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Subject: PERSIMMONS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EATING PERSIMMONS, by STEPHEN AJAY    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the roof in late afternoon the himal is
Last Line: Bonanza, what a persimmon bonanza!
Subject(s): Food And Eating; Fruit; Persimmons


HAIKU, by VIRGINIA BRADY YOUNG    Poem Source                    
First Line: Persimmons
Last Line: Themselves
Subject(s): Persimmons


PERSIMMONS, by LI-YOUNG LEE    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In sixth grade mrs. Walker / slapped the back of my head
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Dissenters; Education; Exiles; Language; Marginality, Social; Persimmons; Schools; Estrangement; Outcasts; Words; Vocabulary; Students


PERSIMMONS, by LI-YOUNG LEE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In sixth grade mrs. Walker %slapped the back of my head
Last Line: In your palm, the ripe weight
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Dissenters; Education; Exiles; Language; Marginality, Social; Persimmons; Schools