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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SHOES Matches Found: 114 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A RECORD IN STRIDE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In a vermont bedroom closet Last Line: And got the united states stated Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers AN EXPEDIENT, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As my neat little feet will not fill them enough Last Line: "since you are, as you tell us, deficient in toe." Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Feet; Shoes; Toes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers AT THE MILLINERY SHOP, by DANIEL MARK EPSTEIN Poem Source First Line: She wants what no clerk in the city can bring Subject(s): Shoes BABY'S SHOES, by WILLIAM COX BENNETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, those little, those little blue shoes! Last Line: And whose sight makes such fond tears start! Subject(s): Babies; Shoes; Infants; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers BLACK NIKES, by HARRYETTE MULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We need quarters like king tut needed a boat. A slave could row him to heaven from his crypt in Subject(s): Egypt; Environment; Shoes; Homecoming; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers BOOT THEORY, by RICHARD SIKEN Poem Source First Line: A man walks into a bar and says Last Line: Your heart so big you can feel it kicking your lungs with every step Subject(s): Depression, Mental; Life; Shoes BRONZE THESE SHOES, by DEBRA MARQUART Poem Source First Line: Peter says I should bronze these platform shoes Last Line: For some really good blue light special Subject(s): Funerals; Past; Property; Shoes CAREY'S SHOES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My business is preaching the gospel Last Line: To the father's home and his heart! Subject(s): Clergy; Shoes; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers CARTLOAD OF SHOES, by ABRAHAM SUTSKEVER Poem Source First Line: The wheels hurry onward, onward Last Line: From our old vilna streets %they drive us to berlin Subject(s): Shoes CHEZ LE CORDONNIER, by LOUIS JONES MAGEE Poem Text First Line: Tiny shoe Last Line: Little shoe. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers CHOOSING SHOES, by FFRIDA WOLFE Poem Text First Line: New shoes, new shoes Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers CHOOSING SHOES, by FFRIDA WOLFE Poem Source First Line: New shoes, new shoes Last Line: That's the sort they'll buy Subject(s): Shoes CINQUAIN: OLD SHOES, by KENNETH CHING Poem Text First Line: What ghost Last Line: "a cow." Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers CLOSE QUARTERS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little toe, big toe, three toes between Last Line: Nor so little room for the crew. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers COBBLER'S SECRET, by MRS. RUSSELL KAVANAUGH Poem Source First Line: A waggish cobbler once, in rome Subject(s): Shoes COMEDIAN TO COBBLER, by FRANCES INGALLS SHINN Poem Text First Line: He made his bow and put them out of mind Last Line: Than making boots respectable again. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers COWBOY BOOTS, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: When I was little Last Line: Vulnerable to %nagging self doubts Subject(s): Children; Cowboys; Shoes DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD), by TERRANCE HAYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I take my $, buy a pair of very bright kicks for the game Last Line: "even when he said, “we should go to the movies sometime,"" Subject(s): Shoes; African Americans; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Negroes; American Blacks EGYPTIAN SLIPPERS, by EDWIN ARNOLD Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tiny slippers of gold and green Variant Title(s): To A Pair Of Egyptian Slipper Subject(s): Shoes EL ZAPATERO, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I spoke to a shoemaker Last Line: But not the duck-bill toe Subject(s): Shoes;west (u.s.); Boots;sneakers;shoemakers;southwest;pacific States EVENING SLIPPERS, by WINIFRED DAVIDSON Poem Text First Line: When down the marble steps girls ran tonight Last Line: Shoe butterflies by shining music chased. Subject(s): Evening; Girls; Shoes; Sunset; Twilight; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers EXTEMPORE ON BEING SHOWN SHOE BUCKLES WORN BY DAVID GARRICK, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy buckles, o garrick, thy friend may now use Last Line: But no mortal hereafter shall tread in thy shoes. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Garrick, David (1717-1779); Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers FANNY B., by TERRY HALL Poem Source First Line: Keats imagines her fingers too impatient Last Line: Is selfish - I cannot breathe without you Subject(s): Dancing And Dancers; Gifts And Giving; Shoes FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH, by KHALED MATTAWA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I come here to retrieve a shoe Subject(s): Moors (people); Ancestors & Ancestry; Shoes; Love; Spain; Heritage; Heredity; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers FURY OF OVERSHOES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They sit in a row %outside the kindergarten Last Line: And thinking %nothing of it? Subject(s): Children; God; Kindergarten; Religion; Shoes GALLANT SHOEMAKERS OF GLASGOW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come all ye gallant shoemakers wherever you may be Last Line: Success to judge and donaldson who fear no master's frown, %and success to all the gallant flints of Subject(s): Glasgow, Scotland; Shoes GALOSHES, by RHODA WARNER BACMEISTER Poem Source First Line: Susie's galoshes %make spilshes and sploshes Last Line: All around her galoshes Subject(s): Shoes GRAMMER'S SHOES, by WILLIAM BARNES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do seem to zee grammer as she did use Last Line: Gramfer's token ov heair, nor her wedden shoes Subject(s): Shoes GRODSKY THE COBBLER, by LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY Poem Source First Line: Near the delmar loop in st. Louis Last Line: Shoes he maintains nonetheless, %in case he needs to make another hasty escape Subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Shoes HIGH AND LOW, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A boot and a shoe and a slipper Last Line: The slipper went off to the ball. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers I AM MANI LEYB, WHOSE NAME IS SUNG, by MANI LEIB BRAHINSKY Poem Source Last Line: But a poet who makes shoes Subject(s): Shoes LET ME UNLOOSE, by CLEMENT WOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let me unloose the satin shoe Last Line: Take me and hold me so. Subject(s): Love Affairs; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a young lady of twickenham Last Line: And took 'em both off and was sick in 'em. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There once were some learned m.D.'s Last Line: Allowed one to catch it with ease. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There once were some learned m.D.'s Last Line: Allowed one to catch it with ease. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was an old man of the rhine Last Line: "and eight and a quarter of nine." Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a young man of the cape Last Line: "but they keep such a beautiful shape." Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LIMERICK, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a young man of laconia Last Line: They buried her 'neath a begonia. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers LITTLE SKETCH, A SHOE, by CHRISTOPHER WISEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Square table, square white tablecloth Last Line: Square table, square white tablecloth Subject(s): Shoes MADAME DELUXE'S GUIDE TO THE PLEASURES OF LEATHER, by TENAYA DARLINGTON Poem Source First Line: On a first date, wear oiled nubuck ankle boots Last Line: Kick off your shoes and walk all over him Subject(s): Courtship; Leather; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Manipulation; Shoes MY BOOTS, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anon with gaping fearlessness they quaff Last Line: Rather rubbed in than off. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers MY FATHER'S SHOES, by ROBERT NAZARENE Poem Source First Line: I am the son who polished his shoes Last Line: But never could fill them Subject(s): Fathers And Sons; Shoes MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They nearly strike me dumb Last Line: Put them on. Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick Variant Title(s): To My Mistress's Boots Subject(s): Shoes; Women; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers MY MOTHER'S SHOES, by RAJZEL ZYCHLINSKA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At night my shoes look at me Last Line: Bedecked with the patient dust of years Alternate Author Name(s): Zychlinska, Rayzel Subject(s): Shoes MY OLD SHOES, by PHILIP PARADIS Poem Source First Line: Sole brothers, homely twins Variant Title(s): Ode To My Shoe Subject(s): Shoes MY OLD SHOES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They are dwellings of comfort and rest Last Line: Unless I can wear my old shoes. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers MY SHOES, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Shoes, secret face of my inner life Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers MY SHOES, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shoes, secret face of my inner life Last Line: With your mute patience, forming %the only true likeness of myself Subject(s): Shoes NEW SHOES, by MARJORIE SEYMOUR WATTS Poem Source First Line: When I am walking down the street Last Line: When the left one steps I do not speak, %I listen to its happy squeak Subject(s): Shoes NUMBER 26, by CONSTANTINO SUASNAVAR Poem Source First Line: I have lost my shoes Subject(s): Shoes ODE TO MY SOCKS, by NEFTALI RICARDO REYES BASUALTO Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Maru mori brought me Alternate Author Name(s): Neruda, Pablo Subject(s): Feet; Poverty; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers ODE TO MY SOCKS, by NEFTALI RICARDO REYES BASUALTO Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maru mori brought me Last Line: When it is a matter of two socks %made of wool %in winter Alternate Author Name(s): Neruda, Pablo Subject(s): Feet; Poverty; Shoes OH, DEM OLDEN SLIPPERS!, by ALMA DENNY Poem Source First Line: No matter they are down-at-heel Subject(s): Shoes OH, MY GOLDEN SLIPPERS AM LAID AWAY, by JAMES A. BLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): African Americans; Marriage; Shoes; Negroes; American Blacks; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers OLD LEAVES FROM THE CHINESE EARTH, by SADANAND REGE Poem Source Poem Explanation First Line: I am chiang ling Last Line: One shoe is life, the other is death. %I recognized the voice Subject(s): Death; Life; Shoes OLD SHOES ARE BEST, by JENNIE ORR LEUI Poem Text First Line: You look so old and shabby where you rest Last Line: Long after summer days have passed. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers OLD SLIPPERS, by MARGUERITE E. ROSEBERY Poem Text First Line: I had not thought until today Last Line: Why have I never told you so? Subject(s): Marriage; Mortality; Shoes; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers ON A PAIR OF SPATS LAID AWAY FOR THE SUMMER, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little spats / down among the summer mothballs Last Line: Little spats! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers ON ELLEN GOING WRONG, by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tittle tattle!' said black shoes Last Line: "tittle tattle!"" said black shoes." Subject(s): Black (color); Gold; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers OPEN THE SHOE-STORE DOOR, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Two shoehorns on a shoelace Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Nature; Retail Trade; Shoes PEPPERING ROADS, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you wish to see roads in perfection Last Line: Amply pay you for all you have passed! Subject(s): Nonsense; Roads; Shoes; Travel; Walking POEM, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every morning I forget how it is Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers PUT ON THE SHOE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have you heard the old saw of the persians Last Line: "to him who is shod with content!" Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers RED SLIPPERS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A wicked cat, grown old and gray Last Line: Than buy slippers of cats, however they talk. Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers RED SLIPPERS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red slippers in a shop-window; and outside in the street, flaws of gray, windy sleet! Subject(s): Shoes; Shopping; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers RELIGION, by ROBERT WRIGLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last thing the old dog brought home Subject(s): Dogs; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers RESIGNATION; AN ODE TO THE JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS, SELECTION, by JOHN WOLCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of saint crispin, 'tis in vain! / indeed 'tis fruitless to complain Last Line: A truth that grandeur wishes not to know. Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Oppression; Shoes; Strikes; Wages; Work; Workers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts; Salaries RIDDLE: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "tie them, and they go away" Last Line: "loosen them, and they will stay" Subject(s): Riddles;shoes; Boots;sneakers;shoemakers SALE, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Went into a shoestore to buy a pair of shoes Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers SELLA, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hear now a legend of the days of old Last Line: The stone engraved with sella's honored name. Subject(s): Shoes; Mothers; Brides; Travel; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Journeys; Trips SHINED SHOES, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Get a shine. Who knows, it might lead to money Subject(s): Shoes SHOE, by SHIN DONG-JIP Poem Source First Line: A scrap of iron jerks its arms upright Last Line: The cricket resumes its prayer %in the dusk of autumn Subject(s): Shoes SHOE SALESMAN, by DANIEL BACHHUBER Poem Source First Line: He is like a psychic medium calling down shoes from the other world Last Line: Nonbeing into the flesh, and I say, 'yes I will yes I will yes.' Subject(s): Retail Trade; Salespersons; Shoes SHOE SHOP, by BARTON SUTTER Poem Source First Line: I shut the door on the racket Last Line: When I step back out in the street %the city looks flimsy as a movie set Subject(s): Retail Trade; Shoes SHOES, by DAVID CITINO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Magic, these little boats we sail, riding Last Line: Long-nailed fingers into forbidden dark Subject(s): Feet; Shoes SHOES, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot put the old shoes on Last Line: Barefoot for a while. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers SHOES, by GRACE LORENTZ Poem Source First Line: Old grey shoes lie on the floor Last Line: He would smile at her Subject(s): Feet; High School Students; Shoes; Teenagers SHOES, by STANLEY MOSS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Home, I bang the same out of my shoes Last Line: I am a shoemaker, not a bard Subject(s): Shoes SHOES AND STOCKINGS, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY Poem Text First Line: There's a shop upon the avenue where old men clerk Last Line: Chatter. Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers SHOES ARE THE MAN, by JOHN ISLES Poem Source First Line: But the shoes can't remember the last time they got out for a walk Last Line: The shoes do not beget shoes, but they have a home and family Subject(s): Shoes SNEAKERS, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When there were cracks Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers SUFFOLK SHOE-RHYME, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Trip at the toe, %live to see woe Last Line: Wear at the heel, %live to spend a great deal Subject(s): Shoes SUNFLOWER MOCCASINS, by PHILLIP WILLIAM GEORGE Poem Source First Line: Spring, and a new pair of moccasins! Last Line: She changes my moccasins %as she pleases Subject(s): Shoes THE BOSS'S BOOTS, by HENRY HERTZBERG LAWSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The shearers squint along the pens, they squint along the shoots Last Line: But pink 'em nice and pretty when you see the boss's boots. Subject(s): Deception; Labor & Laborers; Sheep; Shoes; Work; Workers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE BROKEN SANDAL, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dreamed the thong of my sandal broke. Subject(s): Shoes; Uncertainty; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE BUCKLE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had a silver buckle Last Line: May tell of it at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN, by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: A cobbler sang from morn till night Last Line: "and take the money, every pound!" Variant Title(s): The Cobbler And The Financier Subject(s): Fables; Shoes; Sleep; Wealth; Allegories; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Riches; Fortunes THE FURY OF OVERSHOES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They sit in a row / outside the kindergarten Subject(s): Children; God; Kindergarten; Religion; Shoes; Childhood; Theology; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE GOLDEN SHOES, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The winds are lashing on the sea Last Line: God saw that I was young! Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. Subject(s): Shoes; Wellesley College; Youth; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE JOVIAL COBBLER OF SAINT HELEN'S, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I am a jovial cobbler, bold and brave" Last Line: "I am the happiest mortal, mortal of them all" Subject(s): Happiness;shoes; Joy;delight;boots;sneakers;shoemakers THE LOST SHOE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poor little lucy Last Line: For her lost shoe. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE NIGHTINGALES, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My shoes as I lean Last Line: Over shoes and flowers. Subject(s): Shoes THE RED SHOES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stand in the ring Last Line: What they did would do them in Subject(s): Women; Shoes; Theology THE SATIN SHOES, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If ever I walk to church to wed Last Line: Like flute-notes softly blown. Subject(s): Marriage; Shoes; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOE-COBBLER IN HEAVEN, by WILSON PUGSLEY MACDONALD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Near the white heart of heaven's blaze of glory Last Line: "his were the plane and saw; mine were the leather and awl." Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOEMAKER, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now the hickory with its hum Last Line: To his eyes, then work the faster. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOEMAKER, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou poet, who, like any lark Last Line: Upon his latest tramp. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Feet; Poetry & Poets; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY, by THOMAS DEKKER Poem Text First Line: As wretches in a storm (expecting day) Last Line: [exeunt. Subject(s): Business; Fantasy; Shoes; Success; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOEMAKERS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ho! Workers of the old time styled / the gentle craft of leather Last Line: Fling out his blazoned banner! Subject(s): Cobblers; Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOES, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No one throws away Last Line: The way, by being more intensely upon it Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOES, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a pair of new shoes Last Line: "they are nice. They have low heels." Subject(s): Shoes; Soul; Stars; Tears; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOES THAT DANCED, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blossoms perish in the snow Last Line: Even to destruction and to utter death. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Paintings & Painters; Shoes; Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721); Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE SHOOE TYING, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anthea bade me tye her shooe Last Line: Had not her blush rebuked me. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TO BE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, by GYORGY PETRI Poet's Biography First Line: I glance down at my shoe and - there's the lace! Subject(s): Human Rights; Prisons & Prisoners; Shoes; Convicts; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TO BE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, by GYORGY PETRI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I glance down at my shoe and - there's the lace! Last Line: This can't be gaol then, can it, in that case Subject(s): Human Rights; Prisons And Prisoners; Shoes TOIL, by KENNETH HARRIS Poem Text First Line: Ah, woe is me! Each dewy morn Last Line: And take them off at night! Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TRACKS, by TED KOOSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Using a cobbler's shoe last Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TRANSPOSITION, by AGNES MOORE FRYBERGER Poem Text First Line: I forget his name; but, oh, his smile Last Line: And put the cobbler in the music store? Subject(s): Human Behavior; Retail Trade; Shoes; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TRYING ON MARILYN MONROE'S SHOES, by CYNTHIA GALLAHER Poem Source First Line: I said, girl, like when did marilyn ever walk around in these? Last Line: Even after I slip those shoes off Subject(s): Baby Boom Generation; Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Shoes; Women TWO LITTLE BOOTS, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two little boots all rough an' wo' Last Line: Two little boots. Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers UPON A ROW OLD BOOTS AND SHOES IN A PAWNBROKER'S WINDOW, by FRANK WILMOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! No! / you are not a soldierly upright now! Last Line: Far, far from here. Alternate Author Name(s): Maurice, Furnley Subject(s): Pawnshops; Shoes; Pawnbrokers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers VELVET SHOES, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let us walk in the white snow Last Line: We shall walk in the snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Shoes; Silence; Snow; Walking; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers YOUR LEFT SHOE IS ALWAYS COLDER, THE SUN, by SIMON PERCHIK Poem Source Last Line: Born already grieving, one finally behind the other Subject(s): Grief; Shoes; Sun ZEN AND THE ART OF TYING SHOELACES, by JR. ORVAL A. LUND Poem Source First Line: Like trying to bring order to a dish of noodles Last Line: I swear I won't need anywhere to go Subject(s): Art And Artists; Beauty; Cinderella; Feet; Shoes |
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