#Americans #Blacks
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
My old mule, He’s gota grin on his face. He’s been a mule so long He’s forgotten about his race. I’m like that old mule —
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
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?
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
