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Subject: OLD AGE HOMES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 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


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


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


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