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Subject: SUPREMES, THE (SINGING GROUP)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` MEET THE SUPREMES, by DAVID TRINIDAD                        Poet's Biography
First Line: When petula clark sang 'downtown,' I wished I could go there with her
Subject(s): Music, Rock; Nostalgia; Supremes, The (singing Group); Rock & Roll


MEET THE SUPREMES, by DAVID TRINIDAD    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When petula clark sang 'downtown,' I wished I could go there with her
Last Line: Begins the long and painful process of letting go
Subject(s): Music, Rock; Nostalgia; Supremes, The (singing Group)


MEMORIAL: 1. THE SUPREMES-CIZ THEY DEAD, by SONIA SANCHEZ    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The supremes done gone
Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; African Americans - Women; Supremes, The (singing Group)


MEMORIAL: 1. THE SUPREMES-CIZ THEY DEAD, by SONIA SANCHEZ    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The supremes done gone
Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; African Americans - Women; Supremes, The (singing Group)


SUPREMES, by CORNELIUS ROBERT EADY    Poem Source                    
First Line: We were born to be gray. We went to school
Last Line: To reach in self-defense for wigs, %lipstick, %sequins
Subject(s): Education; Schools; Supremes, The (singing Group)


SUPREMES, by MARK JARMAN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In ball's market after surfing till noon
Last Line: From that height they still look frail and frozen, %full of simple sweetness and repetition
Subject(s): Music, Rock; Supremes, The (singing Group)


THE SUPREMES, by MARK JARMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: In ball's market after surfing till noon
Subject(s): Music, Rock; Supremes, The (singing Group); Rock & Roll