#AmericanWriters
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
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…
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…
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be