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Subject: DEPARTMENT STORES
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FIXTURE, by MAY SWENSON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Women, women, %women, women
Last Line: She is the best dressed
Subject(s): Department Stores; Women


GOLDEN MOMENT, by JACK ANDERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Arriving early for a dentist's appointment one morning
Last Line: I realize I have just experienced a golden moment of epiphany
Subject(s): Contentment; Department Stores; Music And Musicians


HI-FASHION GIRL, by ELAINE EQUI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm swinging through a department store of the future
Subject(s): Department Stores


IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lady of the porcelain department
Last Line: It is not possible for me to make her happy
Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S.
Subject(s): Department Stores; Life


IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE, by MARGE PIERCY    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The women who work at cosmetics
Subject(s): Department Stores


LADDERS, by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Filene's department store
Last Line: Monkey? Girl? Answer me
Subject(s): African Americans; Family Life; Department Stores


PLACES EVERYONE, by JIM DANIELS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The best-looking woman %working in bedding
Last Line: Not even trying %to match their anger
Subject(s): Department Stores