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Subject: LOUIS, JOE (1914-1981)
Matches Found: 7

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BROWN BOMBER, by SAM CORNISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fist: joe louis the brown
Last Line: Fighting from radio to radio
Subject(s): African Americans; Boxing And Boxers; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Sports


DUSK SONG FOR THE BROWN BOMBER, by SAM CORNISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: A credit to his race in the ring
Last Line: For joe %(they stink worse than feet but's good eatin) %somehog meat for joe made real fine
Subject(s): African Americans; Boxing And Boxers; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Sports


JOE LOUIS, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: They worshipped joe
Last Line: But the gossips had no %'the say' %to latch onto %for joe
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Boxing And Boxers; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Sports


JOE LOUIS, by NUBIA KAI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Golden gloves melt on the hot sands
Last Line: For us he lives in the silent wind catching snakes
Subject(s): African Americans; Boxing And Boxers; Detroit, Michigan; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Sports


JOSHING, by ALFRED L. WOODS    Poem Source                    
First Line: When joe louis knocked out schmeling
Last Line: Jackie robinson %can you hit another ball
Subject(s): African Americans; Baseball; Boxing And Boxers; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Robinson, Jackie (1919-1972); Sports; Stock Exchange


NIGHT JOE LOUIS WENT 21-0 BY DROPPING TAMI MAURIELLO, by WILLIAM KLOEFKORN    Poem Source                    
First Line: I'm babysitting he garlow boy
Last Line: We'd otherwise indulge by crying
Subject(s): African Americans; Boxing And Boxers; Louis, Joe (1914-1981); Sports


SAINT JOE LOUIS: SURROUNDED BY SNAKES, by KEVIN YOUNG    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Bip! Splat! / bop
Last Line: Hiss his cauliflower ear
Subject(s): Louis, Joe (1914-1981)