Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: INCOME TAX
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "THE TWEED RING, 1868", by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The great moguls of gotham! Their proud purses
Last Line: Sleeps in the throttles of this ruthless three
Subject(s): "depressions, Economic;income Tax;money;social Classes;tammany Hall, New York City;tweed, William Marcy [boss] (1823-78);wealth;" Recessions;caste;riches;fortunes


ARMIES OF IGNORANCE POEM, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: So now we've done our income tax
Last Line: And, lumphing and snortling behind them by hundreds: %tahr, tupaia, hoatzin, viscacha, topi, hyrax,
Subject(s): Income Tax


DESPOILED, by GEORGE E. BOWEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: If I could read my title clear, among the wolves that yelp
Last Line: Well, if you're not tight-muzzled, they're just a song to sing.
Subject(s): Income Tax; Service


INCOME TAX, by CONRAD ARTHUR HILBERRY    Poem Source                    
First Line: In march, I see numbers in the trees
Last Line: An insect stretching its green-gold wings
Subject(s): Income Tax


ON THE EDGE, by MAY SWENSON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was thinking, while I was working on my income tax
Last Line: While I was working on my income tax
Subject(s): Income Tax


TAXES, by HAKI R. MADHUBUTI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Income taxes
Last Line: On everything I do
Alternate Author Name(s): Lee, Don L.
Subject(s): Income Tax