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Subject: WORLD WAR II - JAPANESE-AMERICANS
Matches Found: 64

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ANATOMY OF THE INFINITE, by MARTHA WEBB    Poem Source                    
First Line: Woman. It is a word
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ANITA SKY, by ROB WILSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: I marinated her heart
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ARREST, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Torawaruru
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ASS WHY HARD, by GARRETT KAORU HONGO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We sit out on the concrete slab
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


AT THE VOLCANO INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Shokudo ni
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


C & H SUGAR STRIKE KAHUKU, 1923, by GARRETT KAORU HONGO    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You waken to food
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


CANE CUTTERS, by JULIET S. KONO    Poem Source                    
First Line: It is early morning. The brave
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


CHINESE HOT POT, by WING TEK LUM    Poem Source                    
First Line: My dream of america
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


CLEAR EYES, by TAMATHA F.    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


CRACK SEED, by KATHY PHILLIPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The bodhisattva
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


DEAR REIKO: 1968 - 1978, by JODY MANABE    Poem Source                    
First Line: We buy books to keep our secrets
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


EASTER: WAHIAWA, 1959: 1, by CATHY SONG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The rain stopped for one afternoon
Last Line: Which grandmother had been simmering %in vinegar and blue color all morning
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


EASTER: WAHIAWA, 1959: 2, by CATHY SONG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When grandfather was a young boy
Last Line: Marine-colored shells across his lap %was something like what the ocean gives %the beach after a rai
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ETIQUETTE, by JEAN YAMASAKI TOYAMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Eating a fish head is an art
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FACES ON THE UNPAVED ROAD PAST MOKULE'IA, by WINI TERADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your long dark hair streams behind you
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FEVER, by JO ANN UCHIDA    Poem Source                    
First Line: They had burned my letters
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FISH STORY, by DEAN H. HONMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Yeah that time when we went kapoho
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FORGING A PASSPORT, by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On the north side where wind and water
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FORT SILL INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Komi ageru
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


FREEWAY POEM, by LAURIE KURIBAYASHI    Poem Source                    
First Line: He's right
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


GRANDMOTHER AND THE WAR, by JULIET S. KONO    Poem Source                    
First Line: She memorized the pledge of allegiance
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


HARU ASAKI, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


HO. JUST CAUSE I SPEAK PIDGIN NO MEAN I DUMB, by DIANE HINA KAHANU    Poem Source                    
First Line: Pidgin short
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


HOMECOMING, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Akibae no
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


I AM THE EYEBALL LOOKING AT YOU, by KAIPO    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


I CAUGHT HIM ONCE, by WING TEK LUM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Gruff old fut
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


IKUMAN O, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


IN MY BODY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


INHERITANCE, by WANDA FUJIMOTO    Poem Source                    
First Line: My grandmother died
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


JUNIOR GOT THE SNAKES, by MICHAEL MCPHERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: One time
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


KIM CHEE TEST, by JOSEPH STANTON    Poem Source                    
First Line: It wasn't because
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


KUAN YIN MINGLES WITH THE GHOSTS, NOW ON GUIDED TOUR, by KATHY PHILLIPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: I kept my self-respect by loving every stone I carried
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


KUAN YIN TURNS HER PHOTO ALBUM TO A CERTAIN POINT, by KATHY PHILLIPS    Poem Source                    
First Line: When pressed, kuan yin explains
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


LAS HORAS DE VERDAD (THE HOURS OF TRUTH), by JILL E. WIDNER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Would the hours of truth discourage her
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


LAST TURNINGS OF THE SEASON'S WHEEL, by DEBRA THOMAS    Poem Source                    
First Line: As the last turnings of the season's wheel
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


LETTER TO PARIS, by GAIL N. HARADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Old letters accumulate like dust on my desk
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


LIKE LOVE, by LAURIE KURIBAYASHI    Poem Source                    
First Line: What you will remember are his hands
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ON THE SHIP TO THE MAINLAND, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Nobishi tsume
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


ORDER, by DENNIS KAWAHARADA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The fields seemed chaotic to him
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


PA-KE, by HERBERT CHUN    Poem Source                    
First Line: You speak of shadows
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


POEM FOR GEORGE HELM ALOHA WEEK 1980, by ERIC EDWARD CHOCK    Poem Source                    
First Line: I was in love with the word 'aloha'
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


RAIN QUIETUDE, by GARY RICHARD KISSICK    Poem Source                    
First Line: In sleep made of sleep and remembrance, a few raindrops
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


REVIEWING THE SCENE, by GARY TACHIYAMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Eleanor, don't do it'
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


RIDING THE NORTH POINT FERRY, by WING TEK LUM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Wrinkles: like
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Ashi no ue ni
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


SOME YEARS AGO, by CAROLINE GARRETT    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


SOMEDAY, BUT FOR NOW, by GARY TACHIYAMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: I take my place among you
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


SONG AT HANALEI, by MARTHA WEBB    Poem Source                    
First Line: A gesture of the sea
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


SONGS FROM THE ANCIENT AND MODERN, by JAN DAY FEHRMAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The island is a flower closing
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


STRANGE SCENT, by TAMARA LAULANI WONG-MORRISON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Hear the beating of the pahu
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


T'ANG FISHERMEN, by DANA NAONE HALL    Poem Source                    
First Line: I will recognize you
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TAKING HER TO THE OPEN MARKET, by WING TEK LUM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Scales glisten
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TANKA: DEATH AT THE CAMP, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The barren wasteland
Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TANSU I, by RAYNETTE TAKIZAWA    Poem Source                    
First Line: In old tansu drawers
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


THE WHITE PORCH, by CATHY SONG    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I wrap the blue towel
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TO BUDDY, ON THE EDGE, by DEAN H. HONMA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Buddy calls the other day
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TREMBLING, by JILL E. WIDNER    Poem Source                    
First Line: The butterfly was caught
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TRIBE, by CATHY SONG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was born
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


TUTU ON THE CURB, by ERIC EDWARD CHOCK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tutu standing on the corner
Subject(s): Loss; World War Ii - Japanese-americans


WATER BORN, by NORMAN HINDLEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Moomomi beach, narrow and hooked like a horseshoe
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


WE SAW THREE DIFFERENT STORE-LADIES, by SHERI MAE AKAMINE    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


WHERE YOU SLEEP, by DEBRA THOMAS    Poem Source                    
First Line: The moon nears our zenith
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


WHITE PORCH, by CATHY SONG    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I wrap the blue towel
Last Line: Cloth, hair and hands %smuggling you in
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans


YONSEI, by JULIET S. KONO    Poem Source                    
First Line: I hear the music
Subject(s): World War Ii - Japanese-americans