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Subject: SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BACKYARD GARDENING IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, by ANNA LEAHY    Poem Source                    
First Line: I have an aunt who looks %into the backyards of neighbors
Last Line: Waiting fo rht ecardinals to come %together to feed
Subject(s): Aunts; Springfield, Illinois


SAYINGS OF HENRY STEPHENS, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If you get enough money
Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Farm Life; Coal Mines & Miners; Springfield, Illinois'; Strikes; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Agriculture; Farmers; Labor Disputes; Lockouts


SPRINGFIELD MAGICAL, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In this, the city of my discontent
Last Line: In this, the city of my discontent!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Springfield, Illinois