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Subject: RACE CAR DRIVING
Matches Found: 4

OPENING THE MAIL, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: She used to work down in the copy center, and
Subject(s): Women - Employment; Ambition; Automobile Racing; Postal Service; Professional Women; Women In Business; Women's Careers; Race Car Driving; Postmen; Post Office; Mail; Mailmen


THE ACE OF THE RACE, by WAYNE B. WALTERS    Poem Text                
First Line: Speed, nerve and thrills galore
Last Line: The end of a perfect day.
Subject(s): Automobile Racing; Sports; Victory; Race Car Driving


THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: I have not slept for a week. / it is matchless-this feeling
Last Line: Sack for eternity.
Subject(s): Automobile Racing; Dreams; Insomnia; Memory; Sports; War; Race Car Driving; Nightmares; Sleeplessness


THE RACING CARS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The great cars careening come roaring round the curve
Last Line: Throbbed away through chaos that claimed the dragon breed!
Subject(s): Automobile Racing; Competition; Driving & Drivers; Sports; Race Car Driving