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Subject: SALVATION ARMY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT THE SALVATION ARMY, by SIMON J. ORTIZ    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: My life. My life.
Subject(s): Salvation Army; Conduct Of Life


BALLAD OF THE SALVATION ARMY, by KENNETH FEARING    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On fourteenth street the bugles blow,
Subject(s): Salvation Army


CHRISTMAS EVE IN MEDFORD, by PATRICK TODD    Poem Source                    
First Line: Down from the medford depot %neon over the salvation army hums
Last Line: Mexican lace and blood red poinsettias %a small miracle
Subject(s): Christmas; Salvation Army


DRIVING, CHRISTMAS EVE, by PETER COOLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Past the salvation army rehabilitation center
Last Line: My life is in someone else's hands
Subject(s): Christmas; Salvation Army


GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Booth led boldly with his big bass drum
Last Line: Are you washed in the blood of the lamb?
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Booth, William (1829-1912); Clergy; Salvation Army; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


KARMA, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Christmas was in the air and all was well
Last Line: A dime for jesus who had died for men.
Subject(s): Charity; Christmas; Salvation Army; Philanthropy; Nativity, The


PASSING IT ON, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Our son's shirts attend kindergarten
Last Line: As original skin.
Subject(s): Charity; Clothing & Dress; Salvation Army; Philanthropy


SECOND HAND DEALER, by SUE BRANNAN WALKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like the salvation army %death deals in second-hand
Last Line: Aging toward the moment %my turn comes to wear his shoes
Subject(s): Salvation Army; Secondhand Trade


TO GENERAL BOOTH; ON HIS VISIT TO AMERICA, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The generals of lesser breed
Last Line: In god's name seize the sword and wield it!
Subject(s): Booth, William (1829-1912); Clergy; Salvation Army; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops