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Subject: RODENTS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BLUE DRESS, by STEVE MARK KOWIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: When I grab big eddie, a gopher drops from his teeth
Last Line: At a life that I still, when I think of it, hardly believe
Subject(s): Clothing And Dress; Rodents


JERBOA, by MARIANNE MOORE    Poem Source     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A roman hired an %artist, a freedman
Last Line: Between leaps to its burrow
Subject(s): Rodents


ODE TO THE RODENT CLAN, by EDWARD LODI    Poem Source                    
First Line: A vole %or a mole
Last Line: There's nothing awesome %about a possum
Subject(s): Rodents


SHOOTING RATS AT THE BIBB COUNTY DUMP, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Loaded on beer and whiskey, we ride
Last Line: For all they're worth into the darkness we're headed for.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Guns; Refuse & Refuse Disposal; Rodents; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse


THE JERBOA, by MARIANNE MOORE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A roman hired an / artist, a freedman
Subject(s): Rodents


THEN MOUSETRAPS IN THE CELLAR, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Pretty good odds for living
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death; Death - Animals; Mice; Nature; Rodents


WEE RODENTS, by MAE WALKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Wee rodents gnaw ceaselessly
Last Line: In the stillness of the night.
Subject(s): Rodents