When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And …
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Still Here
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. …
Read Poem »Sea Calm
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It …
Read Poem »Quiet Girl
I would liken you To a night without stars Were …
Read Poem »Problems
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. …
Read Poem »Po’ Boy Blues
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When …
Read Poem »Oppression
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs …
Read Poem »Night Funeral in Harlem
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two …
Read Poem »My People
The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. …
Read Poem »Mother to Son
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been …
Read Poem »Minstrel Man
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat …
Read Poem »Merry-Go-Round
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round, Mister, …
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