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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: FORBES, CALVIN Matches Found: 25 Forbes, Calvin Poet's Biography 25 poems available by this author BLUE MONDAY First Line: Cotton eyes soaking up blood Last Line: He's gonna rock on the river of time %and stare at god until he goes blind CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS First Line: Where's the winning without chocolate DOO WOP First Line: The unusual turns kind %like a turnstile Last Line: Their wings hum %as they lift off in unison DRUM CRAZY Poem Text First Line: The year of the drummer Last Line: Of his bout against drums Subject(s): Drums; Jazz; Music & Musicians; Musical Instruments DRUM CRAZY First Line: The year of the drummer Last Line: Of his bouts against the drums Subject(s): Drums; Jazz; Music And Musicians; Musical Instruments GABRIEL'S BLUES Poem Text First Line: Everyone's going to ride tomorrow GOOD MORNING BLUES Poem Text First Line: I am fancied by your leech who owns Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation HOMING Poem Text First Line: The water's wonderful there Subject(s): Water KILLER BLUES First Line: Blackbird, blackbird, where's Last Line: Flying in circles as if you were a hawk? LULLABY FOR ANN-LUCIAN First Line: My mother sliced the south for us Last Line: The country children use sling shots. %they recognize his color and his greed M.A.P. First Line: They can have your thighs MOMMA SAID Poem Text First Line: The slice I ate I want it back Subject(s): Cakes; Conduct Of Life MY FATHER'S HOUSE, 1908-1970 Poem Text First Line: I live quietly and go nowhere Last Line: Its secret life as if a fortune were yours Subject(s): Fathers; Houses MY FATHER'S HOUSE, 1908-1970 First Line: I live quietly and go nowhere Last Line: Its secret as if a fortune were yours Subject(s): Fathers NAMESAKE First Line: I was named after the doctor Last Line: It's the last time I see her alive NEXT OF KIN Poem Text Recitation First Line: Your name the one Subject(s): Relatives OTHER SIDE OF THIS WORLD First Line: Put my glad rags in a cardboard box PICTURE OF A MAN First Line: He draws a man Last Line: This child is all I have left POEM ON MY BIRTHDAY Poem Text First Line: Let the juices of watermelons sparkle, be candles Subject(s): Birthdays READING WALT WHITMAN Poem Text First Line: I found his wool face, I went away Last Line: Good langston stood too long to lift me Subject(s): Hughes, Langston (1902-1967); Poetry & Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) READING WALT WHITMAN First Line: I found his wool face, I went away Last Line: On top, and soft underneath the bark. %good langston sat too long to lift me Subject(s): Hughes, Langston (1902-1967); Poetry And Poets; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891) SOME PIECES First Line: When two elephants fight TALKING BLUES Poem Text First Line: Raccoon you better be cool Subject(s): Raccoons; Harlem (new York City) THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS Poem Text First Line: Where's the winning without chocolate Subject(s): African Americans - Military THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WORLD Poem Text Subject(s): Disappointment |
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