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Subject: WRESTLING & WRESTLERS
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` I'M WRESTLING WITH AN OCTOPUS, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, it poured and it rained
Last Line: I come out second best
Subject(s): Octopuses; Wrestling & Wrestlers


THE BOUT, by EVARISTE BOULAY-PATY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Two wrestlers in a ruthless grapple strive
Last Line: And even in dying feels his glory kindle.
Subject(s): Death; Honor; Wrestling & Wrestlers; Dead, The; Judo; Karate


THE WRESTLERS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me thy name, thou wrestler in the night
Last Line: Wrestling through the night!
Subject(s): Wrestling & Wrestlers; Judo; Karate


WRESTLING, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Our oneness is the wrestlers', fierce abd close
Last Line: Wrestle for this.
Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S.
Subject(s): Wrestling & Wrestlers; Judo; Karate


WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN JACKSON AND ATKINSON, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come all you sporting heroes bold and listen to my song
Last Line: "he threw him three times out of four, and bore the prize away"
Subject(s): Wrestling & Wrestlers