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PS3503 .R7244 A6 1963
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From the Book - [First edition].
A Street in Bronzeville. Kitchenette building --
The mother --
Southeast corner --
Hunchback girl : She thinks of Heaven --
A song in the front yard --
The ballad of chocolate Mabbie --
The preacher : Ruminates behind the sermon --
Sadie and Maud --
The independent man --
Of De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery --
The vacant lot --
The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith --
Negro hero --
Gay Chaps at the Bar --
Still I do keep my look, my identity --
My dreams, my works, must wait till after hell --
Looking --
Piano after war --
Mentors --
The white troops had their orders but the negroes looked like men --
Firstly inclined to take what it is told --
"God works in a mysterious way" --
Love note I : Surely --
Love note II : Flags --
The progress --
Annie Allen. Notes From the Childhood and the Girlhood. Clogged and soft and sloppy eyes --
Chicken, she chided early, should not wait --
After the baths and bowel-work, he was dead --
Late Annie in her bower lay --
The duck fats rot in the roasting pan --
"Do not be afraid on no" --
But can see better there, and laughing here --
The Anniad. Think of sweet and chocolate --
Appendix to the Anniad. You need the untranslatable ice to watch --
The certainty we two shall meet by God --
Oh mother, mother, where is happiness --
The Womanhood. People who have no children can be hard --
What shall I give my children? Who are poor --
And shall I prime my children, pray, to pray? --
First fight. Then fiddle. Ply the slipping string --
When my dears die, the festival-colored brightness --
Life for my child is simple, and is good --
Sweet Sally took a cardboard box --
A light and diplomatic bird --
Carried her unprotesting out the door --
They get to Benvenuti's. There are booths --
The dry brown coughing beneath their feet --
And if sun comes --
One wants a teller in a time like this --
People protest in sprawling lightless ways --
Men of careful turns, haters of forks in the road --
The Bean Eaters. In honor of David Anderson Brooks, my father --
My little 'bout-town gal --
Strong men, riding horses --
The bean eaters --
We real cool --
Old Mary --
A Bronzeville mother loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi mother burns bacon --
The last quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till --
Mrs. Small --
Jessie Mitchell's mother --
The Chicago Defender sends a man to Little Rock --
The lovers of the poor --
A sunset of the city --
A man of middle class --
The crazy woman --
Bronzeville man with a belt in the back --
A lovely love --
A penitent considers another coming of Mary --
Bronzeville woman in a red hat --
In Emanuel's nightmare : Another coming of Christ --
The Ballad of Rudolph Reed --
New Poems. Riders to the blood-red wrath --
The empty woman --
To be in love --
Of Robert Frost --
Langston Hughes --
A Catch of Shy Fish. Garbageman : The man with the orderly mind --
Sick man looks at flowers --
Old people working (garden, car) --
Weaponed woman --
Old tennis player --
A surrealist and Omega --
Spaulding and François --
Big Bessie throws her son into the street.
From the Book - [first edition]
A street in Bronzeville
Kitchenette building
The mother
Southeast corner
Hunchback girl: she thinks of Heaven
A song in the front yard
The ballad of chocolate Mabbie
The preacher: ruminates behind the sermon
Sadie and Maud
The independent man
Of De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery
The vacant lot
The Sundays of satin-legs Smith
Negro hero
Gay chaps at the bar
Gay chaps at the bar
Still do I keep my look, my identity...
My dreams, my works, must wait till after hell
Looking
Piano after war
Mentors
The white troops had their orders but the Negroes looked like men
Firstly inclined to take what it is told
"God works in a mysterious way"
Love note I: surely
Love note II: flags
The progress.
Notes from the childhood and the girlhood
Clogged and soft and sloppy eyes
Chicken, she chided early, should not wait
After the baths and bowel-work, he was dead
Late Annie in her bower lay
The duck fats rot in the roasting pan
"Do not be afraid of no"
But can see better there, and laughing there
The anniad
Think of sweet and chocolate
Appendix to the anniad
You need the untranslatable ice to watch
The certainty we two shall meet by God
Oh mother, mother, where is happiness
The womanhood
People who have no children can be hard
What shall I give my children? Who are poor
And shall I prime my children, pray, to pray?
First flight. Then fiddle. Ply the slipping string
When my dears die, the festival-colored brightness
Life for my child is simple, and is good
Sweet Sally took a cardboard box
A light and diplomatic bird
Carried her unprotesting out the door
They get to Benvenuti's. There are booths
The dry brown coughing beneath their feet
And if sun comes
One wants a teller in a time like this
People protest in sprawling lightless ways
Men of careful turns, haters of forks in the road.
In honor of David Anderson Brooks, my father
My little 'bout-town gal
Strong men, riding horses
The bean eaters
We real cool
Old Mary
A Bronzeville mother loiters in Mississippi, Meanwhile, a Mississippi mother burns bacon
the last quatrain of the ballad of Emmett Till
Mrs. Small
Jessie Mitchell's mother
The Chicago Defender sends a man to little rock
The lovers of the poor
A sunset of the city
A man of the middle class
The crazy woman
Bronzeville man with a belt in the back
A lovely love
A penitent considers another coming of Mary
Bronzeville woman in a red hat
In Emanuel's nightmare: another coming of Christ
The ballad of Rudolph Reed
Riders to the blood-red wrath
The empty woman
To be in love
Of Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
A catch of shy fish
Garbageman: the man with the orderly mind
Sick man looks at flowers
Old people working (garden, car)
Weaponed woman
Old tennis player
A surrealist and omega
Spaulding and Francois
Big Bessie throws her son into the street.
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9780060882969
9780060909895
9780060105358
9780060105365
9780060909895
9780060105358
9780060105365
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