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Subject: CAIRO
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BISHOP GLOBE-TROTTER, by LEWIS SASSE II    Poem Text                    
First Line: Being raised to the purple gave me an itching foot
Last Line: Buddhists, confucianists, christians, and an atheist.
Subject(s): Cairo; Prayer; Religion; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Theology; Journeys; Trips


CAIRO, by PETER JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Morning proclaimed by the cry of a
Last Line: Wet, disheveled companions mount a distant dune
Subject(s): Cairo, Egypt; Love


CAIRO, by ARTHUR PETERSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Cairo, to sing thy gardens fair
Last Line: By nile with his sweet queen to rove!
Subject(s): Cairo


CAIRO - JANUARY, '91, by MARY FERRARI    Poem Source                    
First Line: I stare out the window %of the hotel semiramis in cairo
Last Line: I was white-faced, out of breath
Subject(s): Cairo


ECHO & ELIXIR 2, by KHALED MATTAWA    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cairo’s taxi drivers speak to me in english
Last Line: The wicked binds, the cataclysmic fares
Subject(s): Language; Cairo; Taxis; Relationships; Social Commentaries; Enemies; Words; Vocabulary


RED CREEK; A REQUIEM, by MARGARET ROBISON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Fragrance of tea olive, mint
Last Line: The night sky is filled with their light
Subject(s): Brooks; Cairo, Georgia; Home; Nostalgia