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Subject: CARVER, RAYMOND (1939-1988)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` CRAZY MENU, by TESS GALLAGHER            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Last of his toothpaste, last of his wheat chex, last
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988); Food & Eating; Grief; Love - Marital; Sorrow; Sadness; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


CRAZY MENU, by TESS GALLAGHER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Last of his toothpaste, last of his wheat chex, last
Last Line: Every artery and nerve of us, into the rest %of our commemorative lives
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988); Food And Eating; Grief; Love - Marital


HORSEBACK, by CAROLYN KIZER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Never afraid of those huge creatures
Last Line: I just wanted to tell you about it, ray.
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988); Horseback Riding; Sports; Women; Women's Rights; Writing & Writers; Feminism


RAY, by HAYDEN CARRUTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How many guys are sitting at their kitchen tables
Last Line: Ate that goddamn pie, and it tasted good to me
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988)


SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY, by TESS GALLAGHER            Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988)


TIME MAKES US SUPPLICANT WHORES, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: The bottle's iron mouth suckles the brain dry
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Carver, Raymond (1939-1988); Nature; Time