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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: VULTURES Matches Found: 16 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMERICAN BIRD, by PETE HAMILL Poem Source First Line: The vulture chews wetly at the earth's sweet face Last Line: We carry the same pastport Subject(s): Vultures CASUALTIES: 3. VULTURE'S CHOICE, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The vulture wanted a child Last Line: To be married and no child! Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Death; Food And Eating; Vultures CULTURE OF THE VULTURE, by J. PATRICK LEWIS Poem Source First Line: Great gobs of greedy beasts are flung Last Line: This skinny dinner guest survives %by eating with his toes Subject(s): Vultures FABLES: 2ND SER. 2. THE VULTUR, THE SPARROW, AND OTHER BIRDS, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: E'er I begin, I must premise Last Line: (what these ne'er feel) true peace of mind. Subject(s): Birds; Vultures THE BLACK VULTURE, by GEORGE STERLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Aloof upon the day's immeasured dome Last Line: His roads between the thunder and the sun. Subject(s): Vultures THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are circling, glad of the battle: we joy in the smell of the smoke Last Line: We tell all the winds of their glory: we publish their fame with a croak! Subject(s): Vultures; War THE VULTURE, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The vulture eats between his meals Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Gluttony; Vultures THE WOUNDED VULTURE, by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A kingly vulture sat alone Last Line: Lost in the infinite. Subject(s): Fate; Grief; Time; Vultures; Destiny; Sorrow; Sadness THE WOUNDED VULTURE, by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A kingly vulture sat alone Last Line: Lost in the infinite. Subject(s): Fate; Grief; Time; Vultures; Destiny; Sorrow; Sadness TURKEY VULTURES, by TED KOOSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Circling above us, their wingtips fanned Subject(s): Vultures UNDER THE VULTURE-TREE, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: We have all seen them circling pastures Last Line: With mercy enough to consume us all and give us wings. Subject(s): Angels; Mercy; Trees; Vultures VULTURE, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The vulture eats between his meals Last Line: Oh! What a lesson for us all %to only eat at dinner! Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Gluttony; Vultures VULTURE, by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Describing circle after circle Last Line: How long must the vulture wheel Subject(s): Vultures VULTURE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had walked since dawn and lay down to rest on a bare hillside Last Line: What a sublime end of one's body, what and enskyment; what a life after death Subject(s): Vultures VULTURE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had walked since dawn and lay down to rest on a bare hillside Last Line: What a sublime end of one's body, what an enskyment; what a life after death Subject(s): Vultures VULTURES, by JAMES DOYLE Poem Source First Line: Spread their wings and the huge shadows Last Line: That seed the chaos of the earth with our flesh Subject(s): Vultures |
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