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Subject: DINERS Matches Found: 64 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALL-NIGHT DINERS, by DENIS JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At another table, some south americans are singing Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners ALL-NITE LUNCHROOM, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shallow nature, pleased Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners AT BICKFORD'S, by GERALD STERN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You should understand that I use my body now for everything Subject(s): Aging; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners AT THE HALF NOTE CAFE (VERSION B), by IRA SADOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I heard him play Subject(s): Ammons, Gene (1925-1974); Jazz; Music & Musicians; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners BALLADE OF THE IDEAL WAITER, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Some people sigh for a waiter who's humble Last Line: —I want a waiter who'll leave me alone! Subject(s): Food & Eating; Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners BREAKFAST AT THE WESTERN CAFE, by JIM PETERSON Poem Text First Line: Rain has muddied the river, someone says Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners CAFE NOTRE DAME, by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A sort of sexual trauma Last Line: Of their passion Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners CAFE TORTONI ('81), by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Edouard manet (solus) Last Line: I left them—well—a living world! Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Food & Eating; France; Restaurants; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Cafes; Diners CAFES IN DAMASCUS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Languidly the night-wind bloweth Last Line: Could be such a dream! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Damascus, Syria; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners CHRISTMAS DINNER AT CHILDS', by WILSON PUGSLEY MACDONALD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yesterday the merchant-men Last Line: To my land a hundred songs. Subject(s): Christmas; Food & Eating; Restaurants; Nativity, The; Cafes; Diners COMING SOON, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I placed one toe Last Line: It said it did not need me. Subject(s): Cold; December; Restaurants; Time; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners DINING [OR, EATING] OUT ALONE, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through two layers of glass Last Line: Of which I am one, dining out alone Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners DINNER IN A QUICK LUNCH ROOM, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Soup should be heralded with a mellow horn Last Line: And gorge the sticky mess these fools call food! Subject(s): Food & Eating; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners ELYSIAN FIELDS, by MARILYN HACKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Champs elysees of broadway' says the awning Last Line: Under the awning frmo behind the glass Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners GOODBYE HELLO IN THE EAST VILLAGE, by MOLLY PEACOCK Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three tables down from allen ginsberg we sit Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners HOLY THURSDAY, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They're kindly here, to let us linger so late Subject(s): Maundy Thursday; Restaurants; Farewell; Waiters & Waitresses; Cafes; Diners; Parting HOMAGE TO H & THE SPEEDWAY DINER, by BERNADETTE MAYER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners I HAD BUT FIFTY CENTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I took my girl to a fancy ball Last Line: "take my advice, don't try it twice / if you've got but fifty cents!" Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes;diners IN A CAFE, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Kiss the maid and pass her round Last Line: Their hearts at peace, their god above them. Subject(s): Restaurants; Soldiers; World War I; Cafes; Diners; First World War IN A CHOP-SUEY JOINT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Climb up a flight of darkly-winding stair Last Line: Whose voice betrays her painted wantonness. Subject(s): Dirt; Poverty; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners IN A RESTAURANT, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He wears a red rose in his buttonhole Last Line: On rose-red seas of melody aswim. Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners IN A RESTAURANT, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The darkened street was muffled with snow Last Line: And once more on your shoulders fell the snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners IN THE GLORIOUS YEMEN RESTAURANT, by KHALED MATTAWA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 25 on atlantic avenue, faces kneaded Subject(s): Restaurants; Immigrants; Arab Americans; Cafes; Diners; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration INITIAL CONDITIONS, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The way the sun will slant Last Line: As you breathe, let your chest sag to feel bone Subject(s): Books; History; Restaurants; United States; Washington (state); Reading; Historians; Cafes; Diners; America JIM'S ALL-NIGHT DINER, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Solemnity around the samovar Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners LANDRUM'S DINER, RENO, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We slouch, half-asleep on christmas day Last Line: What more we could want? Subject(s): Comfort; Love; Nevada; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners LOSS OF APPETITE, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When julia rang the dinner bell, I used to Last Line: Cabbage and a tart. Subject(s): Appetite; Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Hunger; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners MACARONI, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis made of the flour of wheat, so they say Last Line: And don't you forget the chianti! Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Food & Eating; Italian Americans; New York City; Pasta; Restaurants; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Spaghetti; Lasagna; Noodles; Macaroni; Cafes; Diners MONA'S TACO, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear mona, do you know Subject(s): Food & Eating; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners NIGHT WAITRESS, by LYNDA HULL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Reflected in the plate glass, the pies Alternate Author Name(s): Wojahn, David, Mrs. Subject(s): Music, Rock; Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Rock & Roll; Cafes; Diners OLD MILL TEA-ROOM, by FLORENCE CROW Poem Text First Line: They could not have imagined this when they came down in the mornings Last Line: The cool swift cut of the race? Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners ON THE BEARING OF WAITRESSES, by RODNEY JONES Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Always I thought they suffered, the way they huffed Subject(s): Popular Culture - United States; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners PATIENCE, by CAROL FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The man raises his eyes from the table and gazes at the murals of women Last Line: How patient and unchanged the onlookers Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners PLEASURE, by DEAN YOUNG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One of those times I knew even then Subject(s): Restaurants; Pleasure; Cafes; Diners PRESSED DUCK, by FREDERICK SEIDEL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Caneton a la presse at the now extinct cafe chauveron Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners REDNECK RIVIERA, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We ate at a poor restaurant Last Line: Like ashes on the lips of the dead Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners RESTAURATEUR WITH MUSIC, by MALCOLM COWLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Knishes, kisses Subject(s): Restaurants; Jews; Cafes; Diners; Judaism RISTORANE VITTORIA, MILAN, by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three baldheaded men at the next table Last Line: Of the whole charade Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners SHORT-ORDER COOK, by JIM DANIELS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: An average joe comes in Subject(s): Cooking & Cooks; Popular Culture - United States; Restaurants; Cookery; Cafes; Diners SPILLED, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The waiter dropped a tray of glassware and Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners SUNFLOWER ROCK, by PAUL BLACKBURN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners SUNNYSIDE ROAD, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Six stone lions standing guard Subject(s): Restaurants; Love; Cafes; Diners TENDERLY, by STEPHEN DOBYNS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's not a fancy restaurant, nor is it Last Line: Darling, touch me there, tenderly, one more time! Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE AVENUES, by DAVID ST. JOHN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Some nights when you're off Subject(s): Solitude; Night; Restaurants; City & Town Life; Love; Bedtime; Cafes; Diners THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE, by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A street there is in paris famous Last Line: -- here comes the smoking bouillabaisse! Subject(s): Friendship; Paris, France; Restaurants; Travel; Cafes; Diners; Journeys; Trips THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON AND THEIR WAYS; A MEMORY OF THE JACOBEAN CRAZE, by FRANK GELETT BURGESS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The 'orchids' were as tough a crowd Last Line: "this shocking outrage -- ""beacon h -- ll!" Alternate Author Name(s): Burgess, Gelett Subject(s): Boston; Clubs (associations); Evil; Police; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE DINER, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I order a sandwich and get a plate of ham and eggs instead Last Line: Now when in hell did I buy this diner and who needs it Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE LOW BLACK SQUARE, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is a table Last Line: They're just some flowers Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Guests; Restaurants; Tables; Visiting; Cafes; Diners THE MIDGET, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this cafe durruti Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE MOST, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dining room is empty at the country inn Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE PARTIAL EXPLANATION, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Seems like a long time Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THE TWO, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When he gets off work at packard, they meet Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Restaurants; Language; Past; Grief; Male-female Relations; Cafes; Diners; Words; Vocabulary; Sorrow; Sadness THERE IS WIND, THERE ARE MATCHES, by GERALD STERN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand times I have sat in restaurant windows Subject(s): Civilization; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners THEY EAT OUT, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In restaurants we argue Variant Title(s): Nine Untitled Poems: 2 Subject(s): Restaurants; Immortality; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners; Cafes; Diners THEY EAT OUT, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In restaurants we argue Variant Title(s): Nine Untitled Poems: 2 Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners TO A RED-HEADED DO-GOOD WAITRESS, by ALAN DUGAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every morning I went to her charity and learned Last Line: A policeman and a wrong sonnet in fifteen lines Subject(s): Restaurants; Sonnets (as Literary Form); Cafes; Diners TRAVELLERS, by TONY HOAGLAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the coffee shops and restaurants Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners TWENTY BLOCKS, by EGMONT HEGEL ARENS Poem Text First Line: The daughters of the rich Last Line: For my soul's quickening. ... Subject(s): Food & Eating; Hunger; Restaurants; Upper Classes; Cafes; Diners WAITRESS, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whoever with the compasses of his eyes Subject(s): Restaurants; Waiters & Waitresses; Women; Cafes; Diners WAITRESS, by JASON SHINDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a table in the back where she opens Last Line: Not to keep it, but holdit long enough to change Subject(s): Popular Culture - United States; Restaurants; Cafes; Diners WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE, by WILLIAM WOTY Poem Text First Line: Wished sunday's come: mirth brightens every face Last Line: So long, white conduit house, shall be thy fame.' Subject(s): Collective Behavior; Food & Eating; Houses; Restaurants; Waiters And Waitresses; Mobs; Crowds; Cafes; Diners WILL WATERPROOF'S LYRICAL MONOLOGUE; MADE AT THE COCK, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O plump head-waiter at the cock Last Line: And one became head-waiter. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Will Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue Subject(s): Restaurants; Cafes; Diners WORKING BLACK, by DAVID RIVARD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The part of stockholm I saw at 22, I saw as an employee & thief Subject(s): Restaurants; Jobs; Immigrants; Cafes; Diners; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration YOUTH, by SAMUEL DUFF MCCOY Poem Text First Line: You say new york is lovelier than ever? Last Line: But, oh, how gay it was! What prophecies! Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Food & Eating; New York City; Restaurants; Youth; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Cafes; Diners |
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