#AmericanWriters
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that