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Subject: HIPPOPOTAMUSES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` HABITS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hippopotamus is strong
Last Line: And other hippopotomusses.
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


HIPPOPOTAMUS, by HILAIRE BELLOC    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I shoot the hippopotamus
Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


HIPPOPOTAMUS, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Behold the hippopotamus
Last Line: As you no doubt delight the eye %of other hippopotami
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


HIPPOPOTAMUS, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The huge hippopotamus hasn't a hair
Last Line: And a permanent grin on his face
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


HIPPOPOTAMUSN'T, by J. PATRICK LEWIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: A hippopotamusn't sit
Last Line: As important as the lawful things %a hippopotamust
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


THE AVERAGE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: The average hippopotamus
Subject(s): Hippopotamuses


THE HIPPO, by THEODORE ROETHKE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Hippopotamuses


THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by HILAIRE BELLOC    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I shoot the hippopotamus
Last Line: His hide is sure to flatten 'em
Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The broad-backed hippopotamus / rests on his belly in the mud
Last Line: Wrapt in the old miasmal mist.
Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S.
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses


THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, by JACK PRELUTSKY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The huge hippopotamus hasn't a hair
Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses