#AmericanWriters
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
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…
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black fac… And this is what I see: This fenced—off narrow space Assigned to me.
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
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’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
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…
When a man starts out with nothing… When a man starts out with his han… Empty, but clean, When a man starts to build a world… He starts first with himself