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Subject: NURSING HOMES
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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