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Subject: SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BY THE CROSS OF MONTEREY, by RICHARD EDWARD WHITE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Good junipero, the padre
Last Line: With the waters of thy bay!
Variant Title(s): Discovery Of San Francisco Bay;waiting For The Galleon
Subject(s): San Francisco Bay, California; Serra, Junipero (1713-1784); West (u.s.) - Exploration


CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE BAY AREA: 10. BIRDIES SING AND EVERYTHING, by GILBERT SORRENTINO    Poem Source         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Friends, one of the facts
Last Line: Doth glint. Or smiling jump off same
Subject(s): Diving And Divers; Food And Eating; Marine Animals; Restaurants; San Francisco Bay, California


LAST MERMOTHER, by ANNIE FINCH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I used to fish in san francisco bay
Last Line: A crust of sand still thickening on the edge %of its quiet bones
Subject(s): Mothers; San Francisco Bay, California


SAN FRANCISCO BAY, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Grandest bay! Upon whose bosom navies of all the world
Last Line: Blesséd gate, where millions find the golden boon of liberty!
Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; San Francisco Bay, California; Travel; Journeys; Trips


THE LAST MERMOTHER, by ANNIE FINCH            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I used to fish in san francisco bay
Subject(s): Mothers; San Francisco Bay, California