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Subject: SHREWS (ANIMALS)
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES, by MARY LYNCH SWANDER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Van dry, van wilt, van sickle --
Last Line: The shrew impaled on the locust thorn
Subject(s): Shrews (animals)


SHREW, by MARY ANN HOBERMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The shrew is so busy she makes me quite dizzy
Last Line: And finally %stops
Subject(s): Shrews (animals)


SHREW, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Strange as it seems, the smallest mammal
Last Line: Or wish to know, about the shrew
Subject(s): Shrews (animals)


SHREW, by JULIA OLDER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Beneath the snow the shrew molests his god.
Last Line: Of shrewd small giants who rule cosmogony
Subject(s): Shrews (animals)


WORK, by RUTH STONE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The voice of the laundry says, hang me
Last Line: Eating, always eating, in order to waste away
Subject(s): Laundry & Laundering; Activities; Shrews (animals)