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Subject: VENETIAN BLINDS
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CURTAINS, by DAVID WAGONER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Grandpa took me along to the hospital
Subject(s): Grandparents; Hospitals; Window Treatments; Childhood Memories; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes


MY NEIGHBOUR'S CURTAINS, by ALFRED DE MUSSET    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: My charming neighbour's curtain / is moving, I declare
Last Line: Tis by the wind, no doubt!
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Neighbors; Window Treatments; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes


THE CURTAIN, by TRISTAN LECLERE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Glorious weather / chantecler has called
Last Line: And it is morning in my heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Klingsor, Tristan
Subject(s): Light; Morning; Sun; Window Treatments; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes


THE PEEPER, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: On the french doors of the parlor is a great big curtain
Last Line: (billy's going to fan him, too.)
Subject(s): Window Treatments; Women; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes


THE SKEIN, by CAROLYN KIZER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Moonlight through my gauze curtains
Last Line: So I memorize these lines, without salutation, without close.
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Moon; Poetry & Poets; Window Treatments; Women; Women's Rights; Wu, Emperor (140-87 B.c.); Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes; Feminism


VENETIAN BLIND, by HELEN DARBY BERNING    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sky slatted with saffron bars
Last Line: Closes the blind.
Subject(s): Window Treatments; Venetian Blinds; Curtains; Shades; Drapes