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Subject: SELF-IMMOLATION
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BURNING ONESELF TO DEATH, by TAKAHASHI SHINKICHI    Poem Source                    
First Line: That was the best moment of the monk's life
Last Line: The delighted sparrows flew round like fire balls
Subject(s): Kent State University - Riot, 1970; Self-immolation; Zen Buddhism


THE BIRD OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM SHARP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Holy, holy, holy
Last Line: All the birds together.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Birds; Faith; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Rewards; Salvation; Self-immolation; Women - Bible; Belief; Creed; Virgin Mary


THE GIFT OF FIRE, by LISEL MUELLER    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In a time of damnation
Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel
Subject(s): Antiwar Movements; Self-immolation; Anti-war Protests