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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Matches Found: 6 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Full Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Mother dear, may I go downtown Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Bombs; Church Burnings; Civil Rights Movement; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mother dear, may I go downtown Last Line: But baby, where are you? Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Bombs; Church Burnings; Civil Rights Movement; Racism BIRMINGHAM, by IDA DREAM SCHWARTZ Poem Text First Line: The yellow streams / remember their crystal Last Line: "watch me grow." Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama BIRMINGHAM, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With the last whippoorwill call of evening Last Line: Carved out of rock with shooting stars to fire %the forge of bitter hate Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Civil Rights Movement BIRMINGHAM 1963, by RAYMOND RICHARD PATTERSON Poem Source First Line: Sunday morning and her mother's hands Last Line: Alone amid the rubble, amid the people %who perish, being innocent Alternate Author Name(s): Patterson, Ray Subject(s): African Americans; Birmingham, Alabama; Social Protest TENTH AVENUE, NORTH BIRMINGHAM, by ALBERT A. ROSENTHAL Poem Text First Line: The illinois central run their tracks into the dawn Last Line: Rattle into eternity .... Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Railroads; Railways; Trains |
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