#Americans #Blacks
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun.
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot…
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
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…
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
