#Americans #Blacks
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
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.
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
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…
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
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…
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…
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
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—
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
