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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: LOCKOUTS Matches Found: 22 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHILD AT THE WICKET, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A little isle: it is for some Last Line: A thing of love, a slender lute? Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): Ellis Island, New York Harbor; Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts BREAD AND ROSES, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As we come marching, marching, in the Last Line: But a sharing of life's glories: bread and roses, bread and roses! Subject(s): Justice; Labor Unions; Social Protest; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts CASEY JONES (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Come all you rounders if you want to hear Last Line: Took his farewell journey to the promised land Subject(s): Labor Unions;railroads;strikes; Railways;trains;labor Disputes;lockouts EZLN, by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Note this / a range of which Subject(s): Clubs (associations); Freedom; Human Rights; Labor Unions; Mexico; Military; Poverty; Strikes; Liberty; Labor Disputes; Lockouts HIKING ON THE COAST RANGE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The skirl of the kingfisher was never Subject(s): Labor Unions; Murder; San Francisco; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 8. THE EVICTION, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In early morning twilight, raw and chill Last Line: And firesides buried under fallen thatch. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Grief; Labor Unions; Landlords & Tenants; Orphans; Police; Poverty; Strikes; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness; Foundlings; Labor Disputes; Lockouts LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, by ROQUE DALTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The night of my first cell meeting it was pouring rain Last Line: Mother scolded me for coming home late Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Strikes; Wages; Work; Workers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts; Salaries MUNDUS MOROSUS (THE WORLD MOROSE), by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I heard the wild beasts in the woods complain Last Line: None love us, trust us, welcome us, but thou. Subject(s): Grief; Labor Unions; Mourning; Strikes; Sorrow; Sadness; Bereavement; Labor Disputes; Lockouts PICKETS, by JULIA GLASGOW Poem Text First Line: They're the advance guard of the mighty throngs Last Line: Heard only by those who are yet to be. Subject(s): Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts RESIGNATION; AN ODE TO THE JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS, SELECTION, by JOHN WOLCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sons of saint crispin, 'tis in vain! / indeed 'tis fruitless to complain Last Line: A truth that grandeur wishes not to know. Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Oppression; Shoes; Strikes; Wages; Work; Workers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts; Salaries ROMANCE (SEAMEN'S STRIKE), by FRANK WILMOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Proud legions strode the valley of the days Last Line: Their surly clamour for a louseless bed. Alternate Author Name(s): Maurice, Furnley Subject(s): Labor Unions; Sailing & Sailors; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts SAYINGS OF HENRY STEPHENS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you get enough money Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Farm Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Springfield, Illinois'; Strikes; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Agriculture; Farmers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts STRIKE OF THE LONDON CABMEN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Oh! Here's a great and glorious row Last Line: All through the strike of the cabmen Subject(s): Driving & Drivers;labor Unions;london;strikes; Labor Disputes;lockouts STRIKERS, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the mud and scum of things Last Line: Nothing shall keep us dumb! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Insanity; Labor Unions; Social Protest; Strikes; Madness; Mental Illness; Labor Disputes; Lockouts STRIKERS IN HYDE PARK, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woof reversed the fatal shuttles weave Last Line: The other's rote of evil and of change. Subject(s): Hyde Park, London; Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts STRIKES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is struck when the workmen strike? Last Line: If you give him the law, with the law he will strike. Subject(s): Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts THE HIDING PLACE, by JORIE GRAHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last time I saw it was 1968 Last Line: No -- tell them no -- Subject(s): Labor Unions; Paris, France; Riots; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts THE STRIKE OF THE SMITHS, by FRANCOIS COPPEE Poem Text First Line: Messieurs les juges! My story shall be brief Last Line: And if you send me to the scaffold—thanks! Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Strikes; Work; Workers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts THE STRIKER, by ELIZABETH HARDY Poem Text First Line: Now we have struck and the strike is won for all Last Line: Streamer of smoke across the endless sky! Subject(s): Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts THEN AND NOW, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you remember those mornings after the blitzes Last Line: Make real, of glory, common wealth, and home. Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): Factories; Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Memory; News; Strikes; Surrey, England; Unemployment; Work; Workers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts TRIUMPHAL MARCH, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After the long strike Last Line: What did it matter we'd lost? Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Labor Unions; Strength; Strikes; Work; Workers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 10. STRESA, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon grows out of the hills Last Line: From shore to shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Labor Unions; Strikes; Labor Disputes; Lockouts |
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