#AmericanWriters
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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…
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
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…
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
And that is what poetry may do, wrap up your dreams, protect and preserve and hold them until maybe they come true. Columbus dreamed of finding a new world, he found it. Edison dreamed ...
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—