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Subject: WEIGHT LIFTING
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` JOSE CRUZ, by MEL GLENN    Poem Source                    
First Line: 75 lbs. - get serious
Last Line: I can handle it, man. %no sweat
Subject(s): Labor And Laborers; Weight Lifting


LIFTING, by DOROTHY BARRESI    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If muscles are the currency of dreams, %you are flesh life
Last Line: Vow I am almost ready to put foolish things down
Subject(s): Sports; Weight Lifting


PUMPING IRON (1), by DIANE ACKERMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: She doesn't want %the bunchy look %of male lifters
Last Line: A trim waist %two hands might grip %as a bouquet
Subject(s): Sports; Weight Lifting


PUMPING IRON (2), by DIANE ACKERMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Across the gym %a man sweats
Last Line: Becomes too faint %an image to recall
Subject(s): Weight Lifting


TWO MCNEILS, by CONRAD AIKEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He skips out lithe and tense into the light,
Last Line: I'll meet you thursday night at half-past ten
Subject(s): Jealousy; Hatred; Weight Lifting; Bodybuilding