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Subject: BROWN, STERLING (1901-1989)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A POEM FOR STERLING BROWN, by SONIA SANCHEZ    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What song shall I sing you
Subject(s): Brown, Sterling (1901-1989)


ON WITNESSING THE RECEIPT HONORARY DEGREE BY STERLING BROWN, by BETH BROWN PRESTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Although the chaos of those walls
Last Line: Ain't no rush, bebby, %long ways to go
Subject(s): African Americans; Brown, Sterling (1901-1989)


POEM FOR STERLING BROWN, by SONIA SANCHEZ    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What song shall I sing you
Last Line: Glorifying red gums smiling tom-tom teeth
Subject(s): Brown, Sterling (1901-1989)


SOUTHERN ROAD, by MWATABU OKANTAH    Poem Source                    
First Line: You walked dusty dry roads
Last Line: Is in brown love ...
Subject(s): Brown, Sterling (1901-1989); Jazz; Music And Musicians; Racism; Southern States