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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CREOLES Matches Found: 42 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1724, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: As she told her beads Last Line: Creoles. %gens de couleur. %libres Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AMERICAN SOUTH, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Banana plantains, crepe myrtle Last Line: Forgiven? Will this south ever, %ever be reconciled Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana APRES LE BAL DU CORDON BLEU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Did the sun come up Last Line: To flesh the eternal savage %lust of men Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AT LAFAYETTE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Creole cowboys with their Last Line: We dance, we dance, we dance Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AT TOWAN OAK, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Within earshot below Last Line: Emerge from that sweet bosom of the night Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana BAYOU BALLAD, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Oh, have you heard Last Line: Of cajun zydeco? Ahieeeeeeeeee Subject(s): Bayous; Creoles; Louisiana COINCOIN, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: 1786. %you were finally free Last Line: Or does my soul lie grieving %in this fevered mud Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana CREOLE, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Roman Empire; Names; Ancestors & Ancestry; Language; Creoles; Heritage; Heredity; Words; Vocabulary DIASPORA AND THE REVOLUTION, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Run, run across %to freedom; all Last Line: Final oneness of all Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana FIDDLER'S SONG: AFTER A FLOGGING, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Nothing in the moon Last Line: Dead around my feet Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana FROM THE FRENCH MARKET, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Cinnamon ladies %in gingham bonnets Last Line: Or something unexplained and in the very air Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana GHOSTS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: They raged reason against Last Line: Dominion over the oneness of all souls Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana GOMBO YA-YA, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: New orleans. %there's no mystery here Last Line: Are always in bloom like there is no tomorrow Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana HOMAGE TO MARIE LAVEAU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Isis of the south Last Line: Us from doubt and fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana L'ENFANT PERDUE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: What must be done Last Line: It is too much Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LA LUMIERE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: When the moon is full Last Line: And know that I was there Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LAFCADIO HEARN'S DREAM OF A QUADROON MISTRESS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Your wish? %to touch the light under my skin Last Line: And this night envelops us in the softness of stars Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LEGACY, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: My father's hands were rough Last Line: Nothing more is needed Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LES SOEURS DE LA SAINTE FAMILLE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Before the civil war Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LES VAGABONDS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Etienne: %sailing to france, enfin Last Line: The pelt of fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LETTER TO ALICE RUTH MOORE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: The grief of spring's upon us as I write Last Line: Be well and if you can, remember me Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LULLABY, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Beautiful dreamer: %night after storm Last Line: And breathe him this song Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MADAM BOUCARD TO HER MULATTO DAUGHTER, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Some unnamed thing Last Line: Coldness. Make us love Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MADAM BOUCARD'S ASSIGNATION, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: I stand in my rose Last Line: Mirabilis for his bastard babes Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MALA, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Oh, she's a strange lot Last Line: Sty amid the pink and lifeless corpses strewn within Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana ON WATCHING ZELIME BEING SOLD, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Monsieur charpentier's words Last Line: They quickly lead away Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana PERE DUVENY RUMINATS AMONG THE NATCHEZ, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Love is a mystery Last Line: Sleepless in this lavish %woodland of war Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana PORTRAIT OF MADAM BOUCARD, WITH PEARLS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: We are alone Last Line: He dare not touch me Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SIBLINGS: THE MALATTO SLAVE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Why she drive me so Last Line: Sought and won; I'll pay the price Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SONG OF THE OLD VENDOR, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Because my heart is mournful Last Line: Twenty-five cents for men, %fifty cents for women Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SONS OF FREEDOM, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: With an eagle in their caps Last Line: By the victory shouts for old glory Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SOULANGAI, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: There was a house by the river Last Line: A house that sang with the rising of soft morning Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SPELLS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Alcide raped ursule's girl Last Line: Coiled up on her bed and died Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SUZETTE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: As if a sorcerer struck a flame Last Line: One dusky night throwing all her stars Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SWAMP LEGEND, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: She was a tall Last Line: Until her eyes %bled like fire Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana THIBODAUX, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Surely there was also the warmth Last Line: Who fear the present past may breathe free and %for a while, forgive Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana TI MALICE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Trapped like a beaten dog Last Line: I leave with silence inside my eyes Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana TOUCOUTOU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Pale. - pale beyond relief Last Line: This infinite untouchable %privilege of being %white Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana VIEW FROM THE RAMPARTS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Carmelita pena %quarteronne and mistress Last Line: And go abroad, unbound Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana WILD IRIS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Soft measured rain at dawn Last Line: Whose indigo blossoms slowly %break and fall Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana ZALLI, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: She grows pale in that house Last Line: Balancing movement with fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana ZELIME, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Were it not for your eyes, zelime Last Line: Where are you now as the curfew booms? Where are %you now, as my heart grows dark? Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana |
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