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Subject: AMBULANCES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AMBULANCE, by TERRANCE HAYES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Some fool ignores the manual
Last Line: Above you asking your name, but you won't have a clue
Subject(s): Ambulances


AMBULANCE, by KARL KIRCHWEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: The caduceus flies past, with serpents wrought
Last Line: Watches forgotten, walkmans, or keychains %that respond to a human voice
Subject(s): Ambulances; Cities


AMBULANCE CHASING, by JEFF DOLVEN    Poem Source                    
First Line: It's almost night. An ambulance streaks by
Last Line: And never to have got the song by heart
Subject(s): Ambulances


AMBULANCES, by PHILIP LARKIN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Closed like confessionals, they thread
Subject(s): Ambulances


AMBULANCES, by PHILIP LARKIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Closed like confessionals, they thread
Last Line: Brings closer what is left to come, %and dulls to distance all we are
Subject(s): Ambulances


FLOATING POEM: MANHATTAN, MIDDAY, by LAURIE KUTCHINS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dressed in patent leather pumps and a wool dress coat
Last Line: A wrist to take the pulse?
Subject(s): Ambulances; Death; New York City; Poetry And Poets; Women


HEART, by BRENDAN KENNELLY    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the heart of dublin, not even the long
Last Line: Can undo the blackbird's song
Subject(s): Ambulances; Birds; Dublin, Ireland; Fire


SNIPER, by NICOLE BLACKMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Last monday, they rushed out like
Last Line: Death comes from the trees
Subject(s): Ambulances; Blood; Death; Guns; Violence


THE AMBULANCE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I never see in our bustling town
Last Line: For a breath of heaven in the darkest day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Accidents; Ambulances; Healing; Hospitals; Red Cross; Sickness; Cures; Illness


THE AMBULANCE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pick them up and shove them in
Last Line: Hurry to the hospital!
Subject(s): Ambulances


YOUNGEST / PURPLEST BUM, by STEVE EFFINGHAM    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Sparkled beneath the sunshine
Subject(s): Accidents; Ambulances; Blood; Commuters