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Subject: MONROE, MARILYN (1926-1962)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE, by SHARON OLDS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The ambulance men touched her cold
Last Line: Woman %breathing
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Popular Culture - United States


GHOST TANTRA: 39, by MICHAEL THOMAS MCCLURE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Marilyn monroe, today thou hast passed
Last Line: Noh grooh rahhr
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962)


MARIA MITCHELL IN THE GREAT BEYOND WITH MARILYN MONROE, by CAROLE SIMMONS OLES    Poem Source                    
First Line: What would my life have been without your face?
Last Line: Say these, norma jean. %we are women learning together
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962)


MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPHS, by PAGE DOUGHERTY DELANO    Poem Source                    
First Line: This article notes auctions of beatles and monroe things
Subject(s): Auctions; Bands; Beatles, The; Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Music And Musicians


MARILYN', by OOKA MAKOTO    Poem Source                    
First Line: Death: %a mirror that
Last Line: Marine. %blue
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962)


PRAYER FOR MARILYN MONROE, by ERNESTO CARDENAL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord %accept this girl called marilyn monroe throughout the
Last Line: Lord, you pick up that phone
Subject(s): Actors And Actresses; Death; Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Prayer; Suicide


THE DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE, by SHARON OLDS    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The ambulance men touched her cold
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Popular Culture - United States


TO MARILYN MONROE WHOSE FAVORITE COLOR WAS WHITE, by MADELINE DEFREES    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When you wriggled onto the silver screen, marilyn-
Last Line: White sleep history promised.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline
Subject(s): Chastity; Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); White (color)


TOURISTS: 3. MARILYN MONROE, by SHERMAN ALEXIE    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Drives herself to the reservation. Tired and cold
Last Line: Finally, she is no more naked than anyone else
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962)


TOURISTS: 3. MARILYN MONROE, by SHERMAN ALEXIE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Drives herself to the reservation. Tired and cold
Last Line: Finally, she is no more naked than anyone else
Subject(s): Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962)


TRYING ON MARILYN MONROE'S SHOES, by CYNTHIA GALLAHER    Poem Source                    
First Line: I said, girl, like when did marilyn ever walk around in these?
Last Line: Even after I slip those shoes off
Subject(s): Baby Boom Generation; Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962); Shoes; Women