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The Book of American Negro Poetry eBook
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 148 pages of information about The Book of American Negro Poetry.
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The Book of American Negro Poetry eBook
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 148 pages of information about The Book of American Negro Poetry.
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PREFACE
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PREFACE
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THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY
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LITTLE BROWN BABY
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SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
25
LOVER’S LANE
25
THE DEBT
25
THE HAUNTED OAK
26
WHEN DE CO’N PONE’S HOT
26
A DEATH SONG
27
NEGRO SERENADE
27
DE CUNJAH MAN
28
UNCLE EPH’S BANJO SONG
28
OL’ DOC’ HYAR
28
WHEN OL’ SIS’ JUDY PRAY
29
COMPENSATION
29
AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE
30
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
30
THE NEGRO SINGER
31
THE ROAD TO THE BOW
31
IN THE MATTER OF TWO MEN
31
AN INDIGNATION DINNER
32
DREAM AND THE SONG
33
’WEH DOWN SOUF
33
HOG MEAT
33
DUSK SONG
34
IT WAS NOT FATE
35
A LITANY OF ATLANTA
35
DOGWOOD BLOSSOMS
37
A BUTTERFLY IN CHURCH
37
THE HILLS OF SEWANEE
38
THE FEET OF JUDAS
38
SANDY STAR AND WILLIE GEE
38
SANDY STAR
38
I
38
II
39
III
39
IV
39
V
39
DEL CASCAR
39
TURN ME TO MY YELLOW LEAVES
40
IRONIC: LL.D.
40
SCINTILLA
40
SIC VITA
40
RHAPSODY
40
STANZAS FROM THE FLEDGLING BARD AND THE POETRY SOCIETY
40
O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
42
SENCE YOU WENT AWAY
42
THE CREATION
43
THE WHITE WITCH
44
MOTHER NIGHT
45
O SOUTHLAND!
45
BROTHERS
45
46
MISS MELERLEE
48
THE CORN SONG
48
BLACK MAMMIES
49
TUSKEGEE
49
CHRISTMAS AT MELROSE
50
SUMMER MAGIC
50
THE TEACHER
51
A SONG OF THANKS
51
TIME TO DIE
52
’ITTLE TOUZLE HEAD
52
ZALKA PEETRUZA
52
SPRIN’ FEVAH
53
DE DRUM MAJAH
53
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
53
THE NEW DAY
53
TIRED
54
THE BANJO PLAYER
55
THE SCARLET WOMAN
55
THE RUBINSTEIN STACCATO ETUDE
55
THE HEART OF A WOMAN
55
YOUTH
56
LOST ILLUSIONS
56
I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME
56
WELT
56
MY LITTLE DREAMS
56
THE LYNCHING
56
IF WE MUST DIE
57
TO THE WHITE FIENDS
57
THE HARLEM DANCER
57
HARLEM SHADOWS
57
AFTER THE WINTER
58
SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
58
THE TIRED WORKER
58
THE BARRIER
58
TO O. E. A.
58
FLAME-HEART
59
TWO-AN’-SIX
59
A PRAYER
61
AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?
61
IS IT BECAUSE I AM BLACK?
61
THE BAND OF GIDEON
61
RAIN MUSIC
62
SUPPLICATION
62
THE NEGRO SOLDIERS
62
LA VIE C’EST LA VIE
62
CHRISTMAS EVE IN FRANCE
63
DEAD FIRES
63
ORIFLAMME
63
OBLIVION
63
BEFORE THE FEAST OF SHUSHAN
64
AT THE CARNIVAL
64
THE WIFE-WOMAN
65
TRANSLATION
65
DUNBAR
66
WHY ADAM SINNED
66
THE RAIN SONG
66
KEEP ME, JESUS, KEEP ME
67
WINTER IS COMING
67
SONNET
67
A LITTLE CABIN
68
NEGRO POETS
68
THE DAWN’S AWAKE!
69
THE WASHER-WOMAN
69
THE BIG BELL IN ZION
69
STAR OF ETHIOPIA
69
TWO POINTS OF VIEW
70
TO OUR FRIENDS
70
MY HERO
70
CHAUCER
70
TO A SKULL
70
APPENDIX
71
DESPIDA A MI MADRE
71
FAREWELL TO MY MOTHER
71
PLACIDO’S FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER
71
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS
72
INDEX OF TITLES
76
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