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Subject: ASIAN AMERICANS - JAPANESE
Matches Found: 12

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT THE STRONGHOLD, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Miles is so sufficient
Last Line: In my own, in my own, %wisdom and dignity %as a man
Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Davis, Miles (1926-1991); Music And Musicians


FRESNO, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fresno, california's eighth largest city, is the financial headquarters
Last Line: Watered by want, the spirit thrives
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; California; Ethnic Groups - United States


FUJI-YAMA, by A. WALTER SOLOMON    Poem Text                    
First Line: As an old noble-lady
Last Line: A fiery heart leaps.
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Old Age; Women; Japanese In The United States


INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Let us take %what we can
Last Line: Let there be %order. %let us be %wise
Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Home; Japanese Americans - Internment


ISSEI, THE JAPANESE LADY, by JESSICA KAWASUNA SAIKI    Poem Source                    
First Line: She wears brown as a carapace, annonymous as
Last Line: The paper screen, the brown
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Conversation; Culture Conflict; Friendship; Guests


JAZZ, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The music speaks for itself. And it certainly spoke to me. It called me
Last Line: And before he knew it, he was writing poetry
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Ethnic Groups - United States; Jazz; Music And Musicians


LITTLE MAID OF FAR JAPAN, by ANNETTE WYNNE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Little maid upon my fan
Last Line: Do you like this other place?
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Children; January; Japanese In The United States; Childhood


LOOKING BACK AT CAMP, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: To get into the fair
Last Line: This is not amache!'
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners


ON BEING ASIAN AMERICAN, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Of course, not everyone %can be an asian american
Last Line: As the rest of the world %comes forward to greet you
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese


POEMS IN STONE, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mighty willamette! %beautiful friend
Last Line: Was our old community. %echoes! Echoes! Echoes!
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Poetry And Poets


RED EARTH, BLUE SKY, PETRIFIED, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: A soft melody, over and over
Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Melodies


SEVEN WORDS OF POETRY, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: All this happened on the same day, as I remember -- the seven words
Last Line: Museum! Tell me mama-san -- how long have you been in this oday fresh!
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; English As A Second Language; Poetry And Poets