The Book of American Negro Poetry

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The Book of American Negro Poetry by James Weldon Johnson.

Contents

• THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY6
• PREFACE7
• PREFACE13
• THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY50
• A NEGRO LOVE SONG[1]50
• LITTLE BROWN BABY51
• SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT52
• LOVER'S LANE53
• THE DEBT54
• THE HAUNTED OAK55
• WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT57
• A DEATH SONG59
• NEGRO SERENADE60
• DE CUNJAH MAN61
• UNCLE EPH'S BANJO SONG62
• OL' DOC' HYAR62
• WHEN OL' SIS' JUDY PRAY64
• COMPENSATION66
• AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE67
• PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR68
• THE NEGRO SINGER69
• THE ROAD TO THE BOW69
• IN THE MATTER OF TWO MEN70
• AN INDIGNATION DINNER72
• DREAM AND THE SONG73
• 'WEH DOWN SOUF74
• HOG MEAT76
• DUSK SONG77
• IT WAS NOT FATE79
• A LITANY OF ATLANTA80
• DOGWOOD BLOSSOMS84
• A BUTTERFLY IN CHURCH85
• THE HILLS OF SEWANEE85
• THE FEET OF JUDAS86
• SANDY STAR AND WILLIE GEE87
• SANDY STAR88
• DEL CASCAR90
• TURN ME TO MY YELLOW LEAVES91
• IRONIC: LL.D.92
• SCINTILLA92
• SIC VITA93
• RHAPSODY93
• STANZAS FROM THE FLEDGLING BARD AND THE POETRY SOCIETY94
• O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS97
• SENCE YOU WENT AWAY99
• THE CREATION100
• THE WHITE WITCH103
• MOTHER NIGHT105
• O SOUTHLAND!106
• BROTHERS107
• MISS MELERLEE113
• CALLING THE DOCTOR114
• THE CORN SONG115
• BLACK MAMMIES117
• TUSKEGEE118
• CHRISTMAS AT MELROSE119
• SUMMER MAGIC120
• THE TEACHER121
• A SONG OF THANKS122
• TIME TO DIE124
• 'ITTLE TOUZLE HEAD125
• ZALKA PEETRUZA126
• SPRIN' FEVAH127
• DE DRUM MAJAH127
• CHILDREN OF THE SUN129
• THE NEW DAY130
• TIRED132
• THE BANJO PLAYER132
• THE SCARLET WOMAN133
• THE RUBINSTEIN STACCATO ETUDE134
• THE HEART OF A WOMAN135
• YOUTH135
• LOST ILLUSIONS136
• I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME136
• WELT137
• MY LITTLE DREAMS137
• THE LYNCHING138
• IF WE MUST DIE138
• TO THE WHITE FIENDS139
• THE HARLEM DANCER139
• HARLEM SHADOWS140
• AFTER THE WINTER141
• SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE141
• THE TIRED WORKER142
• THE BARRIER142
• TO O. E. A.143
• FLAME-HEART144
• TWO-AN'-SIX145
• A PRAYER150
• AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?150
• IS IT BECAUSE I AM BLACK?151
• THE BAND OF GIDEON151
• RAIN MUSIC153
• SUPPLICATION154
• LA VIE C'EST LA VIE155
• CHRISTMAS EVE IN FRANCE156
• DEAD FIRES157
• ORIFLAMME157
• OBLIVION158
• BEFORE THE FEAST OF SHUSHAN159
• AT THE CARNIVAL160
• THE WIFE-WOMAN162
• TRANSLATION164
• DUNBAR165
• WHY ADAM SINNED165
• THE RAIN SONG166
• KEEP ME, JESUS, KEEP ME169
• WINTER IS COMING169
• SONNET170
• A LITTLE CABIN171
• NEGRO POETS172
• THE DAWN'S AWAKE!174
• THE WASHER-WOMAN174
• THE BIG BELL IN ZION175
• STAR OF ETHIOPIA176
• TWO POINTS OF VIEW177
• TO OUR FRIENDS177
• MY HERO178
• CHAUCER179
• TO A SKULL179
• APPENDIX181
• PLÁCIDO'S SONNET TO HIS MOTHER DESPIDA A MI MADRE181
• FAREWELL TO MY MOTHER182
• PLÁCIDO'S FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER182
• BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS184
• INDEX OF TITLES191
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE197

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