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Subject: JELLY
Matches Found: 6

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BREAD AND JAM, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I wish I was a poet like the men that write in books
Last Line: Is bread an' jam we always get as soon as school is out.
Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie
Subject(s): Bread; Jelly; Jam


JELLY ROLL MORTON, by SYBIL KEIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Winin' boy
Last Line: Lord jelly, oh mister jazz king, %you salty dog
Subject(s): African Americans; Morton, Jelly Roll (1885-1941)


PEACH PRESERVES, by ABIGAIL SHAFFER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Takes overripe fruit
Last Line: Into sturdy gleaming mason jars
Subject(s): Fruit; Jelly; Peaches


PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: First you take the dough and knead it, knead it
Last Line: Peanut butter, peanut butter, jelly, jelly
Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Jelly; Peanut Butter


PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES, by LEN ROBERTS    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: While my father cuts his way
Last Line: Set gently into its grave, stacking them %like balanced blocks, one by one, for tomorrow
Subject(s): Jelly; Peanut Butter


PEANUT-BUTTER SANDWICH, by SHELBY SILVERSTEIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'll sing you a poem of a silly young king
Last Line: The first words that they heard him speak %were, 'how about a peanut-butter sandwich?'
Alternate Author Name(s): Silverstein, Shel
Subject(s): Jelly; Peanut Butter