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| Searching... Subject: REPTILES Matches Found: 32 BOA-CONSTRICTOR'S DREAM, by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO Poem Source First Line: Within his knots a strength mysterious lies Last Line: With grace about a fair arm, round and white Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Reptiles; Snakes BOX TURTLE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: This bony dome's %my mobile home Last Line: Secure from beasts %that box my head Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles BULLFROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Polli-wogger, %bobby-bogger Last Line: Jug-o'-rummer, %jug -o'-rummer Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles CHAMELEON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Chameleon, comedian %we never know which skin you're in Last Line: Comedian, make up your mind! Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles COBRA, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: It's wise to stay clear Last Line: All months of the year, %including octobra Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles CROCODILE AND THE ALLIGATOR, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: The crocodile's smile is wide Last Line: Sometimes swallow second graders? Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Fork in front, %rattle behind Last Line: The lump in the middle? %a rabbit too slow Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles GECKO, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: The gecko's trick is climbing walls Last Line: But don't you try this in your home Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles GILA MONSTER, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: They call me monster just because Last Line: Like someone's composition book Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles GLASS FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Upon a tree %it's hard to see Last Line: I've lost myself again - %good grief! Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles IGUANA, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: I wouldn't wanna %be an iguana Last Line: Be an iguana - %except for halloween Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles KILLING THE SNAKE ON SUMMER'S CUSP, by CATHRYN HANKLA Poem Source First Line: A thin, spotted teenager-still, the copperhead's Last Line: I pretend holds back the beasts Subject(s): Animals; Danger; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes KOMODO DRAGON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: I am komodo, %I'm gruesome and gray Last Line: Plus all those who don't think %that dragons are real Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles MIDWIFE TOAD, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: On dad's back the eggs are toted Last Line: To his kids he's toadally devoted Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles NEWT, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Orange nose. %orange toes Last Line: In your bright orange suit Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles OCTOPODS AND REPTILES, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The corridors they block Subject(s): Reptiles POISON-DART FROGS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Brown with oval orange spots Last Line: These frogs are masters of fine art Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles POLLIWOGS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: We polliwoggle, %we polliwoggle Last Line: To turn ourselves %into a frog Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles PYTHON, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: With thirty feet to squeeze your prey Last Line: Python, you take my breath away! Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles RED-EYED TREE FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Tomato eyes. %catches flies Last Line: Lives on t-shirts and coffee mugs Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles REPTILIAN ANATOMY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "'bedad, that hurt!' and patrick held" Last Line: To know if I am bit or shtung!' Subject(s): Reptiles SKINK, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Along the ground I'm found - I slink Last Line: I don't fight back - I fall to pieces Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles SNAKE, by SVETLANA MAKAROVIC Poem Source First Line: Like a noble fire, %poison flares in it Last Line: The grater of summer would %never consume it to the end Subject(s): Animals; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes SNAKES, by MICHAEL WATERS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Knowing nothing about snakes, I fear them all Last Line: Can easily overwhelm us. %costa rica Subject(s): Animals; Danger; Death; Poisons And Poisoning; Reptiles; Snakes SPRING PEEPERS, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: Peep, %peep - %we steal your sleep Last Line: And make you stay %awake too late Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles THE TURTLE SHRINE NEAR CHITTAGONG, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Humps of shell emerge from dark water Last Line: Or say, this is water, that is land. Subject(s): Reptiles; Turtles; Tortoises TORTOISE, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: I wear a helmet %on my back Last Line: I'm born with it, %for I'm a tortoise Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles TURTLE SIGHING TREE, by GAYLE ELEN HARVEY Poem Source First Line: Eons swallowed whole. Your reptilian unease Last Line: Remnants. The undoing %that heals Subject(s): Evolution; Healing; Reptiles; Turtles TURTLES OF SANTA ROSA, by MICHAEL WATERS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Haul their leathery, pock-marked backs Last Line: Might then remember me Subject(s): Deserts; Food And Eating; Reptiles; Seashore; Tourists; Travel; Turtles; Zoos WAKULLA: CHASING THE GATOR'S EYE, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If you catch a gleam between pad stalks Last Line: The reptile that moves beneath you. Subject(s): Alligators; Boats; Night; Reptiles; Bedtime WOOD FROG, by DOUGLAS FLORIAN Poem Source First Line: I am a frozen frogsicle Last Line: For I am full of antifreeze Subject(s): Amphibians; Reptiles YJUANAS, by VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ Poem Source First Line: There's not an iguana that isn't drawn up Last Line: A place that can never be told in words Subject(s): Caribbean Sea; Puerto Ricans - New York City; Reptiles |
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