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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WAITERS & WAITRESSES Matches Found: 20 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A RIDDLE, by LYNN EMANUEL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses AMAZING FACTS ABOUT FOOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I yearn to bite on a colloid Subject(s): Food & Eating;soul;vegetables;waiters & Waitresses BAD, by WANDA COLEMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night at the taco house Last Line: Everybody kept their distance Alternate Author Name(s): Coleman-straus, Wanda Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses BALLADE OF THE IDEAL WAITER, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Some people sigh for a waiter who's humble Last Line: I want a waiter who'll leave me alone! Subject(s): Food & Eating; Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners COMING SOON, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I placed one toe Last Line: It said it did not need me. Subject(s): Cold; December; Restaurants; Time; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners DEAR OLD DICK, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said dear old dick Last Line: "to wait on st. Peter world without end." Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Waiters & Waitresses; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry EPITAPH ON A WAITER, by DAVID MCCORD Poet's Biography First Line: By and by Variant Title(s): Waiter;on A Waiter Subject(s): Travel; Waiters & Waitresses; Journeys; Trips FICTIONS OF THE FEMININE: QUASI-CARNAL CREATURES, by ALICE FULTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before work, I practice bo-peep put-offs under veils Last Line: Of glowing bones: the ultimate in / unpeeled flesh Subject(s): Burlesque; Waiters & Waitresses; Women; Striptease HOLY THURSDAY, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They're kindly here, to let us linger so late Subject(s): Maundy Thursday; Restaurants; Farewell; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners; Parting MARIE, by HENRY BERNARD Poem Text First Line: The lion d'or at quimperle Last Line: In the lion d'or at quimperlè! Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses MR. DONUT, by DENISE DUHAMEL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They tumble from closing bars into here. Last Line: Quiet hours before dawn Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses NIGHT WAITRESS, by LYNDA HULL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Reflected in the plate glass, the pies Alternate Author Name(s): Wojahn, David, Mrs. Subject(s): Music, Rock; Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Rock & Roll; Cafes; Diners SESTINA, WINCHELL'S DONUT HOUSE, by JAN CLAUSEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Watching the black hours through to morning Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses SUNDAY NIGHT, by SHARON OLDS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the family would go to a restaurant, Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses; Fathers; Bad Behavior; Shame; Sex THE BLONDE SONATA, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green grizzle day, the soft erotic weather Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses; Hair; Desire THE MAID OF THE INN, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Kate! Could I claim thee as 'ma maitresse' Last Line: Shall be the love of plato. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Love; Waiters & Waitresses THE MURDER OF CHEAP WAITRESSES, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From ellen needham, indicted for their slaying Subject(s): Murder; Waiters & Waitresses THE WAITER AND THE ALLIGATOR, by G. W. A. Poem Text First Line: Beneath the waves and mud Last Line: The alligator. Subject(s): Gratuities; Waiters & Waitresses; Tips WAITRESS, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whoever with the compasses of his eyes Subject(s): Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Women; Cafes; Diners WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS, by MATTHEA HARVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is difficult at best. The moons desperately want to circle Last Line: The tables. Our leader has left us too Subject(s): Waiters & Waitresses; Food & Eating |
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