#AmericanWriters
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
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,
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…
And that is what poetry may do, wrap up your dreams, protect and preserve and hold them until maybe they come true. Columbus dreamed of finding a new world, he found it. Edison dreamed ...
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…
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!