#AmericanWriters
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
From Christ to Ghandi Appears this truth— St. Francis of Assisi Proves it, too: Goodness becomes grandeur
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that