#AmericanWriters
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da… I built my hut near the Congo and…
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
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
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,