Being always
Poor.
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He glides so swiftly
Gives me the courtesy of roadTo let me pass,That I am half ashamedTo seek a stoneTo kill him.
Negroes,
Meek, humble and kind:Beware the dayThey change their mind!WindIn the cotton fields,Gentle Breeze:Beware the hourIt uproots trees!
The ivory gods,
And the gods of diamond and jade,Sit silently on their temple shelvesWhile the peopleAre afraid.Yet the ivory gods,And the ebony gods,And the gods of diamond-jade,Are only silly puppet godsThat the people themselvesHave made.
Over There,
Dear Fellow Americans,I write this letterHoping times will be betterWhen this warIs through.I’m a Tan-skinned YankDriving a tank.I ask, WILL V-DAYBE ME-DAY, TOO?I wear a U. S. uniform.I’ve done the enemy much harm,I’ve driven backThe Germans and the Japs,From Burma to the Rhine.On every battle line,I’ve dropped defeatInto the Fascists’ laps.I am a Negro AmericanOut…
Now dreams
To the dreamers,Nor songsTo the singers.In some landsDark nightAnd cold steelPrevailBut the dreamWill come back,And the songBreakIts jail.
Let America be America again.
Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking a home where he himself is free.(America never was America to me.)Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed–Let it be that great strong land of loveWhere never kings connive nor tyrants schemeThat any man be crushed by one above.(It never was America to me.)O, let my…