#AmericanWriters
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
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—
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da… I built my hut near the Congo and…
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
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 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,
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail