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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: JOPLIN, JANIS (1943-1970) Matches Found: 19 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEATH OF JANIS JOPLIN, by ROBERT SCHAEFFER PHILLIPS Poem Source First Line: Because she was a white girl Last Line: Part of something at last Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock ELEGY, by MARILYN HACKER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crying from exile, I Last Line: Alone, you are dead Subject(s): Jazz; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music & Musicians ELEGY, by MARILYN HACKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crying from exile, I Last Line: Alone, you are dead Subject(s): Jazz; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music And Musicians FANS, by BARON WORMSER Poem Source First Line: When janis joplin died Last Line: We are still listening, but life is like death, %so strong it doesn't have to explain Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock JANIS JOPLIN, by SILVIA CURBELO Poem Source First Line: There is a song like a light Last Line: Because it must not end, %because it never lasts Subject(s): Baby Boom Generation; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Women MAMA LOVES JANIS JOPLIN, by RICHARD SPEAKES Poem Source First Line: It turns out you can have a daughter selling Last Line: You find the harmonies, and you sing along Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock MYSTERY TRAIN: JANIS JOPLIN LEAVES PORT ARTHUR FOR POINTS WEST, 1964, by DAVID WOJAHN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Train she rides is sixteen coaches long Subject(s): Blues (music); Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Railroads; Railways; Trains MYSTERY TRAIN: JANIS JOPLIN LEAVES PORT ARTHUR FOR POINTS WEST, 1964, by DAVID WOJAHN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Train she rides is sixteen coaches long Last Line: The mystery train is sixteen coaches long. %the whistle howls, the wheels click along Subject(s): Blues (music); Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Railroads PEARL, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: She was nothing much, this plain-faced girl from texas Subject(s): Biography; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Women; Biographers PEARL, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She was nothing much, this plain-faced girl from texas Last Line: In a storm on a blackened stage like a house %on fire Subject(s): Biography; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Women PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I don't understand how janis joplin did it, how she made her voice Last Line: My arms are easily as my body will hold forever the silence for which the mouth opens slowly Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OUT OF OUR LIVES, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Joplin's voice, edged like a crack Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock; Rock & Roll PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OUT OF OUR LIVES, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Joplin's voice, edged like a crack Last Line: Go higher, the hands go %capo up my neck Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock SOUTHERN CROSS FOR JANIS JOPLIN, by BARON JAMES ASHANTI Poem Source First Line: Trouble ferrying loneliness %through chords stitching devil's music Last Line: But j.J. Could've been anybody %she wanted %when she sang the blues! Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970) THE PENALTY FOR BIGAMY IS TWO WIVES, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I don't understand how janis joplin did it, how she made her voice Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music, Rock; Rock & Roll TOURISTS: 2. JANIS JOPLIN, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sits by the jukebox in the powwow tavern Last Line: Sings along off key Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970) TOURISTS: 2. JANIS JOPLIN, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sits by the jukebox in the powwow tavern Last Line: And sings along off key Subject(s): Joplin, Janis (1943-1970) YOU CAN'T RHUMBOOGIE IN A BALL AND CHAIN, by ALICE FULTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You called the blues' loose black belly lover Last Line: "“it’s your shade, this blood dress,” we say. “it’s you." Subject(s): Jazz; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music & Musicians YOU CAN'T RHUMBOOGIE IN A BALL AND CHAIN, by ALICE FULTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You called the blues' loose black belly lover Last Line: It's your shade, this blood dress,' we say. 'it's you.' Subject(s): Jazz; Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Music And Musicians |
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