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Subject: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I always like summer / best
Last Line: And sleep
Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki
Subject(s): African Americans; Americans; Appalachia; Family Life; Knoxville, Tennessee; Summer; United States; Women; Negroes; American Blacks; Relatives; America


REVIVAL COMES TO KNOXVILLE, 1970, by PARKS LANIER    Poem Source                    
First Line: On a warm evening, the city is the new jerusalem
Last Line: Unto caesar what is caesar's, and unto god very little at all
Subject(s): Cities; Knoxville, Tennessee; Life; Travel