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Subject: UNDERTAKERS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DOMESDAY BOOK: ALMA BELL TO THE CORONER, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What my name is, or where I live, or if
Last Line: Of gregory wenner first:
Subject(s): Life; Love; Soul; Teaching & Teachers; Undertakers; Educators; Professors


DOMESDAY BOOK: HENRY BAKER, AT NEW YORK, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One partner may consult another -- james
Last Line: And chase came to the coroner and spoke:
Subject(s): Death; Letters; New York City; Undertakers; Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


DOMESDAY BOOK: THE CORONER, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Merival, of a mother fair and good
Last Line: Tells merival this story:
Subject(s): Death; Life; Marriage; Undertakers; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


LIKE MY FATHER WAKING EARLY, by THOMAS LYNCH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Even for an undertaker, it was odd
Last Line: I do this like my father, waking early, %I have my coffee, cigarettes, and worry
Subject(s): Fathers; Undertakers


PROPER SEND-OFF, by KAY MEIER    Poem Source                    
First Line: The undertaker dances from coffin to coffin
Last Line: The local who died in an auto/bus crash? %I hurry for the door
Subject(s): Death; Funerals; Undertakers


THE UNDERTAKER'S DAUGHTER FEELS NEGLECT, by THYLIAS MOSS    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tonight, a beautiful redhead
Last Line: I seldom wake at all anymore
Subject(s): Undertakers


UNDERTAKER, by A. F. MORITZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: Since they all have their undertakings, why
Last Line: I composed her limbs and we put her with the rest
Subject(s): Undertakers


UNDERTAKER'S DAUGHTER FEELS NEGLECT, by THYLIAS MOSS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tonight, a beautiful redhead
Last Line: I seldom wake at all anymore
Subject(s): Undertakers