#AmericanWriters
From Christ to Ghandi Appears this truth— St. Francis of Assisi Proves it, too: Goodness becomes grandeur
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…
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long da… That I had to climb, that I had t… In order that the race might live… Look at my face —dark as the night…
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To the singers.
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!