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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NURSING HOMES Matches Found: 23 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ASSISTED LIVING, by PETER MEINKE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Hunching at the adult center Last Line: To press our number Subject(s): Aging; Nursing Homes AT THE CENTER, by SUSAN LUDVIGSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We arrived to find sage and thyme Last Line: This petite infinite %embracing me, embracing me Subject(s): Nursing Homes BRETHREN, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woodpecker hammers Subject(s): Woodpeckersl Nursing Homes; War COUSIN FRANCIS SPEAKS OUT, by RUTH STONE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Buddy's uncle hiram felt bad about his sister, mable Last Line: Is to pull the teeth. Subject(s): Nursing Homes; Old Age; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living FROM JOSEF IN THE REST HOME, by SHARON CHMIELARZ Poem Source First Line: I'm still alive Last Line: By the t.V. Tray Subject(s): Fathers And Sons; Immigrants; Nursing Homes; Old Age; Poland; United States JEAN AND JULES WORK AT THE QUEEN OF PEACE NURSING HOME, by JULIA LISELLA Poem Source First Line: They never had more in common Last Line: The stern assertion %of a man who has triumphed Subject(s): Nursing Homes JENNIE LUBELL IS IN A NURSING HOME IN PROVINCETOWN, SELS., by ADELINE NAIMAN Poem Source First Line: My mother has died, but I visit her weekly Last Line: For my own dark journey Subject(s): Mothers And Daughters; Nursing Homes; Women MENTAL CASES, by LLOYD SCHWARTZ Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: --and the second is like unto it, thou shalt love Subject(s): Insanity; Nursing Homes; Voices; Madness; Mental Illness; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living MY MOTHER'S GRAVE, by LUCILE SLADE MCAULEY Poem Source First Line: I seldom went to see you %in the nursing home. I don't know why Last Line: I'd mourn some part of me that %died long years ago Subject(s): Aging; Death; Mothers; Nursing Homes NURSING HOME: THE CANARY, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In this hospital odor Last Line: Spokes down the hall. Subject(s): Canaries; Nursing Homes; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living NURSING HOME: THE DOLL, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rouge the cracked china of her cheeks Last Line: Put her away unbroken. Subject(s): Facades; Nursing Homes; Appearances; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living NURSING HOME: THE VISIT, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The wild-animal fear is upon him Last Line: His hair through the cage. Subject(s): Grandchildren; Grandparents; Nursing Homes; Grandsons; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living OLD FOLK'S HOME, JERUSALEM, by RITA DOVE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Evening, the bees fled, the honeysuckle Subject(s): Nursing Homes; Old Age; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living OLD LADIES' HOME, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sharded in black, like beetles Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Women - Old Age; Nursing Homes; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living OLD PEOPLE ON THE NURSING HOME PORCH, by MARK STRAND Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Able at last to stop Subject(s): Emptiness; Nursing Homes; Old Age; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living OLD PEOPLE ON THE NURSING HOME PORCH, by MARK STRAND Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Able at last to stop Subject(s): Emptiness; Nursing Homes; Old Age SESTINA, by PETER COOLEY Poem Source First Line: Outside this nursing home I'm not helpless Last Line: Helpless, not a child or man, without a father Subject(s): Fathers; Nursing Homes SESTINA OF THE ALCOHOLIC DAUGHTER, by KIM THERESA ADDONIZIO Poem Source First Line: I keep returning to that muttering woman Last Line: Her hands in mine -- to lead her home, trusting we'd find the way Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Daughters; Mothers; Nursing Homes SUNSHINE ACRES LIVING CENTER, by MARILYN KRYSL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The first you see up ahead is mr. Last Line: And sing along Subject(s): Nursing Homes THANKS TO SIR WALTER, by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB Poem Text First Line: Nine weeks in a nursing home Last Line: Keep him and sleep well. Subject(s): Death; Nursing Homes; Peace; Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832); Dead, The; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living THE GOLD STAR, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Elaine's job on the geriatric ward included encouraging Subject(s): Mothers; Nursing Homes; Old Age; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living THE SUBWAY ENTRANCE, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He was her guide. He lived in hell. Every day he thought Subject(s): Nursing Homes; Fathers & Daughters; Old Age Homes; Assisted Living THINGS WE THINK WE CANNOT SEE: 3. WOLVES, by DIANE JARVENPA Poem Source First Line: Today my father saw wolves on the french river Last Line: At each vista the moon hangs just for him Subject(s): Fathers; Nursing Homes; Old Age; Parents; Parkinson's Disease |
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