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Subject: FIRE ISLAND
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A TRUE ACCOUNT OF TALKING TO THE SUN AT FIRE ISLAND, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966)    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun woke me this morning loud
Subject(s): Fire Island; Sun


FIRE ISLAND, by BARON JAMES ASHANTI    Poem Source                    
First Line: A different method of caring
Last Line: Of emotional questing: eternal and satin soft %as a deep kiss speaking in tongues!
Subject(s): Fire Island


FIRE ISLAND, by RITA MAE BROWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The sea is obsidian
Last Line: Whose capped and sterile teeth %whisper the great lie, 'love'
Subject(s): Fire Island


ICARUS ON FIRE ISLAND, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Two loves I have, each one
Subject(s): Fire Island; Gays & Lesbians; Mythology - Classical


ICARUS ON FIRE ISLAND, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Two loves I have, each one
Last Line: Where light drains away
Subject(s): Fire Island; Homosexuality; Mythology - Classical


OFF FIRE ISLAND, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With snapping flag against the gray
Last Line: The flashing bluefish leaps -- for life!
Subject(s): Fire Island; New York City - Colonial Period; Sea; Ocean


TRUE ACCOUNT OF TALKING TO THE SUN AT FIRE ISLAND, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966)    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun woke me this morning loud
Last Line: Darkly he rose, and then I slept
Subject(s): Fire Island; Sun