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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NEW ORLEANS Matches Found: 36 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A COLLEGE REMINISCENCE; ADDRESSED TO THOMAS B. THORPE, ESQ., by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear tom, have you forgot the day Last Line: Just like your city! Subject(s): New Orleans; Thorpe, Thomas Bangs (1815-1878) A REPLY TO STORMS IN NEW ORLEANS; FOR MY MOTHER IN SEATTLE, by CAROLYNE WRIGHT Poem Text First Line: Nothing unholy about lightning where Subject(s): New Orleans; Storms BOURBON AND CANAL, by BROD BAGERT Poem Source First Line: Corner of bourbon and canal Last Line: Belongs to her two feet? Subject(s): New Orleans BUTLER'S PROCLAMATION, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ay! Drop the treacherous mask! Throw by Last Line: Save -- immortality of shame! Subject(s): American Civil War; Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893); New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); United States - History; Women FAUBOURG STUDY NO. 3: THE SEVEN SISTERS OF NEW ORLEANS, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I do recall the day the last of them Subject(s): African Americans; New Orleans GROWING UP WITH A SEARS CATALOG IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA, by KHALED MATTAWA Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Omar pointed to a pink man Subject(s): Lust; Conduct Of Life; New Orleans GULF MUSIC, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mallah, walla tells bella. Trah mah trah-la, la, la, la Subject(s): Hurricans; Jazz; New Orleans JACKSON AT NEW ORLEANS, by WALLACE RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hear through the morning drums and trumpets Last Line: Blest of jehovah. Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De Subject(s): Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); New Orleans, Battle Of (1815); War Of 1812 LOVE LETTER: FRENCH QUARTER, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two pigeons on my porch Last Line: That has no name Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MARDI GRAS, by JEFFERSON HUMPHRIES Poem Source First Line: Fat tuesday Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MARDI GRAS, by RAFEL DWAINE RIEVES Poem Source First Line: I saw masks, a tight march of aluminum men Last Line: And his made up men, unmasked and following, one at a time Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MARDI GRAS, by RACHAL WHEAT Poem Source First Line: I used to live in new orleans Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MARDI GRAS MORNING, by VASSAR MILLER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It was the wine speaking, but the wine spoke love Last Line: Suffered only by those who suffer like jesus, %ignorant knowing nobody speaks except love Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MARDI GRAS SONG, by ANNIE FINCH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I danced in gold and fell in love Last Line: They kicked my insides in Subject(s): Mardi Gras (new Orleans) MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI, by CHARLES H. TIFFANY Poem Text First Line: In clear cold blue itasca lake, in scores of mountain Last Line: Like swaying drunken harlots in the gulf of mexico. Subject(s): Mississippi; Mississippi River; Missouri; New Orleans; Rivers MUMFORD: THE MARTYR OF NEW ORLEANS, by INA MARIE PORTER Poem Text First Line: Where murdered mumford lies Last Line: Our colors wave. Subject(s): American Civil War; Capital Punishment; Mumford, William B.; New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); U.s. - History; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty NEW ORLEANS, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fruit of a french scam, the new world being Last Line: And bad rock outshouts jazz's gracious ghost Subject(s): New Orleans NEW ORLEANS HARLOT, by FRANCES LYKSETT Poem Text First Line: Envy and avarice spoke from her greedy face Last Line: Of all her coquetries, and tawdry wiles. Subject(s): New Orleans; Prostitution; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Harlots; Whores; Brothels NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 1890, by CODY WALKER Poem Source First Line: We're selling shaved ice with black kids Last Line: From the lair of the congo eel- %caleb Subject(s): Absence; New Orleans PASSOVER IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, by ROGER WEINGARTEN Poem Source First Line: Angel of vengeance comes in low over bourbon street Last Line: An ancient magnolia, extinguished in the prying %fingertips of the wind Subject(s): New Orleans; Passover PHOTOGRAPH OF A BAWD DRINKING RALEIGH RYE, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The glass in her hand is the only thing moving Subject(s): Storyville, New Orleans; Prostitution; Harlots; Whores; Brothels STORYVILLE DIARY, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot now remember the first word Subject(s): Bellocq, E. J.; Fathers; Identity; Nudity; Photography & Photographers; Portraits; Prostitution; Storyville, New Orleans; Nakedness; Harlots; Whores; Brothels SUBSTITUTE BASSIST, by CAROLYN D. WRIGHT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: During the very rich times of the duke Last Line: As though carving a scar in the bark, %willow weep for me Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, C. D. Subject(s): Jazz; Music And Musicians; New Orleans THE 'VARUNA', by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who has not heard of the dauntless varuna Last Line: Oh! For the dead let us all kneel to pray! Subject(s): American Civil War; New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); United States - History; Varuna (ship) THE BALLAD OF NEW ORLEANS, by GEORGE HENRY BOKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Just as the hour was darkest Last Line: Were resting the will and the power. Subject(s): American Civil War; Farragut, David Glascow (1801-1870); New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); United States - History THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS [JANUARY 8, 1815], by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, in my rude log cabin Last Line: Shone forth in glory there. Subject(s): Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); New Orleans, Battle Of (1815); War Of 1812 THE HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY (3), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Ye gentlemen and ladies fair Last Line: "oh! Kentucky, / the hunters of kentucky" Subject(s): "kentucky;new Orleans, Battle Of (1815);soldiers;war Of 1812; THE RIVER FIGHT; APRIL 18, 1862, by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do you know of the dreary land Last Line: And the traitor flags come down. Subject(s): American Civil War; Farragut, David Glascow (1801-1870); Navy - United States; New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); Patriotism; Slavery; United States - History; American Navy; Serfs THE SURRENDER OF NEW ORLEANS, by MARION MANVILLE Poem Text First Line: All day long the guns at the forts Last Line: A glory for one is another's lost cause. Alternate Author Name(s): Pope, Marion Manville, Mrs. Subject(s): American Civil War; New Orleans, Battle Of (1862); U.s. - History THREE LOVE POEMS BY A NATIVE: 1. NEW ORLEANS, by MAXINE CASSIN Poem Source First Line: You have to be almost on top of the mart Last Line: Suddenly encounter each other at their far reaches Subject(s): Jazz; Music And Musicians; New Orleans THREE LOVE POEMS BY A NATIVE: 2. BASTILLE DAY, by MAXINE CASSIN Poem Source First Line: What do we do when the fanfare ends? Last Line: Beside the presbytere Subject(s): Holidays; Jazz; Music And Musicians; New Orleans THREE LOVE POEMS BY A NATIVE: 3. JAZZ FUNERAL, by MAXINE CASSIN Poem Source First Line: As they cut the body loose Last Line: Taunting jupiter Subject(s): Funerals; Jazz; Music And Musicians; New Orleans TO THE DEFENDERS OF NEW ORLEANS, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail sons of generous valor Last Line: And beauty weeps the brave. Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Subject(s): New Orleans, Battle Of (1815); War Of 1812 TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL SIR EDWARD PAKENHAM, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brave spirit! Mourned with fond regret Last Line: And long may england mourn a son without reproach or fear. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): New Orleans, Battle Of (1815); Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael (1778-1815) TOUCHING THE PAST, by ROBERT SARGENT Poem Source First Line: Uptown new orleans, 1940, %and here was a man of the right color Last Line: Thinking about it, smiling Subject(s): Bolden, Buddy (1877-1931); Jazz; Music And Musicians; New Orleans U-24 ANCHORS OFF NEW ORLEANS: 1938, by TURNER CASSITY Poem Source First Line: The only major city, one would hope Last Line: For symbolism there will be torpedo Variant Title(s): U-24 Anchors Off New Orleans (1938 Subject(s): New Orleans; Submarines; World War Ii |
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