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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TRAFFIC Matches Found: 52 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BUSY STREET, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: All up and down the busy street Last Line: And that is why they hurry so. Subject(s): Cities; Collective Behavior; February; Streets; Traffic; Urban Life; Mobs; Crowds; Avenues A RAILROAD YARD AT NIGHT, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Faint forms of giant buildings in the night Last Line: Gleaming of silver underneath the stars. Subject(s): Commuters; Railroads; Traffic; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips A SONG OF CITY TRAFFIC, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have heard the roar and clamor through the Last Line: Poor, sad mortals, hearing only noise of wheels and clang of cars! Subject(s): City Traffic ACADEMIC IN TRAFFIC, by LINDA BAMBER Poem Source First Line: Whether the language rebellion against phallogocentrism is really Last Line: Then they'll whirl off to their lives %like leaves; their historical lives Subject(s): Academia; Traffic ACCIDENT, by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why are the cars slowing up? Last Line: It's either pointing at the sky %or falling off an edge into space Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Traffic AT THE INTERSECTION, by ANDREA HENY Poem Source First Line: At seven, the all-night greyhound reaches the city Last Line: Would it surprise you if she broke out laughing? Subject(s): Commuters; Greyhounds; Traffic; Travel BEFORE DISASTER; WINTER, 1932-33, by YVOR WINTERS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Evening traffic homeward burns Last Line: We must live or dry by steel Subject(s): Traffic BEFORE DISASTER; WINTER, 1932-33, by YVOR WINTERS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Evening traffic homeward burns Last Line: Treading change with savage heel, %we must love or die by steel Subject(s): Traffic BOILING OVER, by E. J. MILLER LAINO Poem Source First Line: At rush hour, we are all cars Last Line: Trying to pay him back for everything Subject(s): Automobiles; Lies; Quarrels; Traffic; Truth CANZONE, by RICK SNYDER Poem Source First Line: The streets widen %on a windy day Last Line: To the museum %where maureen is waiting Subject(s): Streets; Traffic CARS IN CARACAS CREATE A RUCKUKUS, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Traffic CAT, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady in the leopard skin / has a fear of plunging in Last Line: Yellow-eyed, the lady springs. Subject(s): Traffic; Women CENTRAL PARK WEST, by MICHAEL COFFEY Poem Source First Line: Shakes the pavement, city traffic Last Line: The avenue its long, cold face Subject(s): Central Park, New York City; Cities; Traffic CITY, by LAURENCE HARTMUS Poem Text First Line: Sullen city of motile skies Last Line: That is why I mock your law that says I should be as other men. Subject(s): Cities; Traffic; Urban Life CITY TRAFFIC, by EVE MERRIAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green as a seedling the one lane shines Last Line: Shift, settle, then gather and sow Alternate Author Name(s): Moskovitz, Eva Subject(s): City Traffic CITY TRAFFIC, by EVE MERRIAM Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green as a seedling the one lane shines Last Line: Shift, settle, then gather and sow Alternate Author Name(s): Moskovitz, Eva Subject(s): City Traffic CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BAY AREA: 9. TRAFFIC HEAVY AND VERY SLOW, by GILBERT SORRENTINO Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: The stars are being pitched into Last Line: Of vast machines always alert Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Baseball; Games; Sports; Traffic CROSSTOWN, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Back in new york I grab a taxi at port authority Last Line: X-rays, so it’s cancer Subject(s): New York City; City Traffic; Taxis; Buses; Democracy; War; Politics & Politicians; African Americans; Racism; Nightmares IN GLEN WAVERLEY, MELBOURNE, by PETER READING Poem Source First Line: Over high street road, where rush-hour Last Line: Where they landed, fearing the worst Subject(s): Australia; Traffic IN HEAVEN'S ALLEY, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The tap the double drop Last Line: The limb of a birch %stitch another white sail in the rain Subject(s): Cities; City Traffic; Escapes J'S THE JUMPING JAY-WALKER, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And the traffic into jam Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs. Subject(s): Pedestrians; Children; Traffic MISSED PICTURE, by DAVID A. VICTOR Poem Source First Line: Stuck in bangkok traffic Last Line: Around the curb to phetchaburi road, %and she is gone Subject(s): Traffic NOISE METER, by MICHAEL COFFEY Poem Source First Line: So open out and hear Last Line: That sound that seems enough then %then is not enough Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Noises; Traffic; Violence NOW THE CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH, by ANDREW MOTION Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now the children are old enough to see what there is to see Subject(s): Children; London, England; City Traffic; Swimming & Swimmers ROAD BLOCK, by IAIN DEANS Poem Source First Line: This is for the apple faced old lady Last Line: You cracked all the machines perfectly Subject(s): Subways; Traffic; Women ROAD LAW, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Drive a ford or a packard six Last Line: "a load of stone has the right of way." Subject(s): Automobiles; Cities; Driving & Drivers; Roads; Traffic; Cars; Urban Life; Paths; Trails SATURDAY NIGHT IN FLEET STREET, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, where for six long days the traffic whirled Last Line: The hair of sorrow falls, in long, dark streams. Subject(s): City Traffic; Fleet Street, London; Grief; Sorrow; Sadness SHIFTING, by FRANCES PHILLIPS Poem Source First Line: Traffic is heavy. I shift neutral to first Last Line: Neutral to first, neutral to first to second. %anger hurt wet spit sweat Subject(s): City Traffic SONGS OF NEW YORK: TRAFFIC, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hoof-beats thundering on the paves Last Line: If only in my dream!) Subject(s): New York City; Traffic; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple STOPS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They keep coming at me Last Line: In a liquor store Subject(s): Traffic STOPS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They keep coming at me Last Line: Even a little old lady %in a liquor store Subject(s): Traffic SUMMER MORNING, by MICHAEL COFFEY Poem Source First Line: I saw a person get hit in traffic today Last Line: Clearing throats, making %any kind of noise Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Cities; Death; Noises; Streets; Traffic THE BUS, by MABEL WARREN ARNOLD Poem Text First Line: The bus winds down through the busy street Last Line: You would like to get out and stroll. Subject(s): Traffic THE CITY CALLS, by LEXIE DEAN ROBERTSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My little garden wall is gray Last Line: With watching the wild birds fly. Subject(s): Cities; Traffic; Urban Life THE NEW YORK CLUBWOMAN MEDITATES ON HAMLET, by OLIVE TAIT SUTHERLAND Poem Text First Line: To be on time, or not to be; that is the question Last Line: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all. Subject(s): City Traffic; Clubs (associations); Lateness; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple THE SIGNAL, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How can I regret my life Last Line: With my shortcomings Subject(s): Traffic Signals THE TRAFFIC MAN, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: The traffic man stands in the square Last Line: When his day's work is done. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; September; Traffic; Work; Workers THE WOOD, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I walked a nut-wood's gloom. And overhead Last Line: Beating along my undiscovered mind. Subject(s): Forests; Traffic; Woods THOMAS DIVIDE, by DEBORA KINSLAND FOERST Poem Source First Line: We used to sit at thomas divide Last Line: And through our windshield Subject(s): Automobiles; Traffic; Travel TO MY ACADEMIC FRIENDS WHO SIT TIGHT ON THEIR DOCTORAL THESE, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You who will drive forward Last Line: Again and again with fresh wares Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Streets; Traffic TRAFFIC, by JACK ANDERSON Poem Source First Line: There is the traffic Last Line: Like our breathing. First in. Then out Subject(s): Traffic TRAFFIC, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: This life in london - what a waste Last Line: Am deafened to my very thoughts. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): City Traffic; London TRAFFIC, by ROGER DEMARY Poem Source First Line: He stopped the car Last Line: With traffic gathering %all around them Subject(s): City Traffic TRAFFIC, by STEPHEN DOBYNS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was driving to pick up my daughter from day care Last Line: And I would thrust my fingers into the grass %and hang there, arching my back and quick of breath Subject(s): Bodies; City Traffic TRAFFIC, by SESSHU FOSTER Poem Source First Line: We look upon the surface of the ocean but neither of us sees Last Line: And our children can read our books as they burn Subject(s): Accidents; Streets; Traffic TRAFFIC, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trucks and stationwagons, vws, old chevies, pintos Subject(s): City Traffic TRAFFIC, by DONALD HALL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trucks and stationwagons, vws, old chevies, pintos Last Line: I wait %for the traffic to pause, shift, and enter the traffic Subject(s): City Traffic TRAFFIC, by JEFF ROBERT WORLEY Poem Source First Line: Because a woman piloting a sky-blue bmw Last Line: A new noise in the engine keeping perfect time Subject(s): City Traffic TRAFFIC BETWEEN, by RICHARD FOERSTER Poem Source First Line: Like a priest in the shadowed confidence Last Line: Then fumbled with the fare and struggled out Subject(s): Religion; Taxis; Traffic UNSTOPPABLE FURY, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: And options %still %open Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Traffic WARNING, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Dublin is gridlocked, cork crippled Last Line: There's a loose cow on the road. Subject(s): Cows; Dublin, Ireland; Traffic WHY WE NEED A SINGLES CAR POOL NETWORK, by SAM PEABODY Poem Source First Line: It took over an hour to drive home tonight and still Last Line: Her smooth leg resting on mine at night, or the spring pruning %of my unchecked privacy Subject(s): Driving And Drivers; Relationships; Traffic; Women |
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