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Subject: BRONX, NEW YORK CITY
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN GREEN, by LINDA PASTAN            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At summer camp, / I wrapped my arms around
Last Line: In my own small commonwealth
Subject(s): Camping; Trees; Bronx, New York City; Country Life; City & Town Life; Nature; Camps; Summer Camps


BRONX, 1818, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I sat me down upon a green bank-side
Last Line: And hear a voice long loved in thy wild minstrelsy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City; New York City - 19th Century


EAST BRONX, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the street two children sharpen
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City


EAST BRONX, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the street two children sharpen
Last Line: Always alone and always %the sun shining
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City


GEOGRAPHICAL REFLECTION, by OGDEN NASH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The bronx!
Last Line: No, thonx!
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City


SOUTH BRONX, by ROBERT RONNOW    Poem Source                    
First Line: While I'm reading a poem about it on the previous page
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City


SOUTH BRONX TESTIMONIAL: 3, by SANDRA MARIA ESTEVES    Poem Source                    
First Line: We were all insane,the eternal
Last Line: Or molested, the list %goes on
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations


SPRING IN THE BRONX, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Spring is sprung
Last Line: Duh little wind in on duh boid
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City; Spring


THE LEGEND OF THE BRONX, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With sword and bible, brood and dame
Last Line: "come to our valley of homes!"
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City; Legends; New York City - Dutch Period; Peace; Summer


TREAD THE DARK: 40. SOUTH BRONX, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Bronx, New York City