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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMPHIBIOUS CROCODILE, by JOHN CROWE RANSOM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In due season the amphibious crocodile
Subject(s): Crocodiles


AMPHIBIOUS CROCODILE, by JOHN CROWE RANSOM    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In due season the amphibious crocodile
Last Line: And quite invisible but for the end of his nose
Subject(s): Crocodiles


AT BLACK RIVER, by MARY OLIVER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: All day / its dark, slick bronze strokes
Subject(s): Crocodiles


CASUALTIES: 7. THE REIGN OF THE CROCODILE, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They say, %because the alligator is stark deaf
Last Line: Not one knew the song
Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P.
Subject(s): Animals; Crocodiles; Leadership; Swamps


CROCODILE, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beware the crafty crocodile
Last Line: Beware the crafty crocodile
Subject(s): Crocodiles


CROCODILE TEARS, by KAY RYAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The one sincere / crocodile has
Subject(s): Crocodiles; Crying


CROCODILE, SELS., by YANG LIAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tghe crocodile attacks with a glance
Last Line: But the crocodile's belly still rages with hunger
Subject(s): Crocodiles


IF YOU SHOULD MEET A CROCODILE, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
Last Line: And whene'er you meet a crocodile / he's ready for his dinner
Subject(s): Crocodiles


LADY AND CROCODILE, by CHARLES BURGESS    Poem Source                    
First Line: How calm and proud that lady, nerfititi, walked
Subject(s): Crocodiles


LET'S SEE SMALL THINGS, by CHI-HA KIM    Poem Source                    
First Line: The crocodile is a predator
Last Line: The beautiful harmony of nature
Subject(s): Crocodiles; Hunger; Hunting


SAID A LONG CROCODILE, by LILIAN MOORE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Said a very l - o - n - g crocodile
Last Line: I'm hungry for more than a mile!
Subject(s): Crocodiles; Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Gluttony


THE CONSIDERATE CROCODILE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was once a considerate crocodile
Last Line: "of the dear little fish that I just now ate!"
Subject(s): Crocodiles


THE CROCODILE, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beware the crafty crocodile
Subject(s): Crocodiles


THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How doth the little crocodile / improve his shining tail
Last Line: With gently smiling jaws!
Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis
Variant Title(s): "how Doth The Little Crocodile"";
Subject(s): Animals; Crocodiles; Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)


THE KING OF THE CROCODILES, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now, woman, why without your veil?
Last Line: And I will make a meal of thee.
Subject(s): Children - Lost; Courts & Courtiers; Crocodiles; Egypt; Grief; Mothers; Trust; Sorrow; Sadness


THE LAST MAN: A CROCODILE, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hard by the lilied nile I saw
Last Line: Tearing the hairy leeches from his throat.
Subject(s): Crocodiles; Travel; Journeys; Trips


THE NILE, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not a single cloud bedims the sky
Last Line: The nile of ages ago.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Crocodiles; Egypt; Lotus; Nile (river); Sphinx; Lotos


THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF BOULAK, by EDWARD LEAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Which might vex you, old man of boulak!
Subject(s): Courage; Crocodiles


UMUGABO MUKAGA, by DERICK BURLESON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Here's a man with a problem
Last Line: Fingering his machete wondering if it's sharp enough %he's going to have a big problem too
Subject(s): Animals; Crocodiles; Lions; Pythons; Rwanda