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Subject: MARLEY, ROBERT NESTA (BOB) (1945-1981)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AN ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In an elegy for a musician
Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)


BOB MARLEY, by MIKE JENKINS    Poem Source                    
First Line: That day the rain swamped
Last Line: Skin sallowed, though its gleam %returns the heat of that day
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)


ELEGY FOR BOB MARLEY, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In an elegy for a musician
Last Line: Could be used of our lives and bodies %and all that we hope survives them
Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981); Music, Rock


LIGHT OF THE WORLD, by DEREK WALCOTT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Marley was rocking on the transport's stereo
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)


MARLEY NO DIE, by LINDA COUSINS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The prophet no die
Last Line: Singing jah message %to all african
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)


THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, by DEREK WALCOTT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Marley was rocking on the transport's stereo
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)


WAIL ON WAILERS, by ASTORIA RED    Poem Source                    
First Line: Bob marley, you taught me how to fight
Last Line: I and I, you and you, you and I, we %we wailing, we wailing,we wailing
Subject(s): Marley, Robert Nesta (bob) (1945-1981)