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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: alphabet Matches Found: 162 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "A,B,C,D,E,F,G", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: Poor little jenny she blushed quite red Subject(s): Alphabet Verse "Z, Y, X, AND W, V", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: "and c, b, a" Subject(s): Alphabet Verse A BESTIARY, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The man who found the aardvark Last Line: Had sneaked off to africa Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals A PRIMER OF THE DAILY ROUND, by HOWARD NEMEROV Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A peels an apple, while b kneels to god Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Humanity A,B,C, by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A is an angel of blushing eighteen Last Line: Z stands for zero, or nothing at all. Subject(s): Alphabet Verse AID/I/SAPPEARANCE, by JOAN RETALLACK Poem Source First Line: 1. In contrast with the demand of continuity in the customary %description Last Line: Y %1. %2. %3.%4. %5. %6. %7 Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Language; Translating And Interpreting ALLITERATION, by ALARIC ALEXANDER WATTS Poem Text First Line: An austrian army awfully arrayed Last Line: Attracting all, arms against acts appeal! Variant Title(s): An Austrian Army;siege Of Belgarde Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Army - Austria ALPHA IMAGES, by KARL CURTIS ELDER Poem Source First Line: A %in the beginning Last Line: Zip zip - stiches which seem a %bout to disappear Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Language ALPHABESTIARY: A, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A is for ant Last Line: Practically %forever Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Ants; Insects ALPHABESTIARY: B, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: B is for bombers, our national pride Last Line: And for bills and buck, who are studying braille Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; B (letter Of Alphabet) ALPHABESTIARY: C, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: C is for camel, a very right beast Last Line: From the camel's point of view Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Camels ALPHABESTIARY: G, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: G, also inevitably, is for the gnu Last Line: To final view the rear end of a horse? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Gnus ALPHABESTIARY: H, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: H is, reluctantly, for human, a word Last Line: By a less visible conclusion Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mankind ALPHABESTIARY: I, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I, naturally enough, any author Last Line: In whatever I-dea time is Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Self ALPHABESTIARY: J, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: J is, splendidly, for john, my Last Line: Name. I mean truly have it Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Names ALPHABESTIARY: M, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: M is for mothers, who are, above all Last Line: Kept this, things would go badly Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mothers ALPHABESTIARY: N, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: N is for nannygoat -- the silly Last Line: And write your own end to my poem Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Goats ALPHABESTIARY: O, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O is for ox, by which word we Last Line: Even it would blush for shame Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Oxen ALPHABESTIARY: Q, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Q may as well be for queen Last Line: Than to keep the money up to face value Subject(s): Alphabet Verse ALPHABESTIARY: R, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: R is for rat, the noise in man's wall Last Line: Don't start saving words till you learn to select Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Rats ALPHABESTIARY: T, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: T, the turtle, has been a long time coming Last Line: Armor is its own species and survives Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Turtles ALPHABET, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A was once an apple pie Last Line: Piece of zinc! Variant Title(s): A Nonsense Alphabe Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Nonsense ALPHABET OF ARISTOTLE, by MAYSTER BENET Poem Source First Line: A to amerous, to adventuroous, ne angre the not to moche Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mnemonics ALPHABET, FR. THE NEW NEW ENGLAND PRIMER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In adam's fall Last Line: Zaccheus he %did climb the tree %his lord to see Variant Title(s): An Ab Subject(s): Alphabet Verse ALPHABETICAL SONG ON THE CORN LAW BILL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Good people draw near as you pass along Last Line: They must be muzzled in the dog days for fear they might go mad Subject(s): Alphabet Verse;corn Laws (great Britain) AMANDA ANACONDA, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Amanda anaconda is our pet for letter a Last Line: And at story time, each one of us can use %her for a pillow Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools AN ALPHABESTIARY: B, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: B is for bombers, our national pride Last Line: And for billy and buck, who are studying braille Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; B (letter Of Alphabet) AN ALPHABESTIARY: G, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: G, also inevitably, is for the gnu Last Line: To final view the rear end of a horse? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Gnus AN ALPHABET, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A was once an apple pie Variant Title(s): A Nonsense Alphabet Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Nonsense AN ALPHABET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A is the alphabet, a at its head Last Line: Or zebu, or zoophyte, seen at the zoo. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Alphabet Verse ANGLE OF ASCENT, by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse ARCHEOPTERYX, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A hundred forty million years Last Line: One knotty question: which came first, %archeopteryx or egg? Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals ARKANSAS TOWNS, by CAROLYN D. WRIGHT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Acorn %back gate %bald knob Last Line: Urbanette %whisp %yellville %zent Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, C. D. Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Arkansas AT BREAKFAST TIME, THE USEFUL LETTER T, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Preserves us all from eating shredded whea Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS BUZZING, HONEY BEES, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Would I give up such things as sleep and honey Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets BEE, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You want to make some honey? Last Line: Through the sweet tooth of a bee Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals BESTIARY, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The man who found the aardvark Last Line: Or a thief's colors at ascot Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals BLACK AMERICAN SPIRITUAL, by UNKNOWN+172 Poem Source First Line: Roll jordan roll Last Line: To hear old jordan roll Subject(s): Alphabet Verse BLACK MAGIC, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse BOOK OF LIFE, by HAKI R. MADHUBUTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Lee, Don L. Subject(s): Alphabet Verse BORING BEETLE BILL, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Our boring beetle's name is bill Last Line: He's our pencil sharpener Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools CHILDREN COMING HOME, SELS., by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Alphabet Verse; Ancestors And Ancestry CIRCLE ONE, by OWEN DODSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse CLAUDE THE CAT, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Presenting claude, our classroom cat Last Line: Curls up, and purrs, and takes a nap Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND THE LETTER K, by ALFRED DEWITT CORN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: First inroads were made in our 19-aughts Last Line: Into that placeless place, its nearest image a cloudless %sky at dusk, just before the slow ascent o Subject(s): Aids (disease); K (letter Of Alphabet); Sickness CROCODILE, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The crocodile's a social sort Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals CURIOUS DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE TWENTY-FIVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Says a, give me a good large slice Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Mnemonics DERVICE / LE ROBERT: THE LETTER K, by BERNARD HEIDSIECK Poem Source First Line: But! -- what was his name...? Anyway Last Line: No comment! Subject(s): K (letter Of Alphabet); Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) DINGO, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dingo's not much of a dog Last Line: I'd overlook the dingo Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals ELECTRIC EEL, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Some think electric eel lacks looks Last Line: If it were long enough Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals ELECTRIC EEL, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Please don't ask t feel Last Line: We cannot unplug him Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools FLETCHER, FRASIER, FRED, AND FLOYD, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: They fly through the air Last Line: No, it isn't much fun having fleas Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools FLY, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flies seem to think the world is theirs Last Line: And gracefully grows older Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals FOUR GLIMPSES OF NIGHT, by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eagerly Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse; Night; Negroes; American Blacks; Bedtime FOUR GLIMPSES OF NIGHT, by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eagerly Last Line: Shatters into a billion fragments %of quiet shadows %at the blaring jazz %of a morning sun Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse; Night GENTLE JILL, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: We have a guinea pig named jill Last Line: Bam! Shazam! We're feeling better Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools GOOD WOMAN: POEMS AND A MEMOIR, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse GOSHAWK, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Golden goshawk, %slowly twist Last Line: Come dream inside %your leather hood Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals GREAT A WAS ALARMED AT B'S BAD BEHAVIOUR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: "o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z" Subject(s): Alphabet Verse;mnemonics H CAN BE TOO SCARED TO SPEAK, ALMOST, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Or hallelujah! Or hip, hip, hurray! Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets HAIL, LETTER F! IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That it would help to keep the water out Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets HEAPS OF HAMSTERS, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Have you seen our baby hamsters? Last Line: And they want us to take them home Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools HIPPOGRIFF, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To look at this fictitious steed Last Line: It's not real. %but oh, if...! Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals HONEY, I LOVE, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I love %I love a lot of things, a whole lot of things Last Line: And honey, %I love you, too Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse; Family Life HOW STRANGE THAT THE BANANA'S SLIPPERY PEEL, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Profound enough to think about a lot Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets I AM A BLACK WOMAN, by MARI E. EVANS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Look %on me and be %renewed Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Alphabet Verse IF D DID NOT EXIST, SOME CREATURES MIGHT, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Would rather be extinct than be an uck Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IF G DID NOT EXIST, THE COLOR GREEN, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: We would turn green at such a sight, I think Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IF THERE WERE NO SUCH THING AS C, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: See hipmunks gathering winter food Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WATER, by TINKER MATHER Poem Source Last Line: You must precede me with a kiss! Subject(s): Riddles; Y (letter Of The Alphabet) IF, ALL AT ONCE, THERE WERE NO LETTER J, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: I think that I would miss them, wouldn't you? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IGGY IGUANA, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Meg put iggy on her shoulder Last Line: And her head is now his bed! Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools IGUANA, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Iguana demonstrates the signs Last Line: And play its great-grandpappy Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals IN THE WORD DUMB, THE LETTER B IS MUTE, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: There'd be no big or little leagues at all Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IS K UNNECESSARY? 'HEAVENS, NO!, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The kayak, would be scuttled fore and aft.' Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IT WOULD BE BITTER, IF THERE WERE NO L, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: If lollilpops no longer could be had Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets IVORY TUSKS, by SAMUEL ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Pale and uncertain Alternate Author Name(s): Vesey, Paul Subject(s): Alphabet Verse JERBOA, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The tale is told that when the ark Last Line: All right now. Let it flood.' Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals KATY KATYDID, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Our katydid kicked off the lid Last Line: Did-katy-katy did!' Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools KNEES OF A NATURAL MAN, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My ole man took me to the fulton fish market Last Line: First thing I do is take a long drink of wine Subject(s): Alphabet Verse KNEES OF A NATURAL MAN, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My ole man took me to the fulton fish market Last Line: Next time I go to fulton fish market %first thing I do is take a long drink of wine Subject(s): Alphabet Verse KRAKEN [OR, KRACKEN], by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Neath icelocked waves the kraken lies Last Line: For an emerging kraken Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals LACKING THE LETTER Y, I GUESS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Fudge cake, and everything that's nice? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets LETTER X WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Of puzzled pirates digging everywhere Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets LETTERS OF THE BOOK, by ROSE DRACHLER Poem Source First Line: Aleph the cow with wide horns Last Line: Of our fathers %who was wont to gore in the past Subject(s): Alphabet Verse LINEAGE, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmothers were strong Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Alienation (social Psychology); Alphabet Verse; Ancestors & Ancestry; Women; Estrangement; Outcasts; Heritage; Heredity LINEAGE, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandmothers were strong Last Line: My grandmothers were strong. %why am I not as they? Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Alienation (social Psychology); Alphabet Verse; Ancestors And Ancestry; Women LION, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who bounded headfirst from the ark? Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals LORDLY ELEPHANT IS ONE WHOM WE, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That that's a thing he never would forget Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets LOST ZOO, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A for the ax you very well know Subject(s): Alphabet Verse LUNCH-BOX LEMUR, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: There's a lemur in my lunch box Last Line: It was nice of her to share Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools M IS A LETTER, BUT IT ALTERNATES, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Mince pie, marshmallows, and a thousand years Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets MINOTAUR, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: King minos had a minotaur Last Line: Swung sword and swished red cape Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Mythical Animals MONSTER ALPHABET, by ROBERT (1) FISHER Poem Source First Line: A small dragon, pheonix, centaur Last Line: Yet one more completes our zoo, %zobo bird - so %who are you? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Monsters MOOSETAKE, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: We asked the pet shop for a mouse Last Line: And usually, he doesn't charge Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools NARWHAL, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Around their igloo fires with glee Last Line: Hold high its ivory lance Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals NICK THE NEWT, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Mister smoot, our substitute Last Line: Nick rides the waves on a popsicle stick! Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools NO N? IN SUCH A STATE OF THINGS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: For us to keep the letter n Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets NOW SHEBA SINGS THE SING, by MAYA ANGELOU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alphabet Verse OLD POLLY PARROT, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Old polly parrot's the smartest of birds Last Line: She only repeats words she hears from our teacher Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools OTTO OCTOPUS, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Otto is an octopus from underneath the sea Last Line: We spent two hours untangling our %otto octopuzzle Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools OUNCE, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The ounce, a brand of spotted cat Last Line: Goes into sixteen ounces Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals OUR DOG, DOUG, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Do you think this is a rug? Last Line: What our dog, doug, does best is hug Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools OUR RAT RALPH, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Our ralph's laboratory rat Last Line: Your project must be cheesy Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools PANGOLIN, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Why in the world does a pangolin Last Line: And let out its ants Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals PAULA THE CAT, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm paula the cat Last Line: And I shall go off %to sea Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki Subject(s): Alphabet Verse PRIMER OF THE DAILY ROUND, by HOWARD NEMEROV Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A peels an apple, while b kneels to god Last Line: Who happens just now to remember a %peeling an apple somewhere far away Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Humanity QUETZAL, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The crested quetzal seldom tours Last Line: Is, 'polly, want a pretzel?' Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals QUIET QUAHOG, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: We do not know our quahog well Last Line: He's such an antisocial clam Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools REFUGEE IN AMERICA, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are words like freedom Last Line: That almost make me cry. %if you had known what I knew %you would know why Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Variant Title(s): Words Like Freedo Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Brotherhood; Freedom RESEARCH TOPICS, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: Ablex %bannigans %chirmotherapy Last Line: Xuranthenia %yaridian fits %zedaphobia Subject(s): Alphabet Verse RETURN TO SENDER: JAGUARUNDI, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Special delivery! Jaguarundi!' Last Line: Let's get a jellyfish instead.' Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools RIDDLE (1), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: Say, what am I? Or what are we? Last Line: Of each house in the nation Subject(s): Riddles; W (letter Of Alphabet) RIDDLE (3), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: That you will quickly find me out Last Line: I only mean to puzzle you Subject(s): D (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE (4), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: I've a circular form, but I've never a head Last Line: Without my assistance you can't write a word Subject(s): O (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1), by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell Last Line: Oh! Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour. Variant Title(s): Enigma On The Letter H;a Letter For You;enigma Subject(s): H (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (2), by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in heaven pronounced. And 'twas muttered in hell Last Line: Ah, breathe on it softly, -- it dies in an hour. Variant Title(s): A Riddle; The Letter 'h' Subject(s): H (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles ROC, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The roc, when snacks are what it wants Last Line: You'll have rocs in your head Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals SCARLET SNAKE, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Scarlet snake is feeling scummy Last Line: What happened to kim's birthday cake Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools SNAIL, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The snail is skilled at going slow Last Line: It curls itself inside it Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals SOS, by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Calling black people Last Line: Calling all black people, come in, black people, come on in Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse; Black Nationalism; Negroes; American Blacks SOS, by AMIRI BARAKA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Calling black people Last Line: Calling all black people, come in, black people, come on in Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse; Black Nationalism SUITE FOR AUGUSTUS: AUGUSTUS OBSERVES THE SUNSET, by RITA DOVE Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: July. The conspiracy of colors -- Last Line: The sky shakes like a flag Subject(s): Alphabet Verse SUMMER ORACLE, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Source Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Without expectation Last Line: I smell it in the charred breeze blowing over %your body %close %hard %esential %under its cloak of Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Alphabet Verse THE FOUNT OF LEARNING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: And here's the child's dad Last Line: And knows this is the fount of learning Subject(s): Alphabet Verse THE LOST ZOO, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We wear the mask that grins and lies Last Line: We wear the mask Subject(s): Alphabet Verse THE TREE HOUSE, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: To every man / his treehouse Subject(s): Alphabet Verse THE ZEALLESS XYLOGRAPHER; DEDICATED TO THE END OF THE DICTIONARY, by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A xylographer started to cross the sea Last Line: In a xanthic xebec went sailing the main. Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Dictionaries; Sea; Ocean THEOLOGY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a heaven, for ever, day by day Last Line: If there were not, where would my neighbours go? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Future Life; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology THERE'S A ZOO IN ROOM 22, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: We asked miss darling, 'may we get Last Line: Let's choose a whole pet alphabet.' Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools TIME'S UNFADING GARDEN, by ANNE SPENCER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: God never planted a garden' Last Line: Nor take the morning air Alternate Author Name(s): Bannister, Anne Bethel Scales Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Women; Alphabet Verse TO SALLY, WALKING, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your vividness grants collor where Last Line: Thread the dull thoroughfare Subject(s): Alphabet Verse TO SATCH, by SAMUEL ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes I feel like I will never stop Last Line: And look over at god and say %how about that! Alternate Author Name(s): Vesey, Paul Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Sports TOM THUMB'S PICTURE ALPHABET, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A was an archer / who shot at a frog Last Line: A poor harmless fool Subject(s): Alphabet Verse TREE HOUSE, by JAMES ANDREW EMANUEL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To every man %his treehouse Last Line: With perilous stairs %between Subject(s): Alphabet Verse TURKEY TOM, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Tom tumbled off the turkey truck Last Line: He's our assistant principal Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools TWENTY-SIX WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKMAN, by RAYMOND RICHARD PATTERSON Poem Source First Line: On the road we met a blackman Last Line: Even this laughter, even your tears Alternate Author Name(s): Patterson, Ray Subject(s): African Americans; Alphabet Verse TYRANNOSAUR, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A mean, late-model dinosaur Last Line: Now in museums -- bones wired -- stand %tyrannosaurus wrecks Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals UMBRELLA BIRD, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Don't say a word Last Line: He might fly off and pull her hair Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools VINCENT VULTURE, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: On our field trip in december Last Line: With a three-week-old school lunch Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools VINEGARROON, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The vinegarroon, a scorpion Last Line: And you are on a diet Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals WAS AN ANT, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Z! %pretty bright zinc! Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Zoos WAS AN APPLE PIE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A was an apple pie, b bit it, c cut it Last Line: As you may see the other side Subject(s): Alphabet Verse WAS AN AREA ARCH, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Papa he said, 'my little boy! Last Line: A ride upon his back Subject(s): Alphabet Verse WERE THERE NO V, WOULD GEESE STILL FLY, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Or nuts to you. You never know Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT DOES E STAND FOR?, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Everything / each eye exists embracing exceptional emerald evenings Subject(s): E (letter Of Alphabet) WHAT IF THE LETTER Q SHOULD BE DESTROYED?, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Except, of course, in places like iraq Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT IF THE LETTER S WERE MISSING?, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The name of erpent or of nake Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT IF THERE WERE NO LETTER A?, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And cows are happy not to try it Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT IF THERE WERE NO LETTER O, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The letter o to orient you? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT IF THERE WERE NO LETTER W?, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Different shape in cassiopeia Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WHAT IF THERE WERE NO R? YOUR BOAT, I FEAR, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: On rocks, or run aground upon a reef Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WILL WARTHOG, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Will warthog is not handsome Last Line: This less-than-perfect pig! Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools WITHOUT THE LETTER I, THERE'D BE, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: We need to keep the letter I Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets WITHOUT THE LETTER U, YOU COULDN'T SAY, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: New paltz, or scranton, or some place like that Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Alphabets XENIA THE X-RAY FISH, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source Last Line: When it is already in her Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools XIPHOSURAN, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The xiphosuran (if you like Last Line: And backbone to endure it Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals Y..R D..K, by RON PADGETT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It w.S c....H f.R t..M to go b..K to t.E h..E Last Line: No m..E o.......E to it t..N to a b...N d.G Subject(s): Alphabet Verse YORICK THE YAK, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: Yikes! %yorick the yak is on the attack Last Line: So we're very relieved when he misses Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools Z???, by JUDY SIERRA Poem Source First Line: We entered a contest to win a zorilla Last Line: A better pet that starts with z Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals; Schools ZZZZZZ, by X. J. KENNEDY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The bee begins with letter b Last Line: His flight concludes with %zzzzzz Alternate Author Name(s): Kennedy, Joseph Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Animals |
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