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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ASIAN AMERICANS Matches Found: 36 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTER OUR WAR, by JOHN BALABAN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: After our war, the dismembered bits Last Line: After our war, how will love speak? Subject(s): Asian Americans; Poetry & Poets; Scars; Social Problems; Soldiers; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; War AND ALL THE GIRLS CRIED, by KATHY WONG Poem Source First Line: Madam screamed %'get off your but!' Subject(s): Asian Americans AT THE STRONGHOLD, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Miles is so sufficient Last Line: In my own, in my own, %wisdom and dignity %as a man Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Davis, Miles (1926-1991); Music And Musicians DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE, by JUNE JORDAN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Asian Americans - Chinese; Racism; Chinese In The United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FACTORY GIRLS, by CHEA VILLANEUVA Poem Source First Line: In the philippines %women sell their bodies Subject(s): Asian Americans FOR THE POETS OF FIRETREE, by VALORIE (NAKAMA) BEJARANO Poem Source First Line: Ang bayan ko %sweet motherland of my birth Subject(s): Asian Americans FRESNO, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Fresno, california's eighth largest city, is the financial headquarters Last Line: Watered by want, the spirit thrives Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; California; Ethnic Groups - United States FUJI-YAMA, by A. WALTER SOLOMON Poem Text First Line: As an old noble-lady Last Line: A fiery heart leaps. Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Old Age; Women; Japanese In The United States GIRL ON THE SWING, by CHUNGMI KIM Poem Source First Line: She sees the mountain Subject(s): Asian Americans IN REMEMBERANCE, by JANICE MIRIKITANI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We gather at your coffin Subject(s): Asian Americans INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Let us take %what we can Last Line: Let there be %order. %let us be %wise Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Home; Japanese Americans - Internment INTRODUCTION, by JOHN YAU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It had to be from someone whose grandparents were born in shanghai Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Asian Americans - Chinese; Self; Heritage; Heredity; Chinese In The United States ISSEI, THE JAPANESE LADY, by JESSICA KAWASUNA SAIKI Poem Source First Line: She wears brown as a carapace, annonymous as Last Line: The paper screen, the brown Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Conversation; Culture Conflict; Friendship; Guests JAZZ, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: The music speaks for itself. And it certainly spoke to me. It called me Last Line: And before he knew it, he was writing poetry Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Ethnic Groups - United States; Jazz; Music And Musicians LITTLE MAID OF FAR JAPAN, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Little maid upon my fan Last Line: Do you like this other place? Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Children; January; Japanese In The United States; Childhood LOOKING BACK AT CAMP, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: To get into the fair Last Line: This is not amache!' Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners MAGIC ISLAND, by CATHY SONG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A collar of water Last Line: Suspicious of so much sunshine, %they keep expecting rain Subject(s): Asian Americans OF FLESH AND SPIRIT, by WANG PING Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was a virgin till twenty-three, then always had more than Last Line: Never saw him again. Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Chinese In The United States OKASAN MOTHER, by SAKAE S. ROBERSON Poem Source First Line: Twenty-five years she's been here Subject(s): Asian Americans OLD CHIN LEE, by LEWIS C. DAVISON Poem Text First Line: Old chin lee / sitting in the door Last Line: Is old chin lee. Subject(s): Asian Americans ON BEING ASIAN AMERICAN, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Of course, not everyone %can be an asian american Last Line: As the rest of the world %comes forward to greet you Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese PEOPLE HERE: A LETTER, by MYRNA PENA-REYES Poem Source First Line: Dear manang, thanks for your call Subject(s): Asian Americans PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Which I wish to remark Last Line: Which the same I am free to maintain. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Variant Title(s): The Heathen Chinee;plain Talk From Truthful James Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Gambling; Chinese In The United States; Wagering; Betting POEM BY THE WELLSIDE, by MEENA ALEXANDER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Body, you're a stranger here Last Line: At nightfall, in your mother's country Subject(s): Asian Americans; Immigrants POEM BY THE WELLSIDE, by MEENA ALEXANDER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Body, you're a stranger here Subject(s): Asian Americans POEMS IN STONE, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Mighty willamette! %beautiful friend Last Line: Was our old community. %echoes! Echoes! Echoes! Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Poetry And Poets RED EARTH, BLUE SKY, PETRIFIED, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: A soft melody, over and over Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Melodies SATCHIMO'S, by VERNON MOOERS Poem Source First Line: Jeung ho cranks 'em out, bangs away on the Last Line: Hair and beatnik cools of patent smoothes Subject(s): Asian Americans SEVEN WORDS OF POETRY, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: All this happened on the same day, as I remember -- the seven words Last Line: Museum! Tell me mama-san -- how long have you been in this oday fresh! Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; English As A Second Language; Poetry And Poets SHADOW IN STONE, by JANICE MIRIKITANI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We wander in the stifling heat Last Line: To echo over and over %never again Subject(s): Asian Americans SONG OF THE SAD GUITAR, by MARILYN MEI LING CHIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the bitter year of 1988 I was banished to san diego, california Last Line: May truly be dead and waiting to be summoned by the sound of the sad guitar Alternate Author Name(s): Chin, Marilyn Subject(s): Asian Americans; Cities SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: YEE BOW, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They got me into the sunday-school Last Line: And no children shall worship at my grave. Subject(s): Asian Americans; Religious Discrimination; Religious Conflict TEA, by HENRY T. PRAED Poem Text First Line: Chinese maiden, tea cup in her hand Last Line: In a cup of tea. Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Food & Eating; Tea; Chinese In The United States THE YOUNG LAUNDRYMAN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ladies, I crave your indulgence for Last Line: Your husband's shirts to wash, please, for wu kee. Subject(s): Asian Americans; Laundry & Laundering WE THE EXILED, by BRENDA PAIK SUNOO Poem Source First Line: I can understand %why %it's hard Subject(s): Asian Americans WONG GIM JUNG, by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He is as much old california Last Line: "dinner leddy!" Alternate Author Name(s): Young, Sanborn, Mrs. Subject(s): Asian Americans |
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