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PLAINT (BEFORE A MOB OF 10,000 AT OWENSBORO, KY.) by CHARLES HENRI FORD

First Line: I, RAINEY BETHA, 22 %FROM THE TOP BRANCH OF RACE-HATRED LOOK AT YOU
Last Line: OH, WHO IS THE FORESTER MUST TEND SUCH A TREE, LORD? %DO ANGELS PICK THE CHERRY-BLOOD OF FOLK LIKE M
Subject(s): SOCIAL PROTEST;

Poem Sources:

POEMS OF PROTEST OLD AND NEW.
  KENSETH, ARNOLD (ED.)
  (1968)
 
MODERN VERSE IN ENGLISH 1900-1950.
  CECIL, DAVID, & TATE, ALLEN (EDS.)
  (1958)
 
ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN AMERICAN POETRY.
  NELSON, CARY (ED.)
  (2000)
 
OUT OF THE LABYRINTH.
  FORD, CHARLES HENRI
  (1991)
 



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