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Subject: ENTERTAINERS
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BLACK DANDY, by ELIAS MIGUEL MUNOZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: He collects hats
Last Line: Can hear his voice, his wolf bites, the %grinding of his teeth. The applause
Subject(s): African Americans; California; Entertainers


CONTORTIONIST, by WILLIAM JOSEPH MEISSNER    Poem Source                    
First Line: For him, any position is fine
Last Line: Yes, he thinks, this is his gift to himself
Subject(s): Entertainers


EQUILIBRIST'S TOYS, by SANDRA STONE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Put your mind back to never mind which season your year
Last Line: Become the rain balancing along the crucial the set furrows
Subject(s): Entertainers


MALTHUSIAN THEORY, by W. R. RODRIGUEZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: Like every longshot it seemed like a sureshot and his legs were so long
Last Line: Amusement
Subject(s): Entertainers; Gambling; Games


MARLBOROUGH FAIR, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I warr'nt our street be near so wide
Last Line: And the long down is whispering low 'goodnight.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Abandonment; Amusement Parks; Animals; Children; Churchyards; Circus; Country Dances; Country Life; Entertainers; Festivals; Fiddles; Games; Guns; Lions; Marlborough, England; Merry-go-grounds; Mourning; Musical Instruments; Night; Pleasure; Desertion; C


TENT CIRCUS, by MARIE HARRIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The cop clown is out back sitting on a hitch, nursing his sciatica while
Last Line: The final orphans
Subject(s): Animals; Circus; Clowns; Elephants; Entertainers


THE MAN INSIDE THE CHIPMUNK SUIT, by THOMAS LUX    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Isn't very tall, 4 ft.
Last Line: A picture of a minor movie star
Subject(s): Entertainers


WATCHING JOANN CASTLE PLAY, by DEBRA MARQUART    Poem Source                    
First Line: Saturday nights before mom and dad
Last Line: Shes even been to new orleans
Subject(s): Entertainers; Family Life; Television; Welk, Lawrence (1903-1992)