#AmericanWriters
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
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…
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
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—
I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar