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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: HEMPHILL, ESSEX Matches Found: 23 Hemphill, Essex Poet's Biography 23 poems available by this author ALBUM First Line: I will always be there Last Line: In the family photos %nothing appears out of character. %I smile as I serve my duty AMERICAN HERO First Line: I have nothing to lose tonight AMERICAN WEDDING Poem Text First Line: In america / I place my ring Last Line: To free this dream Variant Title(s): Conditions: 24 Subject(s): Desire; Relationships AMERICAN WEDDING First Line: In america %I place my ring Last Line: Long may we live %to free this dream Variant Title(s): Conditions: 2 CONDITIONS XIV Poem Text First Line: You left me begging for things Last Line: I can be an angel, / falling CONDITIONS XXI Poem Text First Line: You judge a woman Last Line: The way america / loves us Subject(s): African Americans; Man-woman Relationships; Negroes; American Blacks; Male-female Relations CONDITIONS: 22 First Line: If there were seven blind men Last Line: The mute, his son CORDON NEGRO Poem Text First Line: I drink champagne early in the morning Last Line: "my concerns are small Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CORDON NEGRO First Line: I drink champagne early in the morning Subject(s): Homosexuality FAMILY JEWELS Poem Text Recitation First Line: I live in a town Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FAMILY JEWELS First Line: I live in a town Subject(s): Homosexuality FROM HERO'S FATHER'S TOMBS (10) First Line: My father is a lonesome night Last Line: You could ask my mother %if she was here FROM HERO'S FATHER'S TOMBS (13) First Line: My father is a sunset Last Line: Everytime he falls %he rises FROM HERO'S FATHER'S TOMBS (2) First Line: My father is a fist Last Line: Clutching the stem %of a cross HEAVY BREATHING First Line: At the end of heavy breathing, %very little of my focus intentional Last Line: Pictures of bushes, %canisters of tears Subject(s): Fetishes; Obsessions HEAVY BREATHING, SEL. First Line: I am only sure of this Last Line: Take some crack! Shove it in her ass %and the rest of you watch! I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU First Line: Wizards. All of them. Wizards Last Line: We wanted salt peanuts, %pennies from heaven, %a love supreme, %a love supreme ISN'T IT FUNNY? Poem Text First Line: I don't want to hear you beg Last Line: " hair is cut close too, like mine Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ISN'T IT FUNNY? First Line: I don't want to hear you beg Subject(s): Homosexuality OVERTONES Poem Text First Line: There will always be nuisance Last Line: Or a statue covered in pigeon shit Subject(s): Life THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOSTS Poem Text First Line: We are not always Last Line: We both use it. / precisely. Often. Subject(s): Fathers & Sons TO SOME SUPPOSED BROTHERS Poem Text First Line: You judge a woman Last Line: The way america / loves us Variant Title(s): Conditions: 21 Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TO SOME SUPPOSED BROTHERS First Line: You judge a woman Last Line: When we're about loving them %the way america %loves us Variant Title(s): Conditions: 2 Subject(s): Homosexuality |
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