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Subject: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LAS VAGAS, by EDWIN MORGAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They crouch at handles day and night
Last Line: What you do is by fate. %and light burns hard, inveterate
Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada


RUMPELSTILTSKIN CONVENTION, by CHARLES HARPER WEBB    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Circus circus swarms with us: floors strewn
Last Line: Thinking kevin, thinking jimmy, thinking bo
Subject(s): Conventions; Las Vegas, Nevada; Popular Culture - United States


TRIP TO LAS VEGAS, by KELLY CHERRY    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Blackjack, roulette. %I play the casino coquette
Last Line: I had finally hit the jackpot -- %love. But no such luck
Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada


VEGAS, by CHARLES BUKOWSKI    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a frozen tree that I wanted to paint
Last Line: I kept my mouth / shut
Subject(s): Americans; Doolittle, Hilda (1886-1961); Las Vegas, Nevada; United States; America


VEGAS, by CHARLES BUKOWSKI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a frozen tree that I wanted to paint
Last Line: I kept my mouth %shut
Subject(s): Americans; Doolittle, Hilda (1886-1961); Las Vegas, Nevada; United States


VEGAS, by JOANNA KLINK    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm not saying wrongheaded I'm not saying fantastic
Last Line: Lovers fumble with buttons. Drowsy hum of money
Subject(s): Gambling; Las Vegas, Nevada


VEGAS, by SHELLEY LESSIN STOCKWELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dazle flash. %count your cash
Last Line: Ass and belly. %suck a bust
Subject(s): Las Vegas, Nevada


WISH YOU WERE HERE, by ELIAS MIGUEL MUNOZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: My dear friend:
Last Line: That you were here with us. Hugs and kisses. Greetings from my %husband. %your dear friend
Subject(s): Absence; Dreams; Las Vegas, Nevada; Travel; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration