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Subject: PLATES
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DINNER PARTY, by ELEANOR WILNER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The fire is lit in the hearth, and flickers
Last Line: Lifts his cup, and calls for more wine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand
Subject(s): Conversation; Dinners & Dining; Fire; Guests; Tableware; Visiting; Cutlery; Forks; Plates


FORK, by CHARLES SIMIC    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: This strange thing must have crept
Subject(s): Tableware; Cutlery; Forks; Plates


TABLE MANNERS, by OLIVER MARBLE    Poem Text                    
First Line: When teddy bears are brought to table
Last Line: As if they lived in town.
Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Etiquette; Tableware; Manners; Courtesy; Cutlery; Forks; Plates


THREE JUDGES, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Judge knife is very narrow
Last Line: Is wide enough all sides to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Knives; Spoons; Tableware; Daggers; Cutlery; Forks; Plates