Freedom’s Plow

5 months ago

When a man starts out with nothing,When a man starts out with his handsEmpty, but clean,When a man starts to…

Dreams

5 months ago

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is…

Dream Deferred

5 months ago

What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does…

Democracy

5 months ago

Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNor everThrough compromise and fear.I have as much rightAs the other fellow hasTo standOn my…

Cultural Exchange

5 months ago

In the Quarter of the NegroesWhere the doors are doors of paperDust of dingy atomsBlows a scratchy sound.Amorphous jack-o'-Lanterns caperAnd…

Children’s Rhymes

5 months ago

By what sendsthe white kidsI ain't sent:I know I can'tbe President.What don't bugthem white kidssure bugs me:We know everybodyain't free.Lies…

As I Grew Older

5 months ago

It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.But it was there then,In front of me,Bright like a…

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5 months ago

Fine living . . . a la carte?Come to the Waldorf-Astoria!LISTEN HUNGRY ONES!Look! See what Vanity Fair says about thenew…

shade

6 months ago

In every shade a story lies,In every poem truth survives.Art and poetry side by side,Let imagination be our guide.

map

6 months ago

The page becomes a gentle sky,Where painted thoughts begin to fly.Poetry guides the wandering art,Like a map of the heart.