#Americans #Blacks
I woke up this mornin’ ’Bout half-past three. All the womens in town Was gathered round me. Sweet gals was a-moanin’,
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 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 play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
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…
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
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…
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
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?
