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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SHOPPING Matches Found: 35 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: What thoughts I have of you tonight, walt whitman, for I walked down Subject(s): Humanity; Imagination; Markets; Poetry & Poets; Popular Culture - United States; Shopping; Vision; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Fancy; Supermarkets ALIEN WOMEN; SONGKHLA, THAILAND, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sun-blind in the pharmacy's dim light Last Line: Back into the sun's fistful of blades. Subject(s): Intermarriage; Marriage; Shopping; Thailand; Weddings; Husbands; Wives AT THE GALLERIA SHOPPING MALL, by TONY HOAGLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just past the bin of pastel baby socks and underwear Last Line: To learn something about loneliness Subject(s): Shopping; Solitude AUNT MADELYN AT THE WHITE SALE, by ALICE FULTON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here is the kingdom of irregulars, Subject(s): Shopping BACK BAY, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My adult unemployed son and I Subject(s): Boston; Clothing & Dress; Shopping BACK BAY, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My adult unemployed son and I Last Line: That catches light, then spills it like a god Subject(s): Boston; Clothing And Dress; Shopping BUTTONS, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: The beautiful, tall woman buys jewels Last Line: And tongue - tied Subject(s): Relationships; Shopping; Wealth CHANEL LIPSTICK, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Daddy always said this many Last Line: Photo lipsticked like this Subject(s): Cosmetics; Passports; Retail Trade; Shopping; Travel; Vacation CHINATOWN BLUES, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Waiting for the streetcar in san francisco Last Line: A second ballroom appears. / empty Subject(s): Chinatown, San Francisco; Shopping; Streets; Tourists; Travel; Avenues; Journeys; Trips CHINATOWN BLUES, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Waiting for the streetcar in san francisco Last Line: A second balloon appears, %empty Subject(s): Chinatown, San Francisco; Shopping; Streets; Tourists; Travel CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, by LAURA K. KASISCHKE Poem Source First Line: Look at the puppet Last Line: I was taught to pray to god %and the same answer blizzards back: Subject(s): Christmas; Shopping CHRISTMAS SHOPPING, by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spending beyond their income on gifts for christmas Alternate Author Name(s): Macneice, Louis Subject(s): Christmas; Shopping DAILIES: LIGHT BULB SHOPPING, by TIM DAVIS Poem Source First Line: It's in the dictionary Last Line: Hurtling down onto farms and fields and fixtures Subject(s): Shopping ECHOES, by YALA KORWIN Poem Source First Line: Christmas shoppers Subject(s): Christmas; Shopping EPIGRAM: 9. 59. THE SHOPPER, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: For hours without stopping %mamurra goes shopping Last Line: Tucked them under his arm and walked home Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Variant Title(s): Unchange Subject(s): Shopping HARD TO TAKE, by PHIL WEIDMAN Poem Source First Line: Shopping at home depot Last Line: Stupid is with me still Subject(s): Shopping HER HAT, by ANNABELLE LEE Poem Text First Line: Milady wants a new spring hat / her old one Last Line: Remains a mystery to men! Subject(s): Shopping HISTORY, by EVELYN R. SHERWOOD Poem Source First Line: We went antiquing, %to glide, finer, with care Last Line: How much history do I expect %for a dollar fity? I bought it Subject(s): Antiques; History; Shopping INARTICULATE, by MICHAEL WATERS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Touching your face, I am like a boy Last Line: In the moment, fulfilled but unable to speak Subject(s): Markets; Shopping; Speech Disorders JOAN OF ARC AT THE SHOPPING MALL, by B. J. BUHROW Poem Source First Line: God, who is good Last Line: And just being out with god %like this, in public Subject(s): God; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Shopping MUFF, by SUSAN HAHN Poem Source First Line: Made from a piece of her Last Line: Brand-new pair of shoes Subject(s): Family Life; Shopping; Travel RED SLIPPERS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red slippers in a shop-window; and outside in the street, flaws of gray, windy sleet! Subject(s): Shoes; Shopping; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers SHOP, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So, friend, your shop was all your house Last Line: There should our hearts be -- christ, how far! Subject(s): Shopping SHOPPING, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: When thou hast emptied thy soft purse Last Line: And the poor suffer in the end. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Shopping SHOPPING, by NICOLETTE NICOLA Poem Source First Line: In the bargain section of the banana republic on fifth Last Line: While I try on his beret. 'I live on 85th,' he says, 'wanna stop %by?' Subject(s): Miller, Arthur (b. 1915); New York City; Shopping SHOPPING TRIP, by MIRIAM GOODMAN Poem Source First Line: I try on clothes with you and fifty other women in a mirrored room Last Line: And though I can't make love to you, I could make a turkey with her %watching Subject(s): Clothing And Dress; Fashion; Retail Trade; Shopping; Vision SNAP CHAT: MARRAKECH, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He says, would you like to have a loo Last Line: Who said anything about going home Subject(s): Salespersons; Flirtation; Shopping STAR FOOD SONATA, by SUSAN BROWNE Poem Source First Line: I sit in my car in the star food parking lot Last Line: The ephemeral singing %one song, infinite movement Subject(s): Automobiles; Food And Eating; Shopping SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What thoughts I have of you tonight, walt whitman, for I walked down Last Line: Bank and stood watching the boat disappear on the black waters of lethe? Subject(s): Humanity; Imagination; Markets; Poetry And Poets; Popular Culture - United States; Shopping; Vision; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) THE FAT LITTLE PURSE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On saturdays, after the baby Last Line: In her little, fat little purse. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Shopping THE MAN WITHOUT LEATHER BREECHES, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grocery shopping can be such a mysterious Subject(s): Shopping; Strangers THRIFT SHOP LADIES, by JENNIFER M. PIERSON Poem Source First Line: They carry their long, heavy bosoms inside old sweaters and wear Last Line: At three o'clock the lights go out and they go their separate ways Subject(s): Business; Clothing And Dress; Retail Trade; Shopping TO A CERTAIN SHOP GIRL, by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY Poem Text First Line: She should be buying pearls and persian brass Last Line: And casts a glamour on her prison-place! Subject(s): Beauty; Pity; Shopping; Youth WHAT EVERY GIRL KNOWS, by NATHALIA CRANE Poem Text First Line: In my bedroom, in my boudoir Last Line: In the ten cent store. Subject(s): Shopping; Youth WHEN PARENTS GO OUT SHOPPING, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text Last Line: That any child would choose Subject(s): Shopping; Parenthood |
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