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Subject: SEALS (ANIMALS)
Matches Found: 18

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CHUMASH MAN, by GEORGIANA VALOYCE SANCHEZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: Shoo-mash,' he says
Last Line: Above the constant breaking %of the waves
Subject(s): Hunting; Seals (animals)


ELEPHANT SEALS ARE JUMPING OFF CLIFFS, by CHARLES HARPER WEBB    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Since they lug 2000 pounds of soft blubber
Last Line: Heroin tempts me most. Anything to stop the pain
Subject(s): Machismo; Seals (animals)


ELEPHANT SEALS, ANO NUEVO, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO    Poem Source                    
First Line: There they lie, fasting and molting
Last Line: This place, we won't return to it
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


LITTLE SEAL-SKIN, by ELIZA KEARY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The fisherman walked up the hill
Last Line: "she slipped into the sea!"
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Seals (animals); Anglers


SEAL, by GILLIAN CLARKE    Poem Source                    
First Line: When the milk-arrow stabs she comes
Last Line: A gleaming ring on sand %like the noose she slips on the sea
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


SEAL AND THE SEAGULL, by ALPAY ULKU    Poem Source                    
First Line: Even now, survival is godhead, a dim red glow warming the water
Last Line: You could have chosen pity, feeding the tide the broken bones to see what %might come back
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; Seals (animals); Seashore; Water


SEAL IN NATURE, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Observed from down the beach, the seal
Last Line: For the silent observer supreme
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


SEAL LULLABY, by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us
Variant Title(s): The White Seal's Lullaby
Subject(s): Animals; Seals (animals)


SEAL LULLABY, by RUDYARD KIPLING    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us
Last Line: Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas
Variant Title(s): The White Seal's Lullab
Subject(s): Animals; Seals (animals)


SEALS AT HIGH ISLAND, by RICHARD MURPHY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The calamity of seals begins with jaws
Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Islands; Seals (animals)


SEALS AT HIGH ISLAND, by RICHARD MURPHY    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The calamity of seals begins with jaws
Last Line: Swells in their cove, and smothers their sweet song
Subject(s): Erotic Love; Islands; Seals (animals)


SILVER SEALS, by FLORENCE WENNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: My restless thoughts take leave of me
Last Line: Ride on the unknown breakers, ride!
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


SLAUGHTER OF A LOVESICK SPECIES, by MIRIAM A. COHEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: A fur seal would really
Last Line: But do skin hunters %permit life %over greed?
Subject(s): Hunting; Seals (animals)


THE DANCING SEAL, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When we were building skua light
Last Line: For ever and for evermore.
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


THE ISLAND, by AUDREY ALEXANDRA BROWN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Eastward lies the island
Last Line: When the grey seals come up from the sea?
Subject(s): Islands; Sea; Seals (animals); Solitude; Ocean; Loneliness


THE SEAL, by TOM SLEIGH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The mist was a face
Subject(s): Seals (animals)


THE SEALS IN PENOBSCOT BAY, by KAREN SWENSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The seals dive in the sun-dimpled bay
Last Line: Closest to the meaning of our awe.
Subject(s): Happiness; Seals (animals); Joy; Delight


THE SONG OF THE MERMAIDS, by GEORGE DARLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Troop home to silent grots and caves
Last Line: But we have none! But we have none!
Variant Title(s): Chorus Of Sirens;siren Chorus;the Mermaidens' Versper-hymn
Subject(s): Mourning; Seals (animals); Silence; Solitude; Bereavement; Loneliness