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Subject: WATERMELONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LIZ-TOWN HUMORIST, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Settin' round the stove, last night
Last Line: And you'd ort o' heerd 'em yell!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Country Life; Watermelons


DE WATAH MELLEN SPLOSHUN, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dar's one fing dat hi wouldn't do
Last Line: Dat's shuah.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): African Americans; Watermelons; Negroes; American Blacks


HOW TO EAT WATERMELONS, by FRANK LEBBY STANTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When you slice a georgy melon you mus' know what you
Last Line: De melon make fer me!
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Watermelons


IN THE VERY HEART, by MARJORIE AGOSIN    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Of the sun and %unmasked earth
Subject(s): Fruit; Harvest; Summer; Watermelons


ODE TO THE WATERMELON, by NEFTALI RICARDO REYES BASUALTO    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The tree of intense %summer
Last Line: Turned itself into a single %drop of water
Alternate Author Name(s): Neruda, Pablo
Subject(s): Watermelons


ODE TO THE WATERMELON, by UNKNOWN+298    Poem Source                    
First Line: As sweet as jackfruit, cool like coconut juice
Last Line: Its offspring will forever wax and thrive
Subject(s): Watermelons


THE BOYS' CANDIDATE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Las' time 'at uncle sidney come
Last Line: "s the boy-house fell down?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Watermelons; Childhood


WATERMELON, by GRACE LORENTZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: As a watermelon leaked into a bowl beside us
Last Line: Flowers blossomed from my navel
Subject(s): High School Students; Teenagers; Watermelons


WATERMELONS, by ED MADDEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Summers on the family farm
Last Line: Jewels on the cemetery lawn
Subject(s): Watermelons


WATERMELONS, by CHARLES SIMIC    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Green buddhas / on the fruit stand
Subject(s): Watermelons


WATERMELONS, by CHARLES SIMIC    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Green buddhas %on the fruit stand
Last Line: And spit out the teeth
Subject(s): Watermelons


WORTERMELON TIME, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old wortermelon time is a-comin' round ag'in
Last Line: Which is the why and wharefore, as you can plainly see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Food & Eating; Watermelons