Love Poem

Cultural Exchange

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

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Children’s Rhymes

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…

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As I Grew Older

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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Lover’s Gifts XIX: It Is Written in the Book

It is written in the book that Man, when fifty, must leave thenoisy world, to go to the forest seclusion.…

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Lover’s Gifts XIII: Last Night in the Garden

Last night in the garden I offered you my youth's foaming wine. Youlifted the cup to your lips, you shut…

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Lover’s Gifts V: I Would Ask For Still More

I would ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars,and the world with its endless…

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Lover’s Gifts LVIII: Things Throng and Laugh

Things throng and laugh loud in the sky; the sands and dust danceand whirl like children. Man's mind is aroused…

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Lover’s Gifts LIV: In the Beginning of Time

In the beginning of time, there rose from the churning of God'sdream two women. One is the dancer at the…

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Lover’s Gifts IV: She Is Near to My Heart

She is near to my heart as the meadow-flower to the earth; she issweet to me as sleep is to…

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