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Subject: PORPOISES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DOLPHINS IN BLUE WATER, by AMY LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hey! Crackerjack - jump!
Subject(s): Dolphins; Porpoises


ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY, by MARY OLIVER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fat / black, slick
Subject(s): Dolphins; Porpoises


PORPOISE, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Every year, when we're fly-fishing for tarpon
Last Line: They alter the universe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Dolphins; Porpoises


THE LAST SONG OF ARION, by JOHN RUSKIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Look not upon me thus impatiently
Last Line: Farewell to light,—to life,—to love,—to thee.
Subject(s): Arion (7th Century B.c.); Dolphins; Homecoming; Legends, Greek; Porpoises


THE RIVERMAN, by ELIZABETH BISHOP    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I got up in the night
Last Line: Luandinah seconded it
Subject(s): Brazil; Dolphins; Witchcraft & Witches; Brazilians; Porpoises