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Subject: HUGHES, TED (1930-1998)
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A POLICEMAN'S LOT, by WENDY COPE                        Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, once I was a policeman young and merry
Subject(s): Gilbert, Sir William S. (1836-1911); Hughes, Ted (1930-1998); Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights; Hughes, Edward James; Male-female Relations; Feminism


BUDGIE FINDS HIS VOICE, by WENDY COPE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God decided he was tired
Last Line: Who's a pretty boy then?' budgie cried
Subject(s): Children; Hughes, Ted (1930-1998)


ODE FOR TED, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From under the crunch of my man's boot
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Hughes, Ted (1930-1998); Hughes, Edward James


POLICEMAN'S LOT, by WENDY COPE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, once I was a policeman young and merry
Last Line: It's enough to make a copper turn to booze %(turn to booze) %patrolling the unconscious of ted hughe
Subject(s): Gilbert, Sir William S. (1836-1911); Hughes, Ted (1930-1998); Man-woman Relationships; Women's Rights