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Subject: SUPERMARKETS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A FAVOR OF LOVE, by MOLLY PEACOCK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thank you for making this sacrifice,'
Subject(s): Markets; Accidents; First Aid; Good Samaritan; Supermarkets


A GHETTO CATCH, by LELAND DAVIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In forsyth street the peddlers sell you peaches for a
Last Line: In forsyth street where peddlers sell you peaches for a penny!
Subject(s): Ghettos; Markets; Supermarkets


A SELLER OF HERBS (A RHYME OF A BALTIMORE MARKET), by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Black, comely, of abiding cheer
Last Line: And just as full of bees!
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Herbs; Herrick, Robert (1591-1674); Markets; Poetry & Poets; Supermarkets


A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem 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


A SUPERMARKET IN TEXAS, by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They have mated an apricot / with a plum, they have cloned
Last Line: As god is my witness, or these witnesses my god
Subject(s): God; Markets; Miller, Arthur (1915-2005); Supermarkets


BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the painting by guido reni of saint sebastian
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Sebastian, Saint (d. 288); Supermarkets


CHINOOK SQUAW, by BLANCHE DEGOOD LOFTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: She stands at sundown, there upon the mountain
Last Line: Who buys her wares, buys not alone red berries.
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


FROM THE FAIR LAVINIAN SHORE, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Last Line: Though you are threescore years old.
Subject(s): Gold; Markets; Retail Trade; Salespersons; Supermarkets; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers; Selling


GLAD HEART AT THE SUPERMARKET, by MONA VAN DUYN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Still more regimented than the daily run
Subject(s): Supermarkets; Food & Eating


IDOLS OF THE MARKET-PLACE, by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: The pure ideal lives, though vision fail
Last Line: The gilded idols of the market-place.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Markets; Supermarkets


IN THE LITTLE OLD MARKET-PLACE (TO THE MEMORY OF A.V.), by FORD MADOX FORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It rains, it rains
Last Line: From wet dawn to wet dawn...
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Markets; Rain; Supermarkets


MADONNA OF THE MARKETPLACE, by ETHEL TONRY CARPENTER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sweet lavender - pray who will buy?'
Last Line: Madonna of the marketplace.
Subject(s): Markets; Peasantry; Supermarkets


MARKET DAY, by LINDA PASTAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We have travelled all this way
Subject(s): Markets; France; Supermarkets


ODE TO THE ADVOCATES FOR THE REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET, by THOMAS HOOD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O philanthropic men!- / for this address I need not make apology
Last Line: And that most rare of shows -- a show of gratitude!
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


SALESMEN, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Throughout the town my wares I holler
Last Line: There's something lacking in his make-up, he cannot make a sale.
Subject(s): Business; Markets; Merchants; Salespersons; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Supermarkets; Selling


SELLING SPIEL ON MAXWELL STREET, by CARL SANDBURG            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This blanket is a tough weave, sir
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


SLICK PACKAGES, by LYNDA HULL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When the supermarket flourescents threaten
Last Line: Your net bag of sleek passages like a weapon
Alternate Author Name(s): Wojahn, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): Supermarkets


SONG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: While a thousand fine projects are planned every day
Last Line: Contrive that the poor may have something to eat
Subject(s): Cities;england;free Trade;markets;poverty; Urban Life;english;supermarkets


THE A & P, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: She rolled a tomato in her hand, pink rubber
Subject(s): Farm Life; Migrant Workers; Food & Eating; Supermarkets


THE CHILD READS THE ALMANAC, by FRANCIS JAMMES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Near her egg-basket, the child is reading the almanac
Last Line: They're weighing coffee, salt, and consciences.
Subject(s): Almanacs; Books; Constellations; Markets; Zodiac; Reading; Supermarkets


THE COTTAGER'S COMPLAINT, ON .. ENCLOSING SUTTON-COLDFIELD, by JOHN FREETH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How sweetly did the moments glide
Last Line: Who murders my content.
Alternate Author Name(s): Free, John
Subject(s): Business; Markets; Retail Trade; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Supermarkets; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers


THE GREEN STAMP BOOK, by SUSAN WHEELER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Child in the thick of yearning. Doll carted and pushed
Alternate Author Name(s): Wheeler, Sue
Subject(s): Supermarkets; Children; Childhood


THE MARKET, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A man said to me at the fair
Last Line: With the sixpence -- dirty lout!
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


THE MARKET TOWN, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I was ill in the long ago
Last Line: "for the skill of your hands and eyes."
Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


THE OLD WAGON-MARKET, by RUTH GUTHRIE HARDING    Poem Text                    
First Line: When came I first to paterson
Last Line: I left them all unsung . . .
Alternate Author Name(s): Burton, Richard, Mrs.
Subject(s): Markets; Paterson, New Jersey; Supermarkets


THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 29, by HAN SHAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Silver stars dot the beam
Last Line: Up your butt he'll stick a broom
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Markets; Salespersons; Buddha; Buddhists; Supermarkets; Selling


THE VICTORIA MARKETS RECOLLECTED IN TRANQUILITY, by FRANK WILMOT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Winds are bleak, stars are bright
Last Line: Apples, ripen for the dray!
Alternate Author Name(s): Maurice, Furnley
Subject(s): Markets; Victoria, Australia; Supermarkets


TO BUS NO. 12, by CLAIRE STUDER-GOLL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bus no. 12 / take my nostalgia
Last Line: My lover!
Alternate Author Name(s): Goll, Claire
Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Bus Terminals; Markets; Travel; Supermarkets; Journeys; Trips


TO MARKET (1), by MOTHER GOOSE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To market, to market, to buy a fat pig
Last Line: Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.
Subject(s): Markets; Supermarkets


TONE PICTURE (MALIPIERO: IMPRESSONI DAL VERO), by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Across the hot square, where the barbaric sun
Last Line: Aloof and silent.
Subject(s): Markets; Mystery; Sun; Supermarkets


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. A TRADE, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In a little stinking shop, hardly seven feet square
Last Line: "with my wife now. She's a regular bad 'un!"
Subject(s): London; Markets; Trade; Supermarkets