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Subject: RECESSIONS
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First Line: The great moguls of gotham! Their proud purses
Last Line: Sleeps in the throttles of this ruthless three
Subject(s): "depressions, Economic;income Tax;money;social Classes;tammany Hall, New York City;tweed, William Marcy [boss] (1823-78);wealth;" Recessions;caste;riches;fortunes


534, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For ages you were rock, far below light
Last Line: Of those who speed your launching come to be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Queen Mary (ship); Sea; Unemployment; Recessions; British Empire; England - Empire; Ocean


A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY, by JOHN MASEFIELD    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O god, whose mercy is our state
Last Line: With wisdom that can never end.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Depressions, Economic; George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Prayer; Religion; Recessions; Theology


BAGPIPE MUSIC, by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw
Alternate Author Name(s): Macneice, Louis
Subject(s): Bagpipes; Blavatsky, Helena P. (1831-1891); Depressions, Economic; Music & Musicians; Musical Instruments; Scotland; Theosophy; Recessions


BREAD LINES, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Good god! What keeps men up so late / upon this dripping night
Last Line: "some day they'll have to answer us, whether they will or no!"
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Poverty; Recessions


DEPRESSION, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: So proudly she came into the subway car
Subject(s): Unemployment; Disappointment; Poverty; Indifference; Depressions, Economic; Recessions


DEPRESSION DAYS (2), by PAT MORA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I bought the dark with my last fifteen cents
Last Line: This country, of the price of eggs and skin and names.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; Motion Pictures; Theater & Theaters; United States - Race Relations; Recessions; Movies; Cinema; Stage Life


DIRGE, by KENNETH FEARING    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: 1-2-3 was the number he played but today the number came 3-2-1;
Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Death; Death; Depressions, Economic; Gambling; Modern Man; Dead, The; Dead, The; Recessions; Wagering; Betting


DRIVING IN OKLAHOMA, by CARTER REVARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On humming rubber along this white concrete
Alternate Author Name(s): Nompewathe
Subject(s): Automobile Drivers; Depressions, Economic; Native Americans; Oklahoma; Osage Indians; Recessions; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America


EDEN, THEN AND NOW, by RUTH STONE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In '29 before the dust storms
Last Line: In fact, the same eden.
Subject(s): Corporate Downsizing; Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Recessions


NOTHING TO SPARE, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The hungry children cry for bread, and I
Last Line: And gas.
Subject(s): Cost Of Living; Depressions, Economic; Hunger; Money; Poverty; Recessions


PANTOUM OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, by DONALD JUSTICE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Our lives avoided tragedy
Last Line: And there is no plot in that; it is devoid of poetry
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Life; Recessions


POVERTY, by DOROTHY WHITEHEAD HOUGH    Poem Text                    
First Line: It is my fate to be
Last Line: Of jewels and tapestry.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Money; Poverty; Recessions


SOLILOQUY, by FREDERICK E. LAIGHT    Poem Text                    
First Line: I have seen tall chimneys without smoke
Last Line: Of godly men that somehow it shall rain.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Drought; Prairies; Recessions; Plains


SPECULATION, by RUTH STONE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A girl we didn't actually know
Subject(s): Death; Depressions, Economic; Girls; Sisters; Dead, The; Recessions


THE DEPRESSION, by IRA SADOFF    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A critical mass came over me
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Recessions


THE POET'S TERROR AT THE BALIFFS OF EXETER, FR. FREEDOM: A POEM, by ANDREW BRICE    Poem Text                    
First Line: While perils imminent by slender thread
Last Line: Exhaust, and tide of every art'ry frore.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Milton, John (1608-1674); Recessions


THE POOR, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Give them your silver, let the poor
Last Line: Worth twice their weight in gold?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Poverty; Recessions


THE POOR, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot give the poor a cent,' remarks
Last Line: "of these outlandish times."
Subject(s): Cost Of Living; Depressions, Economic; Poverty; Recessions


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. DEEP BELOW DEEP, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deep below deep
Last Line: I knew him for many months, but there was no thaw or change to speak of.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Pain; Youth; Recessions; Suffering; Misery


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She lies, whom money has killed, and the greed of money
Last Line: Shall be changed.
Subject(s): Depressions, Economic; Politics & Government; Poverty; Recessions


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. IN A MANUFACTURING TOWN, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As I walked restless and despondent through the gloomy city
Last Line: Little child.
Subject(s): Capitalism; Democracy; Depressions, Economic; Environment; Factories; Labor & Laborers; Poverty; Smoke; Recessions; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Work; Workers