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Subject: JOBS
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING, by JAMES WRIGHT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When I was a boy, a relative
Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A.
Subject(s): Jobs


HIS MOTHER STERPPED ABOUT HER KITCHEN, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Family Life; Jews; Friendship; Bullies; Jobs; Relatives; Judaism


MOON-RIDERS, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What have I saved out of a morning?
Subject(s): Morning; Jobs; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers


PASSING THE SHOP AFTER SCHOOL, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Passing the shop after school, he would look up at the sign
Subject(s): Jobs; Money; Life Change Events; Food & Eating


THE SPELL, by MOLLY PEACOCK    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The job in certain lives has been to find a
Last Line: Not to destroy it, but make it haz
Subject(s): Literary Form; Jobs


THE WORKFORCE, by JAMES TATE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Do you have adequate oxen for the job?
Subject(s): Jobs; Women; Wit & Humor


WORKING BLACK, by DAVID RIVARD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The part of stockholm I saw at 22, I saw as an employee & thief
Subject(s): Restaurants; Jobs; Immigrants; Cafes; Diners; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration