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Subject: HOPPER, EDWARD (1882-1967)
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A LIGHTHOUSE IN MAINE, by DEREK MAHON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It might be anywhere
Subject(s): Lighthouses; Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


A NUDE BY EDWARD HOPPER, by LISEL MUELLER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The light / drains me of what I might be
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Body, Human; Models


CALIFORNIA BY EDWARD HOPPER, by JACK K. ISRAEL    Poem Source                    
First Line: If I ever lose interest in
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


DAYS OF EDWARD HOPPER, by JOHN HAINES            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: These are the houses that stand
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


DAYS OF EDWARD HOPPER, by JOHN HAINES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: These are the houses that stand
Last Line: And trampled -- small peace %and unforgiven crime
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EARLY SUNDAY MORNING,' BY EDWARD HOPPER, by JONATHAN HOLDEN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Way off to the right out of the picture
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER, by ELAINE EQUI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: His figures lean %like plants %toward light
Last Line: Years from now %is it this %you will return to me?
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Poetry And Poets


EDWARD HOPPER, by JULIAN PALLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: He caught the taste and smell
Last Line: His brush touched the song of despair %of american streets
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER, by GARY ZEBRUN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The house is empty. It is october
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER RETROSPECTIVE, by TONY QUAGLIANO    Poem Source                    
First Line: The man's dead %so I suppose that any looking
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER WATCHING THE PETRIFIED FOREST, 1936, by MARTHA GREENWALD    Poem Source                    
First Line: Bar-b-q -- bar-b-q -- bar-b-q %the only creed the mesa may ever know
Last Line: The only creed the mesa may ever know... %bar-b-q -- bar-b-q -- bar-b-q
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER'S NEW YORK MOVIE, by JOSEPH STANTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: We can have our pick of seats
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER'S NEW YORK MOVIE (1939), by MORDECAI MARCUS    Poem Source                    
First Line: They have been sitting and standing there inside this frame
Last Line: The beauty here is warmth endlessly balancing a chill of care
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER'S NIGHTHAWKS, 1942, by JOYCE CAROL OATES    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The three men are fully clothed, long sleeves
Last Line: He's thinking he's the luckiest man in the world %so why isn't he happier?
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER'S SEVEN A.M. (1948), by JOHN HOLLANDER    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The morning seems to have no light to spare
Last Line: Meaning is up for grabs, but not for sale
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Morning


EDWARD HOPPER'S SEVEN A.M. (1948), by JOHN HOLLANDER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The morning seems to have no light to spare
Last Line: Meaning is up for grabs, but not for sale
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Morning


EDWARD HOPPER'S U.S.A., by JOSEPH HARRIS    Poem Source                    
First Line: His use of light
Last Line: So american, %this spacious grasp %of diversity, this largeness %under universal light
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


EDWARD HOPPER'S WOMAN SITTING ON THE BED, by CLARENCE MAJOR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Holding a glass of water, I looked out the window
Last Line: And having lots of money to spend
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Poetry And Poets


EDWARD HOPPER: NIGHTHAWKS (1942), by MARK JOHNSTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Perhaps the cash register gleaming
Last Line: Their beaks inward, on their dreams
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOMAGE TO EDWARD HOPPER, by EMERY GEORGE    Poem Source                    
First Line: In his landscapes silence is eloquent
Last Line: A city square speaks sunday desolation. %an ancient land lies silent, and is sage
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOPPER'S 'NIGHTHAWKS' (1942), by IRA SADOFF            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Imagine a town where no one walks the streets. Where the sidewalks
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOPPER'S 'NIGHTHAWKS' (1942), by IRA SADOFF    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Imagine a town where no one walks the streets. Where the sidewalks
Last Line: Would be no change in the weather
Subject(s): Art And Artists; Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOPPER'S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, by SHARON BRYAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We look straight on
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOPPER'S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, by ROY MARTIN SCHEELE    Poem Source                    
First Line: The awning raised and peaked above the glass
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


HOPPER'S STREET SCENE, by JULIAN PALLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have known these streets. The moisture
Last Line: Insomnia, as summer inches %on toward september with its squalls
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


MRS. EDWARD HOPPER, by SANDRA STONE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Crowded punch right off the docket
Last Line: Do not believe this, if you do
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


MUSE, by LISEL MUELLER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What I look at when I type is a poster: edward hopper's nighthawks
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


MUSE, by LISEL MUELLER    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What I look at when I type is a poster: edward hopper's nighthawks
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


NEW YORK MOVIE, 1939, by BRUCE BOND    Poem Source                    
First Line: Under an hourglass of lamplight
Last Line: To part the fiery stillness of her curtain
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Motion Pictures


ROOMS BY THE SEA, by CHARLES EDWARD EATON    Poem Source                    
First Line: A painting by hopper simplifies the real
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


SUMMER IN THE CITY, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO    Poem Source                    
First Line: When he finished with her and the afternoon
Last Line: His hands clean, smelling of soap and cigarettes
Subject(s): Cities; Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Man-woman Relationships; Sex


SUNDAY A.M. NOT IN MANHATTAN, by JOHN HOLLANDER    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Across the street, closed shops
Last Line: It all, the scene, the whole
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967); Shadows


THREE PAINTINGS BY EDWARD HOPPER: AUTOMAT, by JULIE O'CALLAGHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I thought when I came here
Last Line: Are reasly crowds of camera lenses %waiting to take my picture
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


THREE PAINTINGS BY EDWARD HOPPER: CHOP SUEY, by JULIE O'CALLAGHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Isn't it fun to come down here
Last Line: All you can see is 'suey' %the 'chop' must be further up
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


THREE PAINTINGS BY EDWARD HOPPER: NIGHTHAWKS, by JULIE O'CALLAGHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The heat and the dark
Last Line: Not looking at our watches %or counting the cigarettes %and cups of coffee
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


TWO HOPPERS; DISPLAYED IN THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The smaller, older 'girl at a sewing machine'
Last Line: The letter. Hopper is saying, 'I am vermeer'
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)


WAYS OF SEEING, by PEGGY SHUMAKER    Poem Source                    
First Line: No filmstrip, slideshow, worksheet, video
Last Line: Edward hopper, after all, painted meticulously %electrical poles, but never %the superfluous wires
Subject(s): Hopper, Edward (1882-1967)