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Subject: SECRETARIES
Matches Found: 10

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GIRL FRIDAY, by ELAINE EQUI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I still get the urge
Subject(s): Secretaries


SCRIBE, by NORMA FARBER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Oh, to have the hand
Last Line: Where you make changes %of line to shore us %up against chaos
Subject(s): Secretaries


SECRETARY, by MICHAEL COLLIER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Inherited out of the house
Last Line: And hammered filigree %of our family
Subject(s): Secretaries


SECRETARY, by PETER REDGROVE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: At work his arms wave like a windmill
Last Line: It foams everywhere, and floats out one's best: %best lover,secretary, and perfect staff
Subject(s): Secretaries


SECRETARY OF LIQUOR', by MARK RUDMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was casting time for the young lions
Last Line: To a suspect and shadowy intimacy
Subject(s): Drinks And Drinking; Government; Secretaries


SECRETARY'S STORY, by JAMES LAUGHLIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From my neat desk I ran
Last Line: And a sales promotion
Subject(s): Secretaries


SHORTHAND, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, thomas jones, young business man
Last Line: Since monday with a diamond ring.
Subject(s): Secretaries; Stenography


THE SCRIBE, by COLUMCILLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: For weariness my hand writes ill
Last Line: Till wearied all am I to-night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Columba
Subject(s): Secretaries; Writing & Writers


THE SCRIBE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What lovely things / thy hand hath made
Last Line: Thou, lord, and I.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): God; Secretaries


TO LALAGE (ON HER RESIGNATION AS FILE CLERK), by RHEINHART KLEINER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sweet mistress of the cabinets
Last Line: Was more than you could do!
Subject(s): Retirement; Secretaries; Women