(s): Athletes; Football; Sports; Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


THE LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN, by DAVID WAGONER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Crouching, he puts the stiffened tips of his fingers
Subject(s): Loneliness; Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


THE RUNNER, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweat glides on the forehead of the gasping runner
Last Line: To the runner
Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


THE SERVICE, by BURGES JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was the third man running in a race
Last Line: "I dreaded you two thundering behind!"
Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


TIME, by INEZ LINDSEY ELLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Time, thou art the greatest runner of them all
Last Line: Then vanished without knowing of your fame.
Subject(s): Spectator (periodical); Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles


TO THE DISCUS THROWER, by VIRGINIA LYNE TUNSTALL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Shimmering fabrics, broidered with bright threads
Last Line: Wrapped in your cloak of stainless nudity!
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles