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Subject: HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
Matches Found: 8

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GROWING UP IN HOLLYWOOD, 1939-1957, by STEPHEN BEAL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am not happy in the west
Last Line: Now how is that for irony
Subject(s): Hollywood, California; Motion Pictures


HOLLYWOOD, by DON BLANDING    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hollywood ... Hollywood
Last Line: Perhaps you're a goddess that bears a bright beacon
Subject(s): Hollywood, California; Motion Pictures


HOLLYWOOD, by JONATHAN HOLDEN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It's 1937 on the sound-stage
Last Line: Has been settled %for over fifty years
Variant Title(s): Hollywoo
Subject(s): Hollywood, California


HOLLYWOOD, by JOSEPH W. NUGENT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Movies show the warrior falling
Subject(s): Hollywood, California; Motion Pictures


HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNE, by JANE BOWER    Poem Text                    
First Line: The tired boulevard
Last Line: So young -- is old.
Subject(s): Hollywood, California


POSTMASTER-GENERAL WILL HAYS ENTERS INTO HOLLYWOOD, by STODDARD KING    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hays came first, with a guard of marines
Last Line: "we are saved, will hays, we are saved!"
Subject(s): Hollywood, California; Parades


SHAPE OF THE STAR, by CHARLES BUKOWSKI    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Well, you know, he started out as a
Last Line: Hollywood %what it %is
Subject(s): Hollywood, California


THE SHAPE OF THE STAR, by CHARLES BUKOWSKI    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Well, you know, he started out as a
Last Line: What it / is
Subject(s): Hollywood, California