The night is beautiful,So the faces of my people.The stars are beautiful,So the eyes of my people.Beautiful, also, is the…
Because my mouthIs wide with laughterAnd my throatIs deep with song,You do not thinkI suffer afterI have held my painSo…
You say I O.K.edLONG DISTANCE?O.K.ed it when?My goodness, CentralThat was then!I'm mad and disgustedWith that Negro now.I don't pay no…
LoveIs a ripe plumGrowing on a purple tree.Taste it onceAnd the spell of its enchantmentWill never let you be.LoveIs a…
I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and…
That Justice is a blind goddessIs a thing to which we black are wise:Her bandage hides two festering soresThat once…
Oh, silver tree!Oh, shining rivers of the soul!In a Harlem cabaretSix long-headed jazzers play.A dancing girl whose eyes are boldLifts…
I take my dreams and make of them a bronze vaseand a round fountain with a beautiful statue in its…
To fling my arms wideIn some place of the sun,To whirl and to danceTill the white day is done.Then rest…