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Subject: BASEMENTS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN OLD VERMONT CELLAR HOLE, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To wander near a ruined home
Last Line: Of lilacs set in roses.
Subject(s): Cellars; Vermont; Basements


CELLAR STAIRS, by THOMAS LUX    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It's rickety down to the dark.
Subject(s): Cellars; Basements


JOHN MOULDY, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I spied john mouldy in his cellar
Last Line: Smiling there alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Cellars; Basements


ROOT CELLAR, by THEODORE ROETHKE    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch
Subject(s): Cellars; Basements


THE CELLAR, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I want my father to stop sending me down there
Last Line: Yet another cry for mercy.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Antwerp, Belgium; Betrayal; Cellars; Duty; Fathers & Daughters; Food Habits; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Penance; Potatoes; Shame; Survival; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Basements; Shoah; Judaism