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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SUPERMARKETS Matches Found: 31 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 |
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