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Subject: HOUDINI, HARRY (1874-1926)
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GEESE, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On a brittle winter afternoon in moscow, the american
Last Line: Too, although we never see it happening' %-- a thread in the lining
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926); Jews; Russia


HOUDINI, by MELVILLE CANE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The papers said: %'houdini dead!'
Last Line: Amid the relieved and welcoming applause %of those already there
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


HOUDINI, by JACK DRISCOLL    Poem Source                    
First Line: So much needless speculation about a key
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


HOUDINI, by ELI W. MANDEL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I suspect he knew that trunks were metaphors
Last Line: With all his chains singing around his feet %like the bound crowds who sigh, who sigh
Subject(s): Escapes; Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


HOUDINI, by KAY RYAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Each escape / involved some art
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


HOUDINI AT THE SUPPER CLUB, by ANN+(1) LEE    Poem Source                    
First Line: He spread the blueberry jam on yesterday
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


LESSONS FROM HOUDINI, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You practice disappearing
Subject(s): Relationships; Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)


MAKING LOVE TO HOUDINI, by NIN ANDREWS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Often at night I heard whispering and tapping
Last Line: He was always gone. And I was always too late
Subject(s): Houdini, Harry (1874-1926); Memory