“I want you to knowone thing. You know how this is:if I lookat the crystal moon, at the red branchof…
Browsing: Poems
I dwell in Possibility– A fairer House than Prose– More numerous of Windows– Superior– for Doors– Of Chambers as the…
So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving,…
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words…
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his…
Well, son, I’ll tell you:Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.It’s had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up,And…
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all…
When we two parted In silence and tears,Half broken-hearted To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour…
“The streetfilled with tomatoes,midday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets. In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue saltcellars.…
COLORED CHILD AT CARNIVALWhere is the Jim Crow sectionOn this merry-go-round,Mister, cause I want to ride?Down South where I come…