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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ETHNIC IDENTITY Matches Found: 22 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFRIKAN FLAG, by DEIDRA SUWANEE DEES Poem Source First Line: When she was a child Last Line: Making them accept their blame Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Ethnic Identity BABBLING, by JOSE OSWALD DE SOUZA ANDRADE Poem Source First Line: Cabralism. The civiliation of the donees. The willing Last Line: Dance. The vegatation. Brazilwood Subject(s): Brazil; Ethnic Identity; History; Poetry And Poets CONFEDERATE, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He doesn't look like a citadel cadet Variant Title(s): No Bumper Sticker Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; India CONFEDERATE, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He doesn't look like a citadel cadet Last Line: On my face never turned me porcelain Variant Title(s): No Bumper Sticke Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; India DO NOT BEAR MALICE TOWARD THE THATCH, by MICAH ICHEGBEH Poem Source First Line: They have killed a great animal with the mouth for me! Last Line: One, do not bear malice toward agana, your father's son Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Igede (african People) HUMAN MAP, by HEID E. ERDRICH Poem Source First Line: You will be happy to know someone has asked our cells to tell Last Line: Our bodies' code will crack. They will have their map Subject(s): Blood; Dna; Ethnic Identity; Science KNOWING, by JACQUELINE JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: We furthest away from our african mother Last Line: Our differences are our blessings Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Culture Conflict; Ethnic Identity; Women LET'S PRESERVE IGEDE, by MICAH ICHEGBEH Poem Source First Line: I pay my respects to you, to start with Last Line: I will speak my father's igede Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Igede (african People) MANE STORY, by LAURA TOHE Poem Source First Line: Straight hair, black hair, brown hair, coarse hair, horse hair Last Line: Over paper is the sound of seeds tumbling inside a dry gourd Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Ethnic Identity; Native Americans - Women MOTHER TONGUES-III, by JACQUELINE JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Just think, all those tongues Last Line: People of africa, were %standing upright Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Art And Artists; Ethnic Identity; Poetry And Poets; Rwanda; U.s. - Race Relations MY LAST NAME, by NICOLAS GUILLEN Poem Source First Line: Ever since school Last Line: Foreign and free as the air Subject(s): African Americans; Ancestors And Ancestry; Ethnic Identity; Freedom; Slavery NATIVE PRIDE, by ALICIA SWIMMER Poem Source First Line: This is something on my mind Last Line: Or experience crazy horse's wrath Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Ethnic Identity; Racism NOTHING IS TAKEN THAT IS NOT GIVEN, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rap beat of arrested development flared through the red Last Line: Nothing was taken that was not given Subject(s): Anthropology; Ethnic Identity; Explorers; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Reservations; Tourists; Travel RECOGNITION, by MIRIAM TEICHNER Poem Text First Line: So-you have 'recognized' the jew? Last Line: "since, wisely, now you ""recognize"" the jew." Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Judaism; Arab-israeli Conflict REPUBLICANS THINK THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Than they are. It's largely true Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Nature; Politics RIDE TO THE WEDDING, by PHEBUS ETIENNE Poem Source First Line: I said goodbye to another piece of childhood Last Line: I hid myself, as if defending what I am Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Growth; Tolerance RUNNING ACROSS TO THE LOT, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Our fathers were dead and %our brothers were dying Subject(s): African Americans - History; Despair; Ethnic Identity; Slavery THANK YOU, by MICAH ICHEGBEH Poem Source First Line: Father of children, I welcome you Last Line: This is our common home Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Gratitude; Igede (african People) WAS YOU BORN HERE?, by LEIGH PALMER Poem Source First Line: Cause you don't talk like you Last Line: You're from somewhere, aren't you?' Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Immigrants; Strangers WHERE I'VE BEEN ALL MY LIFE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sirs, in our youth you love the sight of us Last Line: Come die with me in the mosques of rotterdam. Subject(s): China; Ethnic Identity; Identity; Netherlands; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Self-consciousness; Travel; Women; Women's Rights; Holland; Dutch People; Journeys; Trips; Feminism WHO KNOWS?, by JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO Poem Source First Line: Oh indian watching from the doorway Last Line: Ah, my lord: who knows? Subject(s): Ethnic Identity; Incas; Peru YOUR SOUL, by ALEJANDRO GUANES Poem Source First Line: If the eye is a mirror that reflects the soul, then the women Last Line: Let me, in delirium, see your soul in a kiss! Subject(s): Deception; Ethnic Identity; Paraguay; Women |
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