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Subject: GERMAN AMERICANS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LONG ROOT, by DEBRA MARQUART    Poem Source                    
First Line: She liked to tell jokes
Last Line: I must say them %backward
Subject(s): German Americans; Germany; Grandchildren; Grandparents


MUSIC; AND THE SAVAGE BREAST, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'd read the kaiser's note
Last Line: .... I thank you, band of germans.
Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A.
Subject(s): Bands; German Americans; Holidays; Memorial Day; Music & Musicians; Patriotism; Orchestras; Declaration Day


THE GERMAN AMERICAN TO HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The great guns crashing angrily
Last Line: Still guards the teuton's holy grail!
Subject(s): German Americans; U.s. - Foreign Population; World War I; First World War


THE NEUTRAL, by GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou who canst stop this slaughter if thou wilt
Last Line: The mute accusing army of the dead?
Subject(s): German Americans; World War I; First World War