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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: LOUISIANA Matches Found: 67 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1724, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: As she told her beads Last Line: Creoles. %gens de couleur. %libres Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AMERICAN SOUTH, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Banana plantains, crepe myrtle Last Line: Forgiven? Will this south ever, %ever be reconciled Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana APRES LE BAL DU CORDON BLEU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Did the sun come up Last Line: To flesh the eternal savage %lust of men Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AT LAFAYETTE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Creole cowboys with their Last Line: We dance, we dance, we dance Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana AT TOWAN OAK, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Within earshot below Last Line: Emerge from that sweet bosom of the night Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana BAYOU BALLAD, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Oh, have you heard Last Line: Of cajun zydeco? Ahieeeeeeeeee Subject(s): Bayous; Creoles; Louisiana BREAKING OF THE SEASON, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Marie sits tall and very quiet Last Line: Settled %for the night Subject(s): Louisiana CEREMONY, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't come here about any mess with percy Last Line: Fallen %fallen %like a shroud Subject(s): Louisiana CHARLES B. DREUX, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weep, louisiana, weep thy gallant dead! Last Line: Forever bright! Subject(s): American Civil War; Courage; Death; Dreux, Charles (1832-1861); Louisiana; Soldiers; U.s. - History; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The COINCOIN, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: 1786. %you were finally free Last Line: Or does my soul lie grieving %in this fevered mud Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana DEEP SOUTH, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These are savannas bluer than your dreams Last Line: Of bones in museums, where the black boys yawn Subject(s): Catullus, Gaius Valerius (84-54 B.c.); Louisiana; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry DIASPORA AND THE REVOLUTION, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Run, run across %to freedom; all Last Line: Final oneness of all Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana EATING HONEYBUNS ON THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY, by SIMONE MUENCH Poem Source First Line: It's been two decades since I was in this southern Last Line: To watch herons skim the unlit %ripples of this black water Subject(s): Driving And Drivers; Louisiana; Southern States EVENING, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I can not tell you what we talk of when we talk Last Line: Of ms. Regina's small feet Subject(s): Louisiana FAUBOURG, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The faubourg is a city within the larger city Last Line: What good is any woman's name? Subject(s): African Americans; Louisiana FIDDLER'S SONG: AFTER A FLOGGING, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Nothing in the moon Last Line: Dead around my feet Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana FROM THE FRENCH MARKET, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Cinnamon ladies %in gingham bonnets Last Line: Or something unexplained and in the very air Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana GHOSTS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: They raged reason against Last Line: Dominion over the oneness of all souls Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana GOMBO YA-YA, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: New orleans. %there's no mystery here Last Line: Are always in bloom like there is no tomorrow Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana HEART OF LOUISIANA, by HARRIET STANTON Poem Source First Line: Oh! Let me weep, while o'er our land Last Line: And hope no more the wrong shall live Subject(s): American Civil War; Louisiana; Patriotism; U.s. - History; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) HOMAGE TO MARIE LAVEAU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Isis of the south Last Line: Us from doubt and fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana HOUSE IN THE STREET WHERE MEMORY LIVES, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am sitting on a chair in the front parlor Last Line: There's not a speck of kindness in your face for me Subject(s): Louisiana HYMN OF THE WEST, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, whose glorious orbs on high Last Line: Land of the new and lordlier race! Subject(s): Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904); Patriotism; Peace; St. Louis, Missouri IN LOUISIANA, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fog solid on the pond, I went anyway Last Line: The corner of a bed sheet, anything in the world to clutch. Subject(s): Fog; Hallucinations & Illusions; Louisiana; Haze IN LOUISIANA, by ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The long, gray moss that softly swings Last Line: The mournful beauty of this lank. Subject(s): Louisiana IPSE DIXIT, by JAMES LAUGHLIN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said the governor of louisiana Last Line: Political career in this state Subject(s): Louisiana; Politics L'ENFANT PERDUE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: What must be done Last Line: It is too much Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LA LUMIERE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: When the moon is full Last Line: And know that I was there Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LAFCADIO HEARN'S DREAM OF A QUADROON MISTRESS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Your wish? %to touch the light under my skin Last Line: And this night envelops us in the softness of stars Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LEGACY, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: My father's hands were rough Last Line: Nothing more is needed Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LES SOEURS DE LA SAINTE FAMILLE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Before the civil war Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LES VAGABONDS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Etienne: %sailing to france, enfin Last Line: The pelt of fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LETTER TO ALICE RUTH MOORE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: The grief of spring's upon us as I write Last Line: Be well and if you can, remember me Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana LONG WALK, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The winds and rains have come into the city Last Line: Somewhere out manchac way Subject(s): Louisiana LOUISIANA, by K. O. HAAS Poem Text First Line: Ah, how she is lovely, my louisiana! Last Line: For who has known her never can forget. Subject(s): Louisiana LOUISIANA PURCHASE, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who knows but that meriwether lewis's Last Line: And laughed as if that was something Subject(s): Louisiana LOUISIANA PURCHASE, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who knows but that meriweather lewis's Last Line: That's coming. The past I don't mind, she said, %and laughed as if that was something Subject(s): Louisiana LULLABY, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Beautiful dreamer: %night after storm Last Line: And breathe him this song Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MADAM BOUCARD TO HER MULATTO DAUGHTER, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Some unnamed thing Last Line: Coldness. Make us love Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MADAM BOUCARD'S ASSIGNATION, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: I stand in my rose Last Line: Mirabilis for his bastard babes Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MALA, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Oh, she's a strange lot Last Line: Sty amid the pink and lifeless corpses strewn within Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana MANCHAC, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Twenty-eight miles of alligator and murky water Last Line: And dangerous %crossing Subject(s): Louisiana MEMORY, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I sit in the front parlor Last Line: I can cook too Subject(s): Louisiana MORNING, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My old man is smoking his morning cigar Last Line: My mother is somewhere inside %singing Subject(s): Louisiana ON WATCHING ZELIME BEING SOLD, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Monsieur charpentier's words Last Line: They quickly lead away Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA, by JAMES MIKEAL HILL Poem Source First Line: Have night air inside Last Line: Until the old people can speak it in prose Subject(s): Language; Louisiana PERE DUVENY RUMINATS AMONG THE NATCHEZ, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Love is a mystery Last Line: Sleepless in this lavish %woodland of war Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana PORTRAIT OF MADAM BOUCARD, WITH PEARLS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: We are alone Last Line: He dare not touch me Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana PROPHECY, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It comes to this then Last Line: Blood will tell %truth will out Subject(s): Louisiana REGINA, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: If you walk along the rampart Last Line: There is a tale for everything Subject(s): Louisiana REVELATION, by BRENDA MARIE OSBEY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Well %I guess you come a long ways Last Line: Tell me walker %please Subject(s): Louisiana SIBLINGS: THE MALATTO SLAVE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Why she drive me so Last Line: Sought and won; I'll pay the price Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SONG OF THE OLD VENDOR, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Because my heart is mournful Last Line: Twenty-five cents for men, %fifty cents for women Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SONS OF FREEDOM, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: With an eagle in their caps Last Line: By the victory shouts for old glory Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SOULANGAI, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: There was a house by the river Last Line: A house that sang with the rising of soft morning Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SOUTH: LOUISIANA, by ARTUR LUNDKVIST Poem Source First Line: Railroads swallowed up by marshes of green Last Line: An imagined pulse Subject(s): Hunting; Louisiana; Southern States SPELLS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Alcide raped ursule's girl Last Line: Coiled up on her bed and died Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SUZETTE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: As if a sorcerer struck a flame Last Line: One dusky night throwing all her stars Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana SWAMP LEGEND, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: She was a tall Last Line: Until her eyes %bled like fire Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana THE STRANGER IN LOUISIANA, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We saw thee, o stranger, and wept! Last Line: And to watch for a step -- but the step was thine! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Louisiana; Strangers THIBODAUX, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Surely there was also the warmth Last Line: Who fear the present past may breathe free and %for a while, forgive Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana TI MALICE, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Trapped like a beaten dog Last Line: I leave with silence inside my eyes Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana TOUCOUTOU, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Pale. - pale beyond relief Last Line: This infinite untouchable %privilege of being %white Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana VIEW FROM THE RAMPARTS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Carmelita pena %quarteronne and mistress Last Line: And go abroad, unbound Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana WILD IRIS, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Soft measured rain at dawn Last Line: Whose indigo blossoms slowly %break and fall Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana ZALLI, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: She grows pale in that house Last Line: Balancing movement with fear Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana ZELIME, by SYBIL KEIN Poem Source First Line: Were it not for your eyes, zelime Last Line: Where are you now as the curfew booms? Where are %you now, as my heart grows dark? Subject(s): Creoles; Louisiana |
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