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Subject: FAMOUS PEOPLE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What do I give for the pope and his riches
Last Line: Curtain
Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs.
Subject(s): England - Social Life And Customs; Famous People


ICONS, by RICHARD WILBUR    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: They are one answer to the human need
Subject(s): Photography & Photographers; Famous People


POSTCARD AT VERTIGO BOOKS IN D. C., SELS, by REETIKA VAZIRANI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the photo of billie holiday at the 1957 newport jazz festival
Last Line: Glamour-we look for it and it's not there
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Famous People; Holiday, Billie (1915-1959); Jazz; Music And Musicians; Photography And Photographers; Singing And Singers


THE POSTCARD AT VERTIGO BOOKS IN D. C., SELS, by REETIKA VAZIRANI    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the photo of billie holiday at the 1957 newport jazz festival
Last Line: Look for it and it’s not there
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Famous People; Holiday, Billie (1915-1959); Jazz; Music & Musicians; Photography & Photographers; Singing & Singers