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405: the 405
absence: the absence
abundance: life's abundances
ad: the ads
address: your new address
Africa
aid: the aid
air: the air
airplane: this airplane
aisle: the aisle, the aisles
allegiance: his allegiance
America
American dream: the American dream
amp: them amps
anger: my anger
answer: the answer, the answers, an answer
anthem: my anthem
apparition: these apparitions
apocolypse: disco apocolyspe
Arabian Nights
arm: your arms, your arm, these arms
attempt: attempts
avalanche: an avalanche
avenue: the avenue, those lawless avenues, the shaded uptown avenue
awakening: some greater awakening
back: his back, my back
Ballona Creek
band: the band
bank: its banks
bar-b-que: a thousand bar-b-ques
barroom: a crowded barroom
battle: the battle
battlefield: the battlefield
battleground: the battleground, a battleground
bay: the bay
beach: the beach
bean: a little beans
bear: the Bear
beast: the beast
beautiful: the beautiful
beauty: the beauty, her beauty, the far too simple beauty, its beauty
bed: the bed, a dreamer's bed, his bed
bee: the bee
beer: a beer
beginning: my beginnings, the beginning
belief: my beliefs
bell: a bell
belly: my belly
belonging
benediction: the benediction
bet: a bet
Bible: the Bible
bill: the bills
billboard: the billboards
bird: a bird
birdcage: the birdcage
birth
blame: the blame
block: the block, eight blocks
blood: my blood
blossom: the blossom
blow
blues: your bright baby blues
body: my body, celestial bodies, Maneulito's body
bomb: a bomb
bond: every bond
bone: my bones
book: books
bottle: a bottle
bottom: the bottom
boulevard: the boulevard
boundary: the boundaries
bowel: the bowels
brain: my brain
brakes: those brakes
breach: what breaches
bread: my bread
breaks: the breaks
breathing: the breathing
brick: a brick
bridge: some bridges
brilliance: the brilliance
Broadway
brow: my fevered brow
building: the buildings, the buildings falling down
burning: the burning
bus: the bus, buses
business: a business, your business
butter: the butter
C.B.
calf: the golden calf
California five
call: an angry call
candle
cannon: the cannons
capitol: the capitol
car: a car, daddy's cars, some car
car horn: car horns
card: the cards
care: such good care
case: them cases
cassette: cassettes
cat: the cat
Catechism
caution
chain: a chain
chair: folding chairs
chance: the chance, a better chance
change: the changes, change, all your changes
cheer: the cheers
chest: the chest, my chest
Chevrolet: an early model Chevrolet, a stolen Chevrolet
Chicago
childhood: sweet childhood, childhood
choice: my choice
choir: the choir
church bell: the church bells
circle: circles
circling: all this circling
citadel: my citadel
city: the city, the cities, two cities, this city, this whole city
city hall
clock: the clock
clothes: her clothes
cloud: those dark clouds, clouds
cocaine
coffee
color: the missing colors
comfort: the comfort
compassion
complexion
Congress
conscience: her conscience
cool: the cool
corn: a little corn
corner: a corner
cornerstone: cornerstones
corona: the sun's bright corona
cost: the hidden cost
counting
country: my country, a country, some countries, whatever country
country and western
couple: a couple
courage: the courage
cover: my cover
creation: all of creation
crime: a crime
crowd: the crowd
cruelty: its cruelty
cry: the cries
cup: the golden cup, your empty cup
curb: the curb
curve: the curve
D.C.
damage: the damage
dance: a dance, the dance, one dance, the dances
dancehall: dancehall
danger: the danger, your dangers
dark: the dark
darkness: the darkness, the cavernous darkness
dawn: the dawn, the naked dawn
day: these days, my days, a warm and windy day
daylight: the daylight
deal: the deals, some deals
death: a death
debt: a debt
debut: her debut
deed: our deeds, all wild deeds
defense
deliberation: these sad deliberations
deluge: the deluge
democracy
den: the den
design: the designs
desire: my desire, your desire
desperation: the desperation
destruction
Detroit
dew: the smoggy dew
dignity: her dignity
direction: the directions
disappointment: the disappointments
disaster: the human disasters, disaster
disco
disdain: this disdain
disguise: the disguise, no disguise
disregard: such disregard
distance: this distance, the distance
dollar bill: the dollar bill
door: that barroom door, the door, an open door, slamming doors, any door, closed doors, the armoire door
doorway: a doorway
doubt: a doubt, my doubt
dove
drawer: a drawer
drawing: the drawings
dream: a dream, this dream, my dreams, the fitful dreams, his dreams, each other's paint by number dreams, her shining dream, a homeless child's fitful dreams, those dreams, the dreams, the dream, some dreams, dreams
dress: their dresses
drive: this canyon drive
drugs
drum: the drum
dutiful: the dutiful
ear: my ear
earth: the earth
east: the east
edge: the edge, the smoking edge
eight track: eight tracks
ember: an ember
emptiness: your own emptiness
end: the end
energy: the energy
England
eternity
evening: the evening
exception: the possible exception
expectation: the abandoned expectations, life's expectations
eye: your eyes, their eyes, my eyes, your eye, an eye, my baby's eye, the farway eyes
fable: the fables
face: her face, the faces, your smiling face, your upturned face, their angel faces, your sweet face, my face, your face
fact: a fact
failure: my failures
faith: my faith
fall: the fall
famine: famine
fantasy: a fantasy, his fantacies
fashion: the fashions
fate
fault: what faults
fear: the fear, your fears
feast: a feast
feather: their feathers
feature: the features
Fedco
feeling: the feeling, that magic feeling, their feelings, that feeling
fence: the fence
fender: his fender
few: the precious few
fiction
field: your bright fields, so many summer fields
fight: the fight, some ancient fight
film: films
finger tip: my finger tips
fire: the fires, a fire
fish: the fish
fist: a fist
flame: the flame, the flames, candle flames
flesh
flight: that morning flight
flood: the flood
floor: the floor, the desert floor, the floors
flower: strange new flowers
food
foot: my left foot, my right foot, their feet
football game: the football game
footprint: footprints
footstep: your footsteps, a child's footsteps
force: forces
Ford: a flatbed Ford
forgiving
forty-five: my forty-fives
fortune: your fortune, their fortunes
fortune cookie: your fortune cookie
fountain: a fountain
fragment: the fragments
frame: their silver frames
freedom: my freedom, his freedom
freeway: the freeway
friend: my friends
friendship
fright: your fright
frontier: the frontier
fuse: a fuse
fury: her fury
future: the future, their future
game: a game
garden wall: your garden wall
gate: the gates, Sleep's dark and silent gate
generation: the generations
genius: the genius
ghetto blaster: ghetto blasters
ghost town: a ghost town
glare: the rockets' red glare
glass: your glass
glasses: our dark glasses
glimpse: all these glimpses
glitter: the glitter
glory
glove: a glove
glow: love's bright and fragile glow, the comforting glow
God: God
golden ring: the golden ring
government: a government, these governments
grace: the grace of God
greed
ground: on a higher ground, your ground
grove: orange groves
guarantee: any guarantee
guest: a guest
guitar: that last guitar, that free guitar
gun: guns, a gun
half: half of me
hall: the hall
hand: her hand, a cruel and senseless hand, my hand, his hand, a hand, that strong but gentle father's hand, their hands, your hand, his right hand, your hands, good hands
happiness: your happiness
Happy Days
hate
hatred
head: my own head, your head, its knobby head, my head
headline: the headlines
health: your health
heart: in some strong hearts, my heart, their hearts, each other's heart, the heart, a desparate heart, two hearts, our hearts
heart beat: our own heart beats, the heartbeat
heartache
heartbreak: its heartbreak
heaven: the heavens, Heaven
height: the heights
hell
Hermosa
highschool: your highschool
highway: that highway, the highway, highways
hill: that hill, those hills
hillside: a hillside
hip: their hips
history: your sad history
hold out: another hold out
hole: the hole, a hole, other holes
home: my home
honey
honor
hood: the hood
hope: your hope, his hopes, my hopes, hope
horizon: that far horizon, the unbroken horizon
hospital: the hospital
hotel: a hotel
hotel room: our hotel rooms
hour: the hours, the final hour, those empty hours, the darkest hour
house: your houses, a house, the house
Houston
hubcap: a hubcap
human race: the human race
hunger: your hunger, hunger, a God-sized hunger
hurricane: the hurricane
hurt: the hurt
I-19
idea: no idea
ideal: the high ideals
illusion: my embattled illusions, love's illusions, illusions
imagination: my imagination
inch: inches
ink: the ink
innocence: such a clever innocence
insect: the insect
interest: their business interests
it
jeans: her jeans, their designer jeans
job: their jobs
journey: the journey, their journey
joy: its joy
jukebox: the jukebox
June
justice
killing floor: the killing floor
kind: some kind
kindness: the kindness
kitchen: their kitchens
knee: my knees
knowledge
L.A.
L.A. river: the L.A. river
ladder: a crackling ladder
land: the land
lane: the fast lane
language: every language
laundry: my laundry
laugh: your little girl laugh
laughing: the laughing
laughter: your laughter, the laughter
law: the laws
leaf: the Autumn leaves
learning: the learning
legal tender: the legal tender
legion: legions
lesson: my lessons
lie: the lies
life: my life, your life, my whole life, the life, our lives, their lives, two lives, life, a good life, this life
light: the light, the changing light, the morning light, each flashing city light, those lights, the hard light, the dawn's early light, the police light, the carnival lights, these lights, light, the lights below, the flickering light, the failing light
lightning
limo: their limos
line: the line, a fine line, a broken white line, that New Jersey line, the bottom line
link: the missing link
lip: their lips
list: a little list
living: a living
living room: their living rooms, the hundred million darkened living rooms
load: my load
load-in: the load-in
loan: a loan
loneliness: the loneliness, this loneliness, a long distance loneliness
longing: the longing, the crazy longing, this crazy longing, their longing
look: a look
loss
lot: a lot, the lots
love: your sweet love, the love, the perfect love
love light: your love light
loving: your loving
loyalty
luck
lunch: my lunch
machine: the vast machine
madness
magazines
magic 8 ball: your magic 8 ball
magnitude: the magnitude
Main
manhood
mansion: the mansion
mantel: the mantel
map: the maps, my maps
market: the market
mat: the mat
mating call: the mating calls
meadow: meadows
meal: meals
meaning: some meaning, whatever meaning
meat: the meat
megaton: megatons
memory: my memories, memory, your memory
message: this message
MGM
middle: the middle
midnight: the midnight
might: all my might
mile: all the empty miles, a mile, the miles, a thousand miles, miles, about five miles north, three thousand miles
mind: my mind, her mind, your mind, minds
minimum wage: that minimum wage
minute: the minutes, twenty minutes
miracle: the miracles
misfortune
missle: missles
mist: a silver mist, the mists
moment: this moment, the moment, a moment
money: the money
month: a month
moon: the moon, the Culver moon
mop: the mops
morning: the morning
Morroco
motel: this rolling motel
motel room: old motel rooms
moth: the moth
motherland: the motherland
motion: the motions
mountain: the mountains, the purple mountains
move: your move
movement: the movements
movie: a movie
music: the music
mystery: the mystery
name: her name, your name, some name, security's name, the lover's name
nation: the whole alternative nation
nature
neck: her neck
need: their needs
net: nets
New Jersey
news: the evening news, the news
night: another night, the night, all night, the approaching night, the violent night, the deepening night
neighborhood: my old neighborhood, your neighborhood
nod: a nod
noise: the noise
none
noon: noon
north: the frozen north
nothing
number: your number
occasion: some occasion
ocean: an ocean, its oceans, the human ocean, the deep blue ocean
one: the one
one-o-one
opening: the opening
operation: a simple operation
outlook: your outlook
page: the pages, the printed page, pages, pages torn, pages burning, faded pages
pain: love's pain, no pain
palm: the palm
paper: the papers
parade: his own parade
paradise
Paradox: the Paradox
part: a part, your part, some other part
party: a party
pass: my pass
passageway: a passageway
passion: the passion
passway: your passway
past: the past
path: our path
pay-per-view: a pay-per-view
peace: this peace
photograph: some photographs, a photograph
piano: my piano
picture: a picture, the picture
pier: the pier
pitch: at a fever pitch
piece: the pieces
place: one place, the places, that place, no place, our place
plains: the plains
plan: a plan, plans, all your plans, their plans, my beautiful plans
playground: the playground
pleasure: whatever pleasure, the pleasure
plow: that Gospel plow
pocket: pocket
point: a point, that point
policy: the government policies
pool: a pool
Portland, Maine
position: position
possession: possessions
poverty: the poverty
power: the power, power, powers that be, the higher power, the infinite power
power supply: their power supplies
planet: this planet, the planet
prayer: your prayers, a prayer
pride: my pride
prison: this prison
profit: their profit
progress
promise: the whispered promises, the promise
promised land: the promised land
pup: a half-grown female pup
purpose: a higher purpose
push and shove: the push and shove
question: my odd questions, your questions
quiet: the quiet
R & B
race: the race, a race
radio: your radio
rage: this rage, the rage
rain: the rain, this rain
rainbow: the rainbow
ramp: them ramps
rat: the rats
ravages: the ravages
reality
realization: a realization
realm: the realm
reason: the reasons, a reason, no reason, some reason
recrimination: all these recriminations
redemption: your own redemption
reef: the unseen reefs
refuge
region: regions
regret: the regrets
religion
resignation: the resignation
responsibility: my responsibility
rest: the rest
rhythym: a rhythym
ribbon: a ribbon
ride: a ride
right: the right
ring: my ring
rivalry
river: a river
road: the road, the roads, that road, road, that low road
roar: the roar
rock and roll: that rock and roll
rocket: the rockets
room: the room, all this room, the rented room
rouge: the rouge, the Rouge et Noir
row: a row
ruby: a ruby
run: the run
running light: your running light
rush: the rush
saddle: my saddle
safety: the safety
sand: the sand
satellite: a satellite
Saturday: the Saturday
scale: a scale
scar: the scars
scene: those typical Hollywood scenes, scenes, rural scene
scheme: my well thought-out schemes, my schemes
school: love's pain and heartache school
score: the score
scream: the screams
sea: the sea
seabird: a seabird
seagull: the seagulls
search: the search for the truth
seat: the seats, a front row seat
second: a second
secret: its secrets, a secret
security
seed: a seed, some seeds, the seeds
sense: the senses
set: two sets
seventy-eight: your seventy-eights
shade: the shade
shadow: the shadow, shadows, the store front shadows
shallow: the shallows
shape: some shape, the shape
share: its share
ship: the ships
shipment: some weapons shipments
shirt: a shirt
shit: the shit
shoe: my shoe, no shoes, their shoes
shore: the shore
shot: one more shot, the old shot in the dark
shoulder: my shoulder
shout: the shouts
show: the show, so many shows, a TV show
sickness: the sickness
side: that highway side, the dark side, your side, the troubled side
side street: the sidestreets
sidelines: the sidelines
sight: such a fine sight, the sight, the sights
sign: the signs
silence: my silence, the silence
silhouette: two silhouettes
Silver Eagle: this Silver Eagle
sink: the kitchen sink
singing: the singing
siren: the sirens
situation: the situation
size: the size
skill: the skills
skin: my skin
sky: the open sky, the empty sky, the endless sky
sleep: Sleep's, any kind of sleep
sleeve: my sleeve
smile: a woman's smile, your weary smiles, the mystery smile, your smile, a smile
smoke: the smoke
snow: the snow
soil: foreign soil
sole: the soles
something
song: the song, songs, my songs, those songs, my song, your siren song
sorcery: your sorcery
sorrow: your sorrow, our sorrow, my sorrow
soul: homeless souls, my soul, the soul, his gypsy soul, the countless souls
sound: the sound, that hollow sound, a joyful sound, the gentle sound, that sound, into the sounds, a single sound, every human sound, his own sweet sound
source: the source
south: the sunny south
South Africa
space
specter: the ghostly specter
spin: the latest spin
spirit: your spirit, my spirit, our spirits
stage: the stage
stand: your stand, a stand
star: a star, his star, the stars above, stars
stare: a generation's blank stare
start: the start
state
step: own steps, your own steps, the steps, another's steps
stereo
stillness: the stillness
stone: a stone, the stone
story: a story, the stories, my story
stick: a stick
star: the stars
strand: the strand
street: the street, those city streets, a half darkened street, the broken streets
street light: the street lights
strength: our strength, the strength
stretch: the stretch of road
stroke: the stroke of noon
struggle: the struggle
style: a ragamuffin style
sun: the sun, this morning sun, the gray morning sun, an angry sun, the setting sun
sunlight: the sunlight
sunrise: the sunrise
sunset: the sunset
Sunset Boulevard
surprise: such an empty surprise, the surprise
system: the prison system
table: the tables
tabletop: the tabletops
tale: tales
talk show: the radio talk shows
task: the tasks
taste: a taste
tear: my tears, those tears
tenderness: your sweet tenderness, the tenderness
term: the terms
there
thing: the things, all those things, a thing, the next thing, things, every dead and living thing, one thing, one of the hardest things, so many things, all the fine things, the little things, the beautiful things, a precious thing, the things I need, so many good things, things I've never known, good things, the prettiest thing
thought: some thought, the thoughts
thrill: no thrill
thunder: the thunder
ticket: his own ticket
tide: the human tide
tights: your blue leopard tights
time: no time, all the times, the time, a time, many times, so many times, these times, a long time
tire: my tires
tone: quarter tones
tool: the tools
tower: your towers
town: the town, another town, these towns, in your town, this cardboard town, the towns, this old town, this divided town, a small town
toy: your toy
trace: a trace
track: a track
traffic light: the traffic light
trick: the trick
trouble
truck: the trucks, trucks, those trucks
truss: them trusses
truth: the truth, a truth, truths
T.V.: the T.V.
t.v. screen: the t.v. screens
t.v. tray: t.v. trays
twilight zone: the twilight zone
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uncertainty: the uncertainty
understanding: some understanding
unhappiness: our unhappiness
unison: that unison
USA: the USA
use: a better use
USSR: the USSR
vacancy sign: my vacancy sign
vacationland
van: the van
Versailles
Veteran's Park
video: the video
Vietnam: Vietnams
view: the view
violence: the violence
virtue: virtues
vision: the vision, my vision
voice: her voice, your voice, voices, your true voice, the voices, another voice
vote: the vote
vow
waist: your waist
waistline: her waistline
walkman: a walkman
wall: your walls, the walls, this wall, this bedroom wall, some wall
wanting
war: the next war, some private wars, your war, covert war, the information wars, the latest war
warmth: the warmth
warning: any warning, their last warning
washing machine: a washing machine
Washington
watch: a watch
water: the water, the waters
wave: a wave
way: a long way, the other way, which way, her wild ways, every way, their way, my own way, the way
weapon: the weapons
week: a week
well: the well
west: the west
whatever
wheatfield: the wheatfield
wheel: your own wheels, my broken wheels, the wheel, my wheels
wild: the wild
wilderness: this wilderness
will: the will, the iron will, their wills
wind: the wind
window: the windows, the window, any window
window pane: each store front window pane
window sill: the window sills
wine
wing: the brave and crazy wings, their tired wings, your restless wings
wink: the wink, a wink
Winslow, Arizona
wire: live wire, the wire
wisdom: the wisdom, another kind of wisdom
wishing well: a wishing well
word: the words, some words, all these words
work: bad work
world: their world, a world, a better world, a cold world, the same world, this crooked world, all the world, this torn up world, the world, the only world, the whole world, one world
World War Three
yard: the yards, somebody's yard
year: the years, my early years, the troubled years, a thousand years, the broken years, years
youth
General Nouns and noun phrases
Posted by Erika Mitchell