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Subject: NANKING, CHINA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A VERY EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Chan yuen is on the threshold of a remarkable career
Subject(s): Introspection; Men; Nanking, China


IN JIN-LING: A SECOND SERIES ON WATCHING A CHESS GAME: 1, by CH'IEN CH'IEN-YI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Still and somber, a bare chessboard
Last Line: I see the southern dynasties
Subject(s): Chess; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties; Nanking, China


TO THE CITY OF NANKING, by LI PO    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou that hast seen six kingdoms pass away
Last Line: To mingle with the abysms of the sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai
Subject(s): Nanking, China


VERY EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Chan yuen is on the threshold of a remarkable career
Last Line: The first dawn glows at the end of the streets
Subject(s): Introspection; Men; Nanking, China