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Subject: UNITED NATIONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AT A UNITED NATIONS COCKTAIL PARTY, by BRUCE WRIGHT    Poem Source                    
First Line: In hand-crafted and tailored suits
Last Line: That it and the first are both absurd?
Subject(s): African Americans; United Nations


AT A UNITED NATIONS RECEPTION, by BRUCE WRIGHT    Poem Source                    
First Line: In too severly tailored suits
Last Line: That it and the first are both absurd?
Subject(s): African Americans; United Nations


BRAVE AND STARTLING TRUTH, by MAYA ANGELOU    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We, unaccustomed to courage
Subject(s): United Nations


FOR THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 1718, by NICHOLAS ROWE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh touch the string, celestial muse, and say
Last Line: And britain's festival be thine.
Subject(s): Birthdays; Europe; George I, King Of England (1660-1727); Great Britain - Relations With France; Triplets; United Nations


JUST DROPPED IN, by WILLIAM ROSSA COLE    Poem Source                    
First Line: He did not come to woo u nu
Last Line: Which he certainly knew you knew, u nu
Subject(s): United Nations


OFF THE WALDHEIM, by EDWARD DORN            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The papal audience is about as low as it gets
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; United Nations; Arab-israeli Conflict


OFF THE WALDHEIM, by EDWARD DORN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The papal audience is about as low as it gets
Last Line: Was cozying up to the palestinians at the u.N
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; United Nations


STRANGER, STRANGER, by JORGE MATEUS DE LIMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: And when the assyrians stopped waging war against the
Last Line: Continues to bury the dead on this wayward planet
Subject(s): Death; Humanity; United Nations; War


WORLD PEACE HYMN, by BENJAMIN D. DAVIES    Poem Text                    
First Line: On earth peace and goodwill toward men, the
Last Line: Singing melodies of peace.
Subject(s): Earth; Peace; United Nations; World