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Subject: BANNEKER, BENJAMIN (1731-1806)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BANNEKER, by RITA DOVE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What did he do except lie / under a pear tree
Subject(s): Astronomy & Astronomers; Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806); Mathematics; Racial Equality


BENJAMIN BANNEKER HELPS TO BUILD A CITY, by JAY WRIGHT    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In a morning coat,
Subject(s): Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806)


BENJAMIN BANNEKER SENDS HIS 'ALMANAC' TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, by JAY WRIGHT    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old now, / your eyes nearly blank
Subject(s): Banneker, Benjamin (1731-1806); Stars; Mathematics