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Subject: JAPANESE AMERICANS - INTERNMENT Matches Found: 183 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DANCE OF WOODEN SHOES, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother's in geta shoes Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming AMERICAN SON, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When I was ten Last Line: What good %is a son %in america Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Japanese Americans - Internment; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations ARREST, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Torawaruru Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans AT THE VOLCANO INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Shokudo ni Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans BEDTIME STORY, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once upon a time, %an old japanese legend Last Line: I shouted %'that's the end?' Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment BLOCK 4 BARRACK 4 'APT' C, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The barbed fence %protected us Last Line: And a barracksful %of ears shed tears Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment BREAKING SILENCE, by JANICE MIRIKITANI Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are miracles that happen, she said Last Line: Our language is beautiful. Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment CACTI, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am an expectant guest Last Line: It is already old Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment CHRYSANTHEMUMS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Miss yamada knew if a girl was tall and thin, or short and Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming CHRYSANTHEMUMS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Miss yamada knew if a girl was tall and thin, or short and Last Line: Sting. These chrysanthemums stolen, crossing an ocean to %return them Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming CINCINNATI, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Freedom at last %in this town aimless Last Line: Everyone knew me Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Japanese Americans - Internment; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations CONCENTRATION CONSTELLATION, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: In this earthly configuration Last Line: Of a twisted and remembered fence Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Japanese Americans - Internment; Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado, 1864 COUPLE OF GEESE OVER PHOENIX, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source Last Line: It's unmistakable: fall is in the air Subject(s): Immigrants; Japanese Americans - Internment; Oregon; Prisons And Prisoners COYOTE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We spotted him scouting antelope along bison basin road Last Line: Until the curve of his ribs began to cool beneath my fingers Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming CURFEW, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In our area Last Line: There must be no light Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment DANCE OF WOODEN SHOES, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother's in geta shoes Last Line: Shaped welts on yellow ivory Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming DESERT FLOWERS, by JANICE MIRIKITANI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers / faded Last Line: Scatter in the wind. Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Mothers DESERT MYSTIQUE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Every year on the face of glossy Last Line: Like a well-combed %zen garden Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment DESERT RUN, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I return to the desert Last Line: I will die %and so will you Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment DESERT STORM, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Near the mess hall Last Line: This was %re %location Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment DESERT UNDER GLASS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Look at the buckwheat Last Line: By one %steady %inward %eye Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment DIALOGUE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I said %don't Last Line: Looking out %the window Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment ENRYO, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Enryo is a japanese word Last Line: Saying no %trouble at all Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment EVACUATION, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As we boarded the bus Last Line: Note smiling faces %a lesson to tokyo Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment FISH WIFE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sting of the hook in my lip Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming FISH WIFE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sting of the hook in my lip Last Line: And gleaming coils of fine, silk twine Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming FORT SILL INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Komi ageru Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans GREAT GRANDMA, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Great %grandmama's savings Last Line: When used up %time to die Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment GUILTY ON BOTH COUNTS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I glide in my bullet train Last Line: Nine hours from tokyo Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by TOKUJI HIRAI Poem Source First Line: Looking at summer moon Last Line: We are living in alien (enemy) land Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by TOKUJI HIRAI Poem Source First Line: Early moon has set Last Line: People unable to sleep %whispering Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HIDEO ITO Poem Source First Line: Thin shadow of tule reed Last Line: On barbed wire fence Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by KYOTARO KOMURO Poem Source First Line: Lingering summer heat Last Line: On dusty white road Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by KYOTARO KOMURO Poem Source First Line: Passed guard tower Last Line: Before summer daybreak Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by KYOTARO KOMURO Poem Source First Line: Want to be with children Last Line: Of irrigation ditch Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HEKISAMEI MATSUDA Poem Source First Line: Doll without a head Last Line: One evening Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by RYOKUIN MATSUI Poem Source First Line: Sprinkling water outside Last Line: In full force and barefooted Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SUIKO MATSUSHITA Poem Source First Line: Rain shower from mountain Last Line: Barbed wire fence Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SUIKO MATSUSHITA Poem Source First Line: Oh shells Last Line: Is slowly crumbling Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HYAKUISSEI OKAMOTO Poem Source First Line: Dandelion has bloomed Last Line: Of what consequence? Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HYAKUISSEI OKAMOTO Poem Source First Line: Jeep patrolling slowly Last Line: Stove is glowing %at night Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SHIHO OKAMOTO Poem Source First Line: Being arrested Last Line: At home peony bud %still firm Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SHIHO OKAMOTO Poem Source First Line: In the shade of summer sun Last Line: Guard tapping rock %with club Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SHIHO OKAMOTO Poem Source First Line: In the sage brush Last Line: Torrid wind blows Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by NEIJI OZAWA Poem Source First Line: Desert rain falling Last Line: Then fall asleep Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SEI SAGARA Poem Source First Line: Suddenly awakened Last Line: Listening to bugle from guard house moonlight Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SHONAN SUZUKI Poem Source First Line: Withered grass on ground Last Line: Army tank creaking %in the wind Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SHONAN SUZUKI Poem Source First Line: Moon shadows on internment camp Last Line: Again this year Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SENBINSHI TAKAOKA Poem Source First Line: Frosty morning Last Line: Today I became a woodcutter Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SENBINSHI TAKAOKA Poem Source First Line: Winter wind Last Line: Goat bleating Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SADAYO TANIGUCHI Poem Source First Line: Hand-culled and taken away Last Line: Even today Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HANGETSU TSUNEKAWA Poem Source First Line: Sentry at main gate Last Line: In evening sun Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SACHIKO UVEMARUKO Poem Source First Line: On certain days Last Line: Flowers of gobo are purple Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by SACHIKO UVEMARUKO Poem Source First Line: Grieving within Last Line: Oats on the ground Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HANKURO WADA Poem Source First Line: Young grass red and shriveled Last Line: Wide sandy flat %and gritty wind Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HANKURO WADA Poem Source First Line: Released seagull Last Line: Summer morning in highlands Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by HANKURO WADA Poem Source First Line: Even the croaking of frogs Last Line: This is our life Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HAIKU, by JYOSHA YAMADA Poem Source First Line: Black clouds instantly shroud Last Line: Hail storming against us today also Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HARMONY AT THE FAIR GROUNDS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Why is the soldier boy in a cage Last Line: Lines for the john %lines for shots Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HARU ASAKI, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 1. KIMIKO OZAWA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oka-san keeps stuffing rags under Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 1. KIMIKO OZAWA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oka-san keeps stuffing rags under Last Line: To keep from blowing away Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 10. MINORU SAITO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I shaved my head and became Last Line: That made me say no Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 2. JIMMY YAMAMOTO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Papa says we must tell the hospital Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 2. JIMMY YAMAMOTO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Papa says we must tell the hospital Last Line: I see the man-in-the-moon Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 3. MASA NAKAHARA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am thinking about the temple Last Line: Serial number in its ear Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 4. CHESTER KOREMATSU, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fish are heavier than coal Last Line: Between flames and water Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 4. CHESTER KOREMATSU, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fish are heavier than coal Last Line: Between flames and water Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 5. LILY IWASAKI, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Minoru, it's been over a month Last Line: Full of rage and cunning Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 6. SAM TOYAMA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother held up a wrinkled fashion Last Line: Kicking me in the face inside her Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 7. NINA INOUE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since the shoe ration, I can't play Last Line: I learned what it means to be kind Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 8. YOSHIO MIYAKE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It sours my incense, disturbs the sleep Last Line: Will suddenly wake, eyes spitting blood Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HEART MOUNTAIN, 1943: 9. CHIKAKO OKANO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know tweezing away dead skin Last Line: The scars I leave behind Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HIROSHIMA MAIDEN, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother recognized / my feet and claimed me Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HIROSHIMA MAIDEN, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother recognized %my feet and claimed me Last Line: Richly embroidered %by unfamiliar hands Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming HOLE IN THE WALL, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We bumble into the mojave Last Line: Impatient to shed our citiness Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment HOMECOMING, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Akibae no Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans HOMECOMING, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I widow %redo my life Last Line: To find mama %alive Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment IKUMAN O, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans IN THE OUTHOUSE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our collective wastebin Last Line: I am drowning Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment INSIDE NEWS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A small group Last Line: Are now the children Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Let us take %what we can Last Line: Let there be %order. %let us be %wise Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Home; Japanese Americans - Internment KAKITSUBATA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come to the place of eight bridges Last Line: The song of sparrows will always tell you otherwise Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming; Dreams KAKITSUBATA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come to the place of eight bridges Last Line: The song of sparrows will always tell %you otherwise Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming LEGENDS FROM CAMP, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: It began as truth, as fact Last Line: Will anyone ever need %another camp director Subject(s): Buddhism; Concentration Camps; Crime And Criminals; History; Japanese Americans - Internment; Legends; Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado, 1864; Terror LICHENS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: While we sleep in our tents Last Line: And fledgling ferns to %make our desert lawn Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment LOOKING BACK AT CAMP, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: To get into the fair Last Line: This is not amache!' Subject(s): Asian Americans - Japanese; Concentration Camps; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners MARRIAGE WAS A FOREIGN COUNTRY, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I come to be here Last Line: I was not a picture bride %I only was afraid Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Marriage MESS HALL DISCIPLINE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The mother drew my eyes Last Line: And abundant tears Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment MINIDOKA, IDAHO, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In minidoka %I ordered a pair of white Last Line: We rescued them %from the bullies Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment MITTEN SPRINGS: 1. BENNY'S PLACE, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We made camp %by the springs Last Line: Flung from the snow Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming MITTEN SPRINGS: 2. ANTELOPE HUNTING, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stirring up grouse Last Line: Of dust and hoofbeats Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming MITTEN SPRINGS: 3. GUTTING, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sawing the ribcage %was hard work Last Line: The spicy sage taste %run through me Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming NIGHT BEFORE GOOD-BYE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mama is mending Last Line: Remember %keep your underwear %in good repair %in case of accident %don't bring shame %on us Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment NINGYO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She took me everywhere Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming NINGYO, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She took me everywhere Last Line: Opening the sky Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming OBON: FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On the day of the festival uncle leads our Last Line: The sky is aflame as thousands of silent roman %candles float out with the tide Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Exiles; Japanese Americans - Internment; Rites And Ceremonies ODE TO SHUSHI, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gleaming arc / of knife Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming ODE TO SHUSHI, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gleaming arc %of knife Last Line: A white moon Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming ON THE BUS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who goes? %not the leaders of the people Last Line: Where the first baby %was christened %melody Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment ON THE SHIP TO THE MAINLAND, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Nobishi tsume Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans OYURUSHI, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We danced hopscotch squares Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming OYURUSHI, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We danced hopscotch squares Last Line: I am your sister Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming P.O.W.: 1, by JACK YASUTAKE Poem Source First Line: I sit %inside these fences Last Line: Were left outside Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment P.O.W.: 2, by JACK YASUTAKE Poem Source First Line: My daily routine Last Line: Has nothing to do with %my appetite Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment PEACH GIRL, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Apprehended by snow Last Line: And you will spit it out Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming PEARLS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother eats seaweed and plum pickles Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming PEARLS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother eats seaweed and plum pickles Last Line: It hurts. And the more it hurts, %the bigger the pearl Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming PEONY LANTERN, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do not forget me Last Line: Her own limbs, one by one Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming PEONY LOVER, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A thinnest sliver of moon, and caterpillars Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming PEONY LOVER, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A thinnest sliver of moon, and caterpillars Last Line: Of peony petals crumpling in my fists Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming POEMS FROM AMACHE CAMP, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Dear lawson, %2 ys u r, %s ys u b Last Line: I meet you at %amache gate! %always, %naomi Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Japanese Americans - Internment; Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado, 1864 PURSUING A CAREER: 2. WORD PROCESSING, by LAWSON FUSAO INADA Poem Source First Line: Intern(m)e(n)t Subject(s): Computers; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Professions QUESTION OF LOYALTY, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I met the deadline Last Line: My only ticket out Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment RECRUITING TEAM, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Returning from the hospital Last Line: I have a right to be %drafted Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Ashi no ue ni Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; World War Ii - Japanese-americans SEARCH AND RESCUE, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We joined the party Last Line: Up against the stone wall. %enshrined Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment SOME PEOPLE WALKED THROUGH, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Please do not feed me Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment SONGS FOR AN APPROACHING RAINY SEASON, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today the tomatoes will blush Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming SONGS FOR AN APPROACHING RAINY SEASON, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today the tomatoes will blush Last Line: And pry each of my petals loose Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming SQUID, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Purplish pink, their bodies were mottled with black dots, like Last Line: Water, and when I held them up to my nose they smelled like %another country Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming STAR FESTIVAL: 1. SUMIDA RIVER, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rice-paper lanterns bob Last Line: The sides of the boats %in judgment Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming STAR FESTIVAL: 2. ORIHIME'S SONG, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I came from mulberry trees Last Line: To have you inside me again Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming STAR FESTIVAL: 3. A THOUSAND CRANES, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I go to the bamboo grove Last Line: I am selfish Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming TANKA, by TAISANBOKU MOTOKAZU MORI Poem Source First Line: My comrade Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by TAISANBOKU MOTOKAZU MORI Poem Source First Line: In my dream Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by TAISANBOKU MOTOKAZU MORI Poem Source First Line: Gazing at the barracks Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: For those who work Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Biting down my overgrown nails Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Sailing on the same ship Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: In the sudden downpour Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: As if to relish Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: I bid farewell Subject(s): Farewell; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Within just ten days Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: When the war is over Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Beyond the forbidding fence Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: A fellow prisoner Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Since there is no one Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Many a friend Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: My elongated shadow Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Late autumn gale Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: How menacing the howl is Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Behind the moving train Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: After a long half year Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: As I doze at dawn Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: There is nothing Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Koko head nears Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Stained in blue Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Sailing the same sea Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: With morning sunlight Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: A flock of black birds Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: In this desolate field Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Fifty and more Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: How lonely the delicate sound Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Ants climbing up my foot Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: My hands lightly touch Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Should I talk Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: My wife and children Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: After nightfall Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Even for the short time Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: How many more thousand miles Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: Autumn deepens Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: While the mp's wait Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: AN INTERNEE MOURNS FOR HIS SON WHO DIED IN ITALY, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: As thou light a candle Subject(s): Death - Children; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: ARREST, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: The time has come Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: AT THE SAND ISLAND CAMP, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: Like a dog %I am commanded Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: AT THE VOLCANO INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: I look around %the hushed darkness Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: DEATH AT THE CAMP, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: The barren wasteland Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners; World War Ii - Japanese-americans TANKA: FIRST STAND ON THE MAINLAND, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: I stand in the fog Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: FORT SILL INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: A wretching anguish rises Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: HOMECOMING, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: A thin autumn fly Subject(s): Homecoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: LORDSBURG INTERNMENT CAMP, by SOJIN TOKIJI TAKEI Poem Source First Line: There is no fence Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: ON THE SHIP TO THE MAINLAND, by KEIHO YASUTARO SOGA Poem Source First Line: From the cabin window Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: ON THE TRAIN, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Far beyond the desert Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: SANTA FE INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: I stand in line Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners TANKA: TULE LAKE INTERNMENT CAMP, by MUIN OTOKICHI OZAKI Poem Source First Line: Disloyal' Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment; Prisons And Prisoners THE WOMAN WHO LOVES INSECTS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you stand outside my gate Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming THIRTY YEARS UNDER, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I had packed up Last Line: Than being spat on %like a dog Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment TRICK WAS, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: But the mind was not fooled Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment UTOYASUKATA, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My heart's a black bird Last Line: And you'll say yasukata Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming WATCHTOWER, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: We loved and we lived %just like people Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment WHAT YOUR MOTHER TELLS YOU, by MITSUYE YAMADA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What you mother tells you now Last Line: You will come to know Subject(s): Japanese Americans - Internment WOMAN WHO LOVES INSECTS, by LEE ANN RORIPAUGH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If you stand outside my gate Last Line: My honeybee. %my centipede Subject(s): Concentration Camps; Heart Mountain Relocation Center Wyoming; Japanese Americans - Internment; Wyoming |
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