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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SELMA, ALABAMA Matches Found: 3 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON A HIGHWAY EAST OF SELMA, ALABAMA; JULY 1965, by GREGORY ORR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the sheriff remarked: I had no business being there. He was Last Line: And still he refuses to swallow. Subject(s): African Americans; Mississippi; Prisons & Prisoners; Racism; Selma, Alabama; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SELMA, by IRA SADOFF Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the sanitary woolworth's luncheonette Last Line: I bask in it. The bloodbath, a steamy pot above the meal Subject(s): Civil Rights Movement; Selma, Alabama THE ROAD TO SELMA, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In her birthplace, she's a tourist in the shrine to martyrs Last Line: Prisoners of starvation, their hungry mouths chew the bloody word, / arise Subject(s): Selma, Alabama; Civil Rights Movement |
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