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Subject: MICHIGAN Matches Found: 250 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` #3, BEHIND CHATHAM'S SUPERMARKET, by JIM DANIELS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the alley behind chatham's Last Line: What could be a rat moves through the picture Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Markets 15TH AND DALZELLE STREETS, by ELLA SINGER Poem Source First Line: At the corner of fifteenth and dalzelle streets Last Line: As a still life %waiting Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan 1967, by RENEE TAMBEAU Poem Source First Line: And so I have been longer with you than anyone Last Line: Your smoke is in my lungs Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan 6/TO REHEARSE, by CHRIS TYSH Poem Source First Line: D the bastard child of the engineer Last Line: D forces things apart Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan 7/AS QUOTED BEFORE, by CHRIS TYSH Poem Source First Line: The river had always been there Last Line: Under the shooting stars of this new language Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan 8 BALL IN SIDE POCKET, by MURRAY JACKSON Poem Source First Line: Soft side of hastings, oakland avenue Last Line: Silent wins the 9 ball game by forfeit %merchant can't find a cue %that will sit still in his hand Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ACCOMMODATION TO DETROIT, by ALAN DUGAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When good people die they become worms in detroit, they day Subject(s): Hamtramck, Michigan; Detroit, Michigan; Death; Dead, The AEROLINGUAL POET OF PREY, by EUGENE B. REDMOND Poem Source First Line: Through a two-way telescope of time Last Line: Like the first pungent breeze of gumbo Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan AFTER ATTENDING A POETRY READING ON FEBRUARY 14, by LAWRENCE PIKE Poem Source First Line: In poetry as in the rackets Last Line: I long for hideout matinees with you Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan AFTERGLOW, by CHRISTINE LAHEY Poem Source First Line: That movie made me awfully thirsty' Last Line: And get on with it. 'the coffee's %strong to keep you good' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan AIRE, by GEORGE TYSH Poem Source First Line: Supposing a globe of black wavers as the room breathes Last Line: Shoes, your lips, your waist,' etc Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ALONE IN AMERICA, by MARGO LAGATTUTA Poem Source First Line: I am fourteen and take the woodward avenue Last Line: The riots in the streets won't start for years Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ALTERNATIVE DIFFERENCE, by TYRONE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: As always I was on my own Last Line: Dressed in all black, obviously blonde Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan AN ABANDONED FACTORY, DETROIT, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gates are chained, the barbed-wire fencing stands, Subject(s): Factories; Detroit, Michigan AN ORDINARY MORNING, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man is singing on the bus Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan; Urban Life ANGELUS NOVUS, by HAYAN CHARARA Poem Source First Line: He saw police hauling away teenagers Last Line: Propelling him into the future, %his back turned on the debris Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan AS A CORRECTIVE, by BARBARA HENNING Poem Source First Line: An urban story with a lonely man, two deceiving women and the Last Line: On the back of a building, detroit, in capital letters Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BABES, by GEORGE TYSH Poem Source First Line: There are pinholes in the social fabric through which we see Last Line: A couch of hand-held dreams, the hide-a-bed of night where we wait Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BAG WOMAN, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wearing an overcoat in august heat Last Line: Talk with you, and drink your fetid breath Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BAND OF GYPSIES, by LARRY GABRIEL Poem Source First Line: We danced endlessly %turning the record over %time after time Last Line: The politicization %of melodic love Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BARD OF HASTINGS STREET BAR, by OLIVER LAGRONE Poem Source First Line: The man, %he looks like a nutnik Last Line: A mutnik %aloft in a sputnik Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BELLE ISLE MEN, by ANTHONY BUTTS Poem Source First Line: Over by the horses, %by the giant yellow slide Last Line: As if the coming of day %would cover them Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BENEATH THE GRAND HEAVEN, by TED NAGY Poem Source Last Line: And the closed mind %kinked its neck Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BENTON HARBOR, MICH, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes I ain't a thing to do, an' so jist for Last Line: Benton harbor, mich. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Michigan BIRTH, by ANN HOLDREITH Poem Source First Line: Cold steel piston's grease Last Line: Artists born from persistent gray Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BLAB OF THE PAVE, by GEOFFREY JACQUES Poem Source First Line: This is something besides a portrait Last Line: Hours pass by &nobody notices Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BLACK COALS WITH DIAMOND HEARTS, by JESSICA CARE MOORE-SIMMONS Poem Source First Line: What will they name us? Last Line: To turn young hot coals back to diamonds Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BLACKBOTTOM: 1945, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When relatives came from out of town Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations BLACKBOTTOM: 1945, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When relatives came from out of town Last Line: Whose very existence %tore us down to the human Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations BLUE TABLE, SELS, by TED PEARSON Poem Source First Line: Rubble %the common lot %vacant Last Line: Unrelieved %weight %from above Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BORN ON SLOW KNIVES, by KIM HUNTER Poem Source First Line: Born on slow knives %discreetly purchased Last Line: Losing the great blue curve %smelling smoke Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BREAKDOWN, by PETER MARKUS Poem Source First Line: Near the crest of the I-75 rouge river bridge Last Line: Hiding in my coat pocket could ever make him forget Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan BURIAL OF A BUILDING, by MELBA JOYCE BOYD Poem Source First Line: When they bring %a building down Last Line: From where %ghosts %are gone Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CADILLAC DREAMS OF THE DETROIT RIVER, by PERRI GIOVANNUCCI Poem Source First Line: The sun slips its yoke %behind saskatchewan Last Line: They could not take the souls Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CALLING ALL BROTHERS, by ANEB KGOSITSILE Poem Source Last Line: Calling the makers of babies %to become their saviours Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CARGO OF GRACE, by GLORIA DYC Poem Source First Line: Finally the ships return to the river Last Line: Greedily I unload their cargo of grace Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CHAMELEON POSING WITH A PASSPORT, by OSVALDO R. SABINO Poem Source First Line: She's a woman everyone notices Last Line: Is her dark and carefully guarded passport Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CHANT ON US-80, by HILDA VEST Poem Source First Line: Tony hears the %hears the footsteps Last Line: On to justice Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CHENE PARK, by ALVIN BERNARD AUBERT Poem Source First Line: One old fellow contemplating others Last Line: Before an embarrassedly captive audience? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CITY NIGHTS, by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My windows and doors are barred %against the intrusion of thieves Last Line: And we are happy for their presence Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan COLD HANDS IN THE URBAN VILLAGE, by LARRY GABRIEL Poem Source First Line: He wanted to leap %onto his bike Last Line: To feel the earth's throb %between their hearts Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan COMING HOME, DETROIT, 1968, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A winter tuesday, the city pouring fire, Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan; Homecoming; Industry; Labor & Laborers; Urban Life; Work; Workers COMING HOME, DETROIT, 1968, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A winter tuesday, the city pouring fire, Last Line: The twisted river stopped at the cover of iron. %we burn this city every day. Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan; Homecoming; Industry; Labor And Laborers CONDITOR HUIUS URBIS: A TRIPTYCH FOR MR. WOODWARD: 1. ON NAMING MYSELF, by MICHELE VALERIE RONNICK Poem Source First Line: My parents named me elias Last Line: Propelled by wheel spokes of infinite rays Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CONDITOR HUIUS URBIS: A TRIPTYCH FOR MR. WOODWARD: 2. ORANGE SEEDS.., by MICHELE VALERIE RONNICK Poem Source First Line: The 12 I sent to you in april were just enough Last Line: On top...Of the hill...Of your handsome home Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CONDITOR HUIUS URBIS: A TRIPTYCH FOR MR. WOODWARD: 3. EPITAPH FOR A.., by MICHELE VALERIE RONNICK Poem Source First Line: Fifty some years were given to me Last Line: In tallahasse I died. In heaven I live Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CONFESSION OF THE ROUGE PARK KILLER, by HENRIETTA EPSTEIN Poem Source First Line: My father never taught me %how to hunt Last Line: One shattered duck still tied %in his bleeding sack Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CONSEQUENCES, by JOHN SINCLAIR Poem Source First Line: The music moves inside myself Last Line: & shapes it, ah, ah, %well yes it does Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan COULOMB'S LAW, SELS, by TED PEARSON Poem Source First Line: Back streets parallel the main drag Last Line: The gesture is empty but what could fill it %tympanum distant thunder Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC, by LARRY GABRIEL Poem Source First Line: Static chrome-glazed enigma Last Line: Something you'd give your life %to attain Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CURRICULUM VITAE, by LAWRENCE JOSEPH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I might have been born in beirut Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan CURRICULUM VITAE, by LAWRENCE JOSEPH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I might have been born in beirut Last Line: I am as good as the unemployed %who wait in long lines for money Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DE-TROIT SUMMERSCENE, by JON RANDALL Poem Source First Line: When summerstink crawls the street on its belly Last Line: & de-troit, burnin, fries a busted yolk of sun Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DEAR COUSIN, by KATHRYN ALLEN ILITCH Poem Source Last Line: Next time I visit michigan, will you unhook my fish again? Subject(s): Michigan DETROIT, by LINDA NEMEC FOSTER Poem Source First Line: A city like detroit only exists in a prose poem. No stanza Last Line: Ave., windows open, radio blasting. Keeping alive Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT, by FAYE KICKNOSWAY Poem Source First Line: What cadillac saw %what is no longer Last Line: This earthly paradise %of north america Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT, by MELANIE VAN DER TUIN Poem Source First Line: I tried fiercely %not to set down roots, Last Line: That makes the concrete buckle Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT 1983: I AM WAITING, by ROD REINHART Poem Source First Line: I am waiting for the bridge to be built Last Line: As I wait for the war to begin Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT BLUES, by JR. WILLIAM J. HARRIS Poem Source First Line: Big legged hefty hipped juicy bosomed kinda Last Line: Gritty kinda %de-troit blues Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT CIRCA 1989/90, by EUGENE B. REDMOND Poem Source First Line: My 14-year-old niece debra (now a big time engineer in texas) Last Line: Uncle, some with their own country %operating on their own time Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT CITY, by JILL WITHERSPOON BOYER Poem Source First Line: Thieves give more to blue %than hardness does Last Line: The strangeness in the songs %that asphalt sings to trees Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT DANCING 1948, by KEITH TAYLOR Poem Source First Line: Everyone home from the war with stories Last Line: That I was certainly light on mine Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT GRAND PRIX, by KEITH STERLING Poem Source First Line: Of course, %there had first %been the metal Last Line: His assailant, %the only noticeable emotion Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT HYMNS, CHRISTMAS EVE, by JIM DANIELS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Kenny and I down a few beers Last Line: Laughs at that -- his spit sizzles Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT IS IN RENAISSANCE, by STELLA CREWS Poem Source First Line: And the writers & the poets & the Last Line: By say, what? The passers-in say %what took you so long? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT LOVE SONG, by ANDREI CODRESCU Poem Source First Line: Detroit gave me my first america Last Line: Born in detroit oddly enough %but never regretfully Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT MOAN, by VICTORIA SPIVEY Poem Source First Line: Detroit's a cold cold place : and I ain't got a dime to my name Last Line: And if I ever get back home : I ain't never coming to detroit no more Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; Blues (music); Detroit, Michigan DETROIT MOI, by ALBERT JAMES YOUNG Poem Source First Line: Who says the autumn sonata is not the loveliest of all Last Line: And if your blue sonata thrills like detroit in the fall, %call al young Alternate Author Name(s): Young, Al Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT OBSERVATORY, 1999, by JULIE ELLISON Poem Source First Line: Should we restore the observatory Last Line: The museum is done. I practice saying, %listen. Come. Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Space And Space Travel DETROIT POEM: PART ONE, by SONYA MARIE POUNCY Poem Source First Line: I am your mother %I am your children Last Line: I am your city %I am your soul Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT RIVER NORTH TO SOUTH, by STEPHEN TUDOR Poem Source First Line: You are lacing your boots at the windmill Last Line: No one has free will. You are the seasons Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT SUMMERS, by JILL WITHERSPOON BOYER Poem Source First Line: Down by the river %with winter coming on Last Line: Who has seen too many summers turn away Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT, CITY OF STRAITS, by ANTHONY BUTTS Poem Source First Line: February finds a likeness of spring in this unicorn Last Line: That his pastor dunked him for last week Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DETROIT, TOMORROW, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Newspaper says the boy killed by someone Subject(s): Death - Children; Detroit, Michigan; Death - Babies DETROIT, TOMORROW, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Newspaper says the boy killed by someone Last Line: To kneel down and pray for life eternal Subject(s): Death - Children; Detroit, Michigan DOWN BY THE BOULEVARD DOCK, by MARY MINOCK Poem Source First Line: Whitman could not have sung you justice Last Line: And the drinking fountain %fails to work Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DOWNRIVER, DETROIT, by JENNIFER JO BLACKLEDGE Poem Source First Line: I'll tell you what kind of a place it is: the hill by my house is Last Line: Stepping over of everyone else's garbage Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DREW'S MOM, by JACQUELINE RAE RAWLSON SANCHEZ Poem Source First Line: Sunshine bright walked into %la biblioteca publica bowen Last Line: She means business %woman Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan DUDLEY RANDALL, by MURRAY JACKSON Poem Source First Line: Pushed through a crack in earth Last Line: You catch the mellow harmony %of their beat %siphon time, bottle it, then %uncork and stick it in ou Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Randall, Dudley (1914-2000) EASTSIDE HYPOCRITE, by JAMES BURDINE Poem Source First Line: With grass in neat rows and Last Line: Of fame outside this detroit Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan EGYPTIAN GALLERY IN AUGUST: DETROIT 1994, by JOAN GARTLAND Poem Source First Line: Bring your body in, out of the heat Last Line: Do you remember me?' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ELEGIES FOR PARADISE VALLEY, by ROBERT EARL HAYDEN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My shared bedroom's window %opened on alley stench Last Line: The devil's own rag baby doll Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ELEGY, by JR. WILLIAM J. HARRIS Poem Source First Line: Black bottom baby: %beaubien & beacon blossom Last Line: Of the valley %called paradise Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ELEPHANTS, by MICHAEL LAUCHLAN Poem Source First Line: At the deserted assembly plant, %on the siding that once led Last Line: And roofless warehouse, %we chase our sudden parade Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ENVISIONING GREED AS HOPE, by KALEEMA HASAN Poem Source First Line: Detroit as the intimate secret of my love Last Line: The very antithesis of greed Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan EPILOGUE, by DENNIS TEICHMAN Poem Source First Line: Wide angle zigzag around rut and animal into the 'encampment' Last Line: And that's what this sad haze meant Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan EPITAH FOR OGUN IN 16 MOVEMENTZ, by IBN PORI PITTS Poem Source First Line: They played the drums Last Line: Nsibidi paintingz that interpret the heartbeatz %of ogun Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan EVEN THE IDIOT MAKES DEALS, by LAWRENCE JOSEPH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: On mack avenue the smell of hot iron closes your eyes Last Line: She knows you'll put a coin into her waiting hand Subject(s): Arab Americans; Detroit, Michigan FACING AWAY FROM DETROIT, by EDWARD MORIN Poem Source First Line: And toward the wet horizon Last Line: That's why our situation now is perfect Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FACTORIES ALONG THE RIVER, by STEPHEN TUDOR Poem Source First Line: The 'thereness' of you -- seen from Last Line: And you recede even as we approach Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FALLEN, by JANET LAWLESS Poem Source First Line: His brutalized trunk lay quiet Last Line: And he asked me %to write this Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FALLING, by DANIEL HUGHES Poem Source First Line: Walking on basketballs to woodward Last Line: As the air is let out of everything Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FATHER THE SON AND THE SPIRIT: 1. THE FATHER SPEAKS, by DAVID J. NELSON Poem Source First Line: My children, how shall I speak to you now? Last Line: Walk to the light...Walk to the light Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FATHER THE SON AND THE SPIRIT: 2. THE SON, by DAVID J. NELSON Poem Source First Line: The flowing radiance falls to the earth Last Line: Be filled, grow strong, and fight on %till dawn Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FATHER THE SON AND THE SPIRIT: 3. THE SPIRIT, by DAVID J. NELSON Poem Source First Line: In the beginning was the word' Last Line: It is the spirit moving in %you Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FEBRUARY TEACHER, by TERRY BLACKHAWK Poem Source First Line: Like ariadne with her thread Last Line: And the stars bend to join me Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FIVE/EIGHT TIME, by MARC MAURUS Poem Source First Line: Neon jazzmasters gigging after midnight %in the dizzy gillespie dark Last Line: Man, that's devout, %such holy sounds! Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FOR D.M., by ALISE ALOUSI Poem Source First Line: She was an expert on the color blue Last Line: Of the room %waiting for you Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan FOUR DECADES AGO, by IRV BARAT Poem Source First Line: It's neighborhood %you're glad you don't live in %tired bars Last Line: I muse %on the fragility of existence Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GARCIA'S MARKET, by LOLITA HERNANDEZ Poem Source First Line: On michigan by trumbull %saturday morning Last Line: And all times when the sea is far Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GEORGE, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a boy desiring the title of man Last Line: A long time yet, because you're strong as a mule' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GET OFF THE BUS, by JR. WILLIAM J. HARRIS Poem Source First Line: You know where canfield at?' Last Line: So you go 2 more after you see me get off. Ask anybody from there' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GHOSTS OF THE CENTRAL AREA: DETROIT, by SR. T. R. PETERS Poem Source First Line: Now the wreckers come slamming the brick walls away Last Line: Ghosts of the central area rise up %and fly into eternity Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GIANT, by GEOFFREY JACQUES Poem Source First Line: That day johnson shot the man in cold blood Last Line: Retroactive to the day of the shooting Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GOOD NEWS, by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The headlines never say good morning any more Last Line: With rare mint-marks in the other Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GRACE OF GOD, by TYRONE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I walked in late for work Last Line: Where the aisle stopped Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GRAND CIRCUS PARK, by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old men still drowse on gray park benches Last Line: Hewn down and cast into the fire?' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan GRAVITY, by JOHN RYBICKI Poem Source First Line: I swing the glass door out Last Line: This is how the world runs: swallow Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HAIKU '84, by MARY ANN CAMERON Poem Source First Line: Watching the tigers Last Line: Who needs a love life Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HARD ROCK, by JIM DANIELS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A bunch of guys walk out Last Line: And we keep shouting %louder, louder Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HEARING, by MARY ANN CAMERON Poem Source First Line: Can you hear the faint siss Last Line: I can barely hear the deer %that ghost deer Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HEIDELBERG PROJECT, by ELLEN HILDRETH Poem Source First Line: We're walkin' down to jaybo's see Last Line: It would be locked up inside, %where couldn't nobody see it Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HIGHLAND PARK, by LEON CHAMBERLAIN Poem Source First Line: Alone, breathing deeply %looking about continually Last Line: Bombproof highland park, %likewise, into history Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HIP 1, by MARK DONOVAN Poem Source First Line: It's seven-thirty and soon %it will be time to go Last Line: To be here as it is to be there Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HIP 2, by MARK DONOVAN Poem Source First Line: Here we find horizons in poetry Last Line: Only to meet the needs of civilization Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HISTORICAL, by KEVIN RASHID Poem Source First Line: I look west, down merrick- %the sun fallen away Last Line: Echoes the memory %of a museum Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan HUMAN NATURE, by KIM WEBB Poem Source First Line: The polish woman in ten yards of floral print Last Line: Bright yellow gloves and hot soaps water Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan I HAVE MY JAMES SCHUYLER TOO, by DONNA BROOK Poem Source First Line: Just because I lived in detroit for 22 years doesn't make me Last Line: My james schuyler too Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan I HEARD THE BYRD, by OLIVER LAGRONE Poem Source First Line: It was a bash! Last Line: I heard the bird Subject(s): Byrd, Donald (b. 1932); Detroit, Michigan; Jazz; Music And Musicians I LOVE YOU (THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT), by LESLIE REESE Poem Source First Line: I love you %I know the workings seem obtuse Last Line: What time o'clock shall we hoist and caravan our suitcases? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE CITY, by TERESA TAN Poem Source First Line: Sometimes I listen for the ocean's whisper Last Line: In its socket %pays tribute to a star Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan IN PRAISE OF THE NATURAL FLOWING, by JUDITH MCCOMBS Poem Source First Line: Out of the storm pipe, between the old path Last Line: & the scrawny stakes with the flapping red plastic %which claim this world Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan IN THE SIXTIES, THEY BANNED FIREWORKS AT EDGEWATER PARK, by JAN MORDENSKI Poem Source First Line: But then, there, who needed fireworks? Last Line: Given back to the night Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan INCINERATOR, by RONALD (RON) L. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: You can't dial 1-800-no-breath %to save you Last Line: And no one's home to issue %new air Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan INVITATION, by KEVIN RASHID Poem Source First Line: What would it take to have you come here? Last Line: Of leaving a good thing alone Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan JANUARY IN DETROIT OR SEARCH FOR TOMORROW STARRING KEN & ANN, by KEN MIKOLOWSKI Poem Source First Line: I think it is interesting Last Line: Though not exactly amusing Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan JAZZ/BLUES/JAZZ, by IRENE ROSEMOND Poem Source First Line: I was moved by the combo Last Line: Jazz/blues jazz/blues Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan JESUS TURNS ASPHALT INTO BREAD, by HAYAN CHARARA Poem Source First Line: Interstate 94, at milepost 210 Last Line: I've been doing this my entire life Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan JITTERBUG, JAZZ AND THE GRAYSTONE, by AURORA HARRIS Poem Source First Line: Blessed sound- %is that why we're here james Last Line: James, are you listening? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan 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 JONAHS, by SEMAJ Poem Source First Line: Caught in the belly of denial Last Line: In the glue trap of rodents %caught in the rain Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan JUKEBOX, by JIM GUSTAFSON Poem Source First Line: I would eat a jukebox if it made me fall in love Last Line: Live long enough %to get real Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan KANTOS, by FARUQ Z. BEY Poem Source First Line: Artist... %for lack of a better Last Line: Of reggae the taste %of a song Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LATE ENCOUNTER, by ANCA VLASOPOLOS Poem Source First Line: Eastern market is packing up as afternoon Last Line: Tyrone, blot on my conscience, mon semblable, %my double Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LET US STOP THIS MADNESS, by JR. TRINIDAD SANCHEZ Poem Source First Line: The bullets from the guns %that massacred the invalids Last Line: Let us stop this madness... %the bullets... %the guns! Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LIKE COLAVITO, by JAN MORDENSKI Poem Source First Line: Believe me when I tell you nobody but an Last Line: Was going to toss her Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LINES FROM A HIGHLAND PARKER, by LAWRENCE PIKE Poem Source First Line: North of detroit? They do it every time Last Line: But slant the map to suit yourself, it's we who see the land Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LITERALLY, FOR ELEGANCE YOU WENT, by RAYFIELD (RAY) WALLER Poem Source First Line: And when 'those in the know' thought Last Line: To make that elegance grow Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan LITURGY ON TRUMBULL, by MICHAEL LAUCHLAN Poem Source First Line: In midbaptism we rush from the house %to ask then to stop Last Line: Body of christ,' she says Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MANDELA COMES TO MOTOWN, by HILDA VEST Poem Source First Line: We had stopped singing Last Line: And we saw that you still dance Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MANY MARVELOUSLY COLORED MEMORIES, by WILLIE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Soulful sultry huntresses Last Line: By lovers captured by their songs Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MARCH OF DIMES, APRIL IN DETROIT, by ANCA VLASOPOLOS Poem Source First Line: Some point to this house here and say, this is where Last Line: Un-american, your last (with a smug wink) you'll change %in the course of time Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MASS PRODUCTION, by M. L. LIEBLER Poem Source First Line: When we look closely inside %the tunnel of the american Last Line: As slow as blood through the thick %grease heart of oil fed machines Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MESSAGE FROM THE MERIDIAN, by MICHELE GIBBS Poem Source First Line: You came to the right place Last Line: Thinks they have the right %to come through Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MICHIGAN SAND DUNES (A HOKKU), by HARRIET A. JENNEY Poem Text First Line: Tameless shifting dunes Last Line: Prison their captors. Subject(s): Michigan; Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts MICHIGAN SUMMER, by THOMAS DEL VECCHIO Poem Text First Line: By sweat and hunger, stealth and guile Last Line: Will find it easy now to die. Subject(s): Lakes; Michigan; Nature; Parks; Summer; Pools; Ponds MICHIGAN, MY MICHIGAN!, by MRS. HENRY F. LYSTER Poem Source First Line: Home of my heart, I sing of thee! Subject(s): Michigan MICHIGAN, YOU ARE SO LOVELY, by FRANCES MARVEL GNASS Poem Text First Line: Michigan, you are so lovely Last Line: Cradle us in a piney breeze. Subject(s): Michigan MORNING 85, by SADIQ BEY Poem Source First Line: During the ceremony, of course Last Line: I must tell you, prayers are answered Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MOTHERING BIRDS, by MICHAEL ASHTON ROSEMOND Poem Source First Line: The birds come singing to her Last Line: To toss bread and seed, %in slow arcs mothering Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MOTOR CITY MEN, by CHRISTINE LAHEY Poem Source First Line: Thank god %there are still young men Last Line: These thin young men %in detroit city Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MOTOR CITY TRILOGY, by KRISTIN PALM Poem Source First Line: Everyone crashes %at some point in this city Last Line: Alternate routes are advised Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MOTORING, by MITZI ALVIN Poem Source First Line: Just once more, %I'd like to take a ride in my father's car Last Line: Other worlds, lived or living %in the deft maneuvers of his pilot hands Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MY LIGHT, by SARAH JEANNE PETERS Poem Source First Line: I don't have to give up the rhythm Last Line: And scare me back my %electric light impulses Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan MY SISTER CHICKEN RECALLS HOW SHE LISTENED TO THE SUPREMES ON THE ..., by CHARLES GERVIN Poem Source First Line: Their voices seemed so large Last Line: Until I could not tell their voices from my own Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan NEW WORLD, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man roams the streets with a basket Last Line: And this was michigan in 1928 Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan NGAN DO IN GROSSE POINTE, by ALBA NORA MARTINEZ Poem Source First Line: Father arranged her Last Line: How high water %buffaloes can fly Subject(s): Grosse Pointe, Michigan NIGHT FREIGHT, MICHIGAN, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Punctual to the midnight - lurch, ruck and chime Last Line: From kalamazoo to the junction Subject(s): Michigan; Railroads; Railways; Trains NIGHT FREIGHT, MICHIGAN, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Punctual to the midnight - lurch, ruck and chime Last Line: From kalamazoo to the junction Subject(s): Michigan; Railroads NORTHERN MICHIGAN, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On this back road the land Last Line: Through the woods. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Country Life; Decay; Landscape; Michigan; Nature; Rot; Decadence NUMBERS, by ALVIN BERNARD AUBERT Poem Source First Line: Even the lady who serves me breakfast Last Line: Clawing at the zipper on his pants, going straight in for the kill Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan OCTOBER SONG, by DAN GEORAKAS Poem Source First Line: They who never ruled before Last Line: Nothing %can ever be the same Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ODE TO A '64 CHRYSLER, by JR. TOM PETERS Poem Source First Line: Pearl white with a waterfall grill Last Line: Head at the huge mass of unharmed metal Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan OLD APPLE TREES, by WILLIAM DEWITT SNODGRASS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like battered old mill hands, they stand in the orchard Alternate Author Name(s): Gardons, S. S.; Mcconnell, Will; Snodgrass, W. D. Subject(s): Apple Trees; Corpses; Detroit, Michigan; Orchards; Trees; Cadavers OLD APPLE TREES, by WILLIAM DEWITT SNODGRASS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like battered old mill hands, they stand in the orchard Last Line: It seemed better that we kept alive Alternate Author Name(s): Gardons, S. S.; Mcconnell, Will; Snodgrass, W. D. Subject(s): Apple Trees; Corpses; Detroit, Michigan; Orchards; Trees OLD WITHERINGTON, by DUDLEY RANDALL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old witherington had drunk too much again Last Line: Who was the sun, and he sole faithful planet Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Detroit, Michigan; Hate ON LEAVING YOU, by JOSE L. GARZA Poem Source First Line: Constant. Cycle. Once more Last Line: Moment. %fall 1997 Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ON RETURNING TO DETROIT, by CAROLYN FORCHE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over the plum snow, the train's blond smoke Last Line: Lowers the awnings over the shop stalls of fruit Alternate Author Name(s): Sidlosky, Carolyn Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Railroads; Railways; Trains ON RETURNING TO DETROIT, by CAROLYN FORCHE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over the plum snow, the train's blond smoke Last Line: Lowers the awnings over the shop stalls of fruit Alternate Author Name(s): Sidlosky, Carolyn Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Railroads ON SEEING OLD FRIENDS IN DETROIT, by GLORIA DYC Poem Source First Line: They've lit a bonfire %in the center of a vacant lot Last Line: My friends: we are all dying Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ON THE ADMISSION OF MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come in, little sister, so healthful and fair Last Line: "so, hold up your head with the ""old thirteen." Subject(s): Michigan; United States; America ORDINARY MORNING, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man is singing on the bus Last Line: In detroit, city of dreams, %each on his own black throne Subject(s): Cities; Detroit, Michigan PARADISE VALLEY, DETROIT, by NATALIE KENVIN Poem Source First Line: Sweetie holds a kool in her right hand Last Line: With the puny voodoo stink %of her cigarette Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Poverty PASSION FRUIT, by STEVEN SCHREINER Poem Source First Line: In the rubble of the vernor's plant Last Line: Of the uniqueness of detroit, michigan, %its burn at the back of the throat Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PASSION OF EDSEL FORD, by JERRY HERRON Poem Source First Line: I was edsel ford when I was alive Last Line: I was not mr. Edsel then. %I was just %free Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PEOPLE DON'T DIE JUST SO YOU CAN WRITE A POEM ABOUT THEM, by DONNA BROOK Poem Source First Line: The night after bradley shot himself Last Line: Older than another dead person Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PHOTOGRAPHY 2, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Across the road from ford's a mrs. Strempek Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PHOTOGRAPHY 2, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Across the road from ford's a mrs. Strempek Last Line: Blackening the sky, and nothing in between Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PHRASEOLOGY OF A MOOD, by RONALD (RON) L. ALLEN Poem Source First Line: The moon is raw light Last Line: As I eat from the empty bowl of god Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PIONEERS OF DETROIT, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In ancient days, on every hand Last Line: To his own happy land. Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Past; Pioneers POEM IN MEMORY OF ARTWORKS ON THE HUDSON'S BUILDING, by JR. MAURICE GREENIA Poem Source First Line: Load/by the power and pull of empty spaces Last Line: As strange architectures dismantle soul's sole residue/shadowed %echoed songs Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan POEM WITH ONE FACT, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At pet stores in detroit, you can buy Subject(s): Pets; Detroit, Michigan POGROM IN DETROIT, by AARON KRAMER Poem Source First Line: Detroit, singing city, you were heard Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan PORTRAIT OF JOE LOUIS, by JENNIFER JO BLACKLEDGE Poem Source First Line: Is a clenched fist Last Line: It is coming straight at you Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan QUIET BATTLES, by LOLITA HERNANDEZ Poem Source First Line: All these things %make a woman' Last Line: ...And I survived. %I survived Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan RANDOM BEYOND THE CONFIDENCE LINE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, by DENNIS SHEA Poem Source First Line: It's easy being young %in drab egg-and-buscart george's place Last Line: Like unmeshed gears, %shiny and unused Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan READER RESPONSE, by TERRY BLACKHAWK Poem Source First Line: His discussion group has figured it out Last Line: His polestar, his fixed center, a leaping beast, %an absence forever present in his sky Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan REMEMBERING DETROIT 1973, by DAN GEORAKAS Poem Source First Line: Nine turkeys ago %kennedy could not survive the bullets of the conspiracy Last Line: Is sponsoring a new show called %the billion-dollar movie Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan RENAISSANCE, by RENEE TAMBEAU Poem Source First Line: The waxing and waning of the moon Last Line: The moon, %the next day comes Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan RON ALLEN'S POEM, by RAYFIELD (RAY) WALLER Poem Source First Line: The chef in the kitchen %cooks your heart Last Line: Don't blame him, for the heart belongs to you Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ROSE FOR BRIAN, by STEPHEN JONES Poem Source First Line: Same old shit, different day Last Line: Who loves your ugly ass, motherfucker? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ROSEDALE STREET, by WALTER COX Poem Source First Line: Rosedale (timeless, sometimes), %street of children Last Line: This is a street of the wonderfolk Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ROSEMARY, BAY AND REDWOOD SPRAY, by JANET LEWIS Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: So love stays green with stars between %while his star burneth evenly Alternate Author Name(s): Winters, Janet Lewis; Winters, Yvor, Mrs. Subject(s): Michigan ROSES ARE RED, by JR. WARDELL MONTGOMERY Poem Source First Line: Roses are red %violets are blue %I am a poet %and so are you' Last Line: I won't visit, I'll just write Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SALT AND OIL, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three young men in dirty wok clothers Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SALT AND OIL, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three young men in dirty wok clothers Last Line: The day that passed, the night to come Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SAND NIGGER, by LAWRENCE JOSEPH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In the house in detroit Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Cities; Detroit, Michigan; Dissenters; Exiles; Lebanon; Marginality, Social; Estrangement; Outcasts; Urban Life SAND NIGGER, by LAWRENCE JOSEPH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the house in detroit Last Line: With cousin and brother %against the stranger Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Cities; Detroit, Michigan; Dissenters; Exiles; Lebanon; Marginality, Social SAVE THE FRESCOES THAT ARE US, by M. L. LIEBLER Poem Source First Line: These murals would have existed here Last Line: Essential to our survival than politics %is to our reality Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SCRAPYARDS: EASTSIDE DETROIT, by JOHN RICHARD REED Poem Source First Line: Sometimes you might find yourself driving Last Line: That will transform them into marvels of utility and grace Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SCREAMERS, by JOHN SINCLAIR Poem Source First Line: Stagger down overgrown sidewalks Last Line: Shitters, where %did you go? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SERIOUS CHILDHOOD, by JUDITH ROCHE Poem Source First Line: My first memories are of walking a picket line Last Line: We both meant it Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SHOOTING AT NO ONE, by MARILYN RASHID Poem Source First Line: I get up in the middle of the night Last Line: Into the air, %empty, the air Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SIMPLE, by ROBERT PATRICK DANA Poem Source First Line: In the heat of the day %and a plague of house Last Line: The look in your eyes %as you tell this story Alternate Author Name(s): Dana, Robert Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SMALLNESS: ANN MIKOLOWSKI'S ARIS KOUTROULIS (1985), by NORENE CASHEN Poem Source First Line: City permit %is tall and vast Last Line: As the lord's prayer written %on a grain of rice Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SOLSTICE, by CHRISTINE MONHOLLEN Poem Source First Line: Beyond this tree moss gathers %fully with reason creeping Last Line: Ever flourished in the wounds of time Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SOMEDAY, by MICHELE GIBBS Poem Source First Line: Someday %I'll write %my last detroit poem Last Line: And some people to care- %I'll be there Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SONG IN TENDER BLACK, by JOAN GARTLAND Poem Source First Line: Ladies named for flowers Last Line: Heal your heart Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SQUATTER'S RIGHTS, by WILLIAM BOYER Poem Source First Line: January, %however frigid, %cannot cover Last Line: And the assorted housing materials %we left behind Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ST. PETER CLAVER, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every town with black catholics has a st. Peter claver's Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Education; Schools; Students ST. PETER CLAVER, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every town with black catholics has a st. Peter claver's Last Line: I was tricked again, robbed of my patron, %and left with a debt to another white man Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Education; Schools STEREO LINKS, by SALADIN AHMED Poem Source First Line: On my way to the store Last Line: Wishing these links were strange, I continue %on my way to the store Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan STRAIT CITY, by SCHAARAZETTA NATELEGE Poem Source First Line: Strait city %city of straits Last Line: We need art %we die for it Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan STRAW BOSS DREAM, by M. L. LIEBLER Poem Source First Line: Hidden within the center %of the industrial crush Last Line: Out to those who would %otherwise rob us blind Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan STREET LIFE, by MIKE MADIAS Poem Source First Line: We are the man downtown %with packets of dust Last Line: We are the ones who wait %beyond the open gate Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan STREET MARKET REQUIEM, by ESPERANZA M. CINTRON Poem Source First Line: I came home to %a third-world street market Last Line: To till somebody else's soil Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SUNSTRUCK, by SARAH ADDAE Poem Source First Line: The city has moved too close to the sun %this july Last Line: Icarus, come down now, %icarus, please, come down' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE: WHAT WE PAY OUR POLICE FOR?, by ERROL HENDERSON Poem Source First Line: Malice was greeeeen %and he didn't know Last Line: And what the hell we pay our police for? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan SWEETIE ELIZABETH HOUSE AND HER FAMILY VISIT ME IN ANN ARBOR, by NATALIE KENVIN Poem Source First Line: Yellow peppers cooking in a cast-iron skillet Last Line: Hissing in the wind Subject(s): Michigan; Relationships TEARING DOWN 'N' BUILDING AT OLD ELOISE HOSPITAL FOR A NEW GOLF COURSE, by KAREN WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: He was sullen, black, %filled with the miseries as he watched 'n' building Last Line: And neighborhood golfers sharpened their swing Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THE ARTEMUS OF MICHIGAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grand haven is in michigan Last Line: Potts! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Hotels; Michigan; Towns; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses THE NEW WORLD, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man roams the streets with a basket Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THE RIVER ST. JOE, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where the bumblebee sips and the clover is red Last Line: And I'm floating away down the river st. Joe. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Michigan; Rivers THE ROSSVILLE LECTUR' COURSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Folks up here at rossville got up a lectur' course:-- Last Line: "got off at rossville, indiany, 'stid of michigun." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): April; Lectures; Michigan; Towns; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking THEY SAY GOD MARKS, by OLIVIA V. AMBROGIO Poem Source First Line: Picture %2 grey-brown flurries of Last Line: A weak flutter %like a prayer Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THEY WALKED A MILE FOR A CAMEL, THE MAN'S CIGARETTE, by MARY ANN WEHLER Poem Source First Line: His fingernails drummed on the white enamel table Last Line: Gum was in the ash tray Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE, by RAY MCKINNEY Poem Source First Line: Get them in their faces Last Line: In the pantheon of the hip Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THREE JOURNEYS, by EDWARD HIRSCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whoever has followed the bag lady Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan THREE JOURNEYS, by EDWARD HIRSCH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whoever has followed the bag lady Last Line: And slept peacefully again, like a child Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TIBET, by BARRETT WATTEN Poem Source First Line: (low yellow renaissance towers Last Line: Am formally known as tibet -- %theindifference Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TIME, TEMPERATURE,SELS, by JIM DANIELS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: 1980. In the department store, %those foam packing chips that last forever Last Line: I grabbed two handfuls and squeezed: %nothing can destroy them Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TO MARY, by DANIEL HUGHES Poem Source First Line: I've saved your doodles, those neat, small, undersea Last Line: We're still to meet are leaping in the sea Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TO ROSA LEE PARKS, by OLIVER LAGRONE Poem Source First Line: Quiet brown woman, %stepchild Last Line: We shall overcome... %we shall overcome Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS, by DEREK MILLER Poem Source First Line: There should have been a warning on the door Last Line: Another story. I would learn that later, %mostly. Looking back Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TRUMBULL SONG, by ALISE ALOUSI Poem Source First Line: Once a girl were %from land of trumbull Last Line: These now bright %tree lined streets Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan TRUST JESUS, by DAVID WATSON Poem Source First Line: A painter who cuts hair to buy supplies Last Line: The '90s. You've gotta give me more than that Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan UGOLINO OF DETROIT, by DANIEL HUGHES Poem Source First Line: Hear the whang-whang of the door closed in Last Line: Because I'm not nice now, nor have I ever been Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan UNTITLED, by DENISE SEDMAN Poem Source First Line: Get me out of this idea Last Line: Through wars, famine, hatred-these words will not change Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan UPRISING, by DENNIS TEICHMAN Poem Source First Line: All the racism that built the factories shot its flames Last Line: Histrex, where history can be what you make of it Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan VIEW OF BLUE, by MELBA JOYCE BOYD Poem Source First Line: The river %was what %they wanted Last Line: Outside entrances %to servants' %quarters Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WE WANT OUR CITY BACK, by MELBA JOYCE BOYD Poem Source Last Line: Cause, we mean to take %our city back Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH: DETROIT 1935, by HENRIETTA EPSTEIN Poem Source First Line: There is not a flower anywhere Last Line: Oh, mamma, mamma, mamma, why did you leave me alone?' Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WHERE DID HER LOVE GO?, by WILLIE WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The girl dreamed %dreamed dreams on vinyl Last Line: Aretha is an exception %maybe it's because she is afraid to fly Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WHERE GARDENS GROW, by JAMES CLAY Poem Source First Line: Autumn skies cast their expressions crying, smiling and Last Line: Doubting that we all had a reason for being here one more %day Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WHERE I GREW UP, by CLARK IVERSON Poem Source First Line: Walking toward the river Last Line: In my secret places %and yours Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WHY AM I SO BROWN?, by JR. TRINIDAD SANCHEZ Poem Source First Line: A question chicanitas sometimes ask Last Line: Because it is one of her favorite colors! Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WILD FLOWERS OF DETROIT, by MARY MINOCK Poem Source First Line: Old gap-toothed whiskered one %look at you: Last Line: To pick the wild flowers of detroit Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan WOMAN SINGING THE BLUES WHILE CLEANING HOUSE IN DETROIT, by ELIZABETH (LIZ) ANNE SOCOLOW Poem Source First Line: Wherever I have to do the most ordinary things Last Line: A woman singing the blues %in full, and perfect voice Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan YOU'D HAVE TO SEE IT, by ALVIN BERNARD AUBERT Poem Source First Line: Our brown bomber %as metonymic bronze Last Line: Bereft of his legendary brawn %tripodic stance Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan ZENA, by MARILYN RASHID Poem Source First Line: He comes to many doors Last Line: We tell each other. %is that a quote? Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan |
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