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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: GHETTOS Matches Found: 14 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CRY FROM THE GHETTO, by MORRIS ROSENFELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The roaring of the wheels has filled my ears Last Line: They fight, they fall, they sink into the night. Subject(s): Ghettos A GHETTO CATCH, by LELAND DAVIS Poem Text First Line: In forsyth street the peddlers sell you peaches for a Last Line: In forsyth street where peddlers sell you peaches for a penny! Subject(s): Ghettos; Markets; Supermarkets A GHETTO CRADLE-SONG, by PHILIP MAX RASKIN Poem Text First Line: Sleep, my boy, the night is treading Last Line: Gold--in dreams, in dreams. Alternate Author Name(s): Raskin, P. M. Subject(s): Ghettos ANGLOSAXON STREET, by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dawndrizzle ended, dampness steams from Last Line: Waiting brief for milkhind, mornstar and worldrise. Subject(s): Ghettos; Streets; Avenues BELLY BUTTON, by STUART JOHN DYBEK Poem Source First Line: What was it about the belly button that connected it to the old country? Last Line: At that knotted opening that promised to lead inward, but never did Subject(s): Chicago; Cities; Ghettos CONCENTRATION CAMP BLUES, by HENRY DUMAS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I ain't jokin people, I aint playin around Subject(s): Ghettos; Jazz; Music & Musicians CONCENTRATION CAMP BLUES, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I ain't jokin people, I aint playin around Last Line: I aint jokin, I got to get outa his camp %cause the man is ready to number us all with a rubber stam Subject(s): Ghettos; Jazz; Music And Musicians DEEP, by ODESSA CLEVELAND Poem Source First Line: The writer televises her views Last Line: As a short as the fire %in a spark Subject(s): Ghettos; Violence EVICTIONS, by ROY MCFADDEN Poem Source First Line: Precocious refugee, %between the ghettoes' fires Last Line: The flame's dilating eye, %eager for holocaust Subject(s): Ghettos; Refugees HIS FATHER CARVED UMBRELLA HANDLES, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Ghettos; Teaching & Teachers; Family Life; Poverty; Despair; Educators; Professors; Relatives IN AN URBAN SCHOOL, by TOI DERRICOTTE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The guard picks dead leaves from plants Last Line: Was found dead in an empty lot Subject(s): African Americans – Childen; Schools; Ghettos LETTER TO A GHETTO BOY THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY, by ANNIE LEE Poem Source First Line: I tried to forget you, boy Last Line: Love of my innocence, even after I left, flew away like you said and tried to forget Subject(s): Cities; Ghettos; High School Students; Letters; Teenagers THE ALTNEUSHUL IN THE OLD PRAGUE GHETTO, by MARGE PIERCY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Craggy lines stoop against a crowded sky Last Line: Here you slam against the fact and then rejoice Subject(s): Synagogues; Prague, Czech Republic; Ghettos THE MELTING POT, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bearded old patriarchs, flippant young men Last Line: Heart of the ghetto on saturday night! Subject(s): Ghettos; Jews; Poverty; Weariness; Judaism; Fatigue |
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