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I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To the singers.
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
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
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…