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Subject: ELEVATORS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ANNIE, APHRODITE, AND THE ELEVATOR, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Annie was some years older, so I trusted
Last Line: Stared at me, smiled, and shook her shining head
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Elevators; Mythology - Classical; Relationships


ELEVATOR, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We jumped in, trusting
Last Line: Sister! He wailed, as I sank deep into the ground.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Elevators; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ELEVATOR BOY, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I got a job now
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Elevators; Negroes; American Blacks


ELEVATOR BOY, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I got a job now
Last Line: I been runnin' this %elevator too long. %guess I'll quit now
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Elevators


FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE., by DAVID SHERWIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Elevators are now located
Last Line: In intimate apparel
Subject(s): Elevators


NO SPITTING UP, by JAMES TATE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: People in glass elevators shouldn't caary snow shovels
Subject(s): Elevators; Anxiety


PSALM FOR THE ELEVATOR, by DANIEL RAY CAMPION    Poem Source                    
First Line: The spring and cables we don't see -
Last Line: But cut? It's down the shaft
Subject(s): Elevators


SENRYU (70), by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Going down in
Last Line: A gloomy feeling
Subject(s): Elevators


STREAMLINERA: SKYSCRAPER-ELEVATOR, by PAULINE JONES BURNS    Poem Text                    
First Line: A great metallic bird in sudden flight
Last Line: He snatches up a few remaining crumbs.
Subject(s): Elevators; Skyscrapers


THE MONUMENT, by WYATT PRUNTY    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Standing apart yet oddly sequential
Subject(s): Elevators; Crowds


UPS AND DOWNS OF THE ELEVATOR CAR, by CAROLINE D. EMERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: The elevator car in the elevator shaft
Last Line: Fly through the air, perhaps it is - that elevator car!
Subject(s): Elevators