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Subject: WHITE HOUSE (WASHINGTON, D.C.)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTER DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE: A PHOTOGRAPH, by MARY BELLE CAMPBELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mr. Nixon is playing his spinet
Subject(s): Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); White House (washington, D.c.)


AMBER & REAGAN & GORBACHEV BY STARLIGHT, by WILLIAM WITHERUP    Poem Source                    
First Line: Acacia grouses %because she hates sleeping out
Last Line: That they might wake to a different dance
Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Politics; White House (washington, D.c.)


CALVIN COOLIDGE, 1872-1933: 1. THE MAN, by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: When cares of state bore down too heavily
Last Line: Weary of being all things to all men.
Subject(s): Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933); White House (washington, D.c.)


IN THE MASTER BEDROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE, by RICHARD LOURIE    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Mr. President - fellow citizens %look in this mirror - love your body - kiss it
Subject(s): White House (washington, D.c.)


LAST OF BEBE, by RACHEL LODEN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who traded recipes with haldeman?
Last Line: With memories, singing like an offshore %banker sleep, mi camarada
Subject(s): Friendship; Nixon, Richard (1913-1996); Rebozo, Charles Gregory (bebe) (1912-98); White House (washington, D.c.)


OUR PRESIDENT READS A BOOK -- NOT LOUIS L'AMOUR, by WILLIAM WITHERUP    Poem Source                    
First Line: Before all the world
Last Line: We have sought his love for a thousand days
Subject(s): Books; Poetry Readings; Presidents, United States; Reagan, Ronald Wilson (b. 1911); White House (washington, D.c.)


SPECIMEN DAYS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: August 12th. - I see the president almost every day, as I happen to live
Last Line: Of two or three centuries ago is needed
Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Paintings And Painters; Portraits; Presidents, United States; White House (washington, D.c.)


THE LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She bears no crown upon her brow
Last Line: Nature and freedom taught her.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Marriage; Presidents, United States; White House (washington, D.c.); Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE WHITE HOUSE, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Marines mount guard at the white house palace
Last Line: Says alice.
Subject(s): Marines - United States; White House (washington, D.c.)


THE WHITE HOUSE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Why white, o white house?
Last Line: Because so mighty for a fight!
Subject(s): White House (washington, D.c.)