A Recalled Prayer (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
Sis Hannah May Liza, so Emphraim sayed,Stole out 'neaf a sycamo' tree an' prayedTo de Lawd in Hebbin, an' she ...
Sis Hannah May Liza, so Emphraim sayed,Stole out 'neaf a sycamo' tree an' prayedTo de Lawd in Hebbin, an' she ...
It wuz cole, de snow dun driftedHi' roun' 'bout de ole barn do';Dun blew thoo de cracks an' siftedLines ob ...
Dey greets you wid a nod an' smile,Way down in Ole Kintucky,Dat maiks you feel lak life's wuth w'ileWay down ...
He doan care how po' I am,Or dat folks calls me "Luckless Sam,"Or dat Ise black, 'sted white or red,Ez ...
Prejudice with venom smote every word and act;Snuffed was the light of knowledge from your view.Unbefriended martyr, sole object of ...
He's struttin' sho ernuff,Wearin' a lady's muffEn' ways erpon his head,Red coat ob reddest red,Purtty white satin ves',Gole braid ercross ...
Cum, listen w'ile yore Unkel singsErbout how low sweet chariot swings,Truint Angel, wifout wings,Mah 'ittle Touzle Head.Stop! Stop! How dare ...
No doubt dat you lak to know jes whut wuz ailin' us,Why me and Maffew Pleasen'view had dat tremandus fuss;So ...
I 'fess Ise ugly, big, an' ruff,Mah voice is husky, mannah's gruff;But, mah gal sed, "Neb mine yore hide,I jedge ...
Yes, I admit a grievance.I also boldly challenge you-Come stand where I once stood and fell!I dare say you will ...
Wondah whut on earf tiz ails me,Seems I see mo' outlan'ish t'ings,Sech ez wagons pullin' hosses,An' red mens, wid horns ...
Dey think I is "set" an' "fo'gee,"An' dey lub to sneer an' laff,Gaze I duzen fancy black catsCrossin' cross mah ...
(Dedicated to Cincinnati Branch, N. A. A. C. P., and sung to the air, "America")Dear Lord we come to Thee,In ...
My Harvah rit me week fo' las',Dat is, dat's w'en I got it;He sed, he hardly had de time'Tween shot ...
"Put out the light!"He had no need of man-made glowWith celestial Dawn in sight:Unflinchingly, we saw him goOnward, to mount ...
Cannibalistic vulture,Grown fat upon your brother's blood,The Tide you do not seek to stemEngulfs you in its flood.The cords you ...
Two rail pert sma't ellicks, fresh frum Smif's Normal School,Figgahed dey maik sport ob me, played me fo' a fool;Tuk ...
(_Who Was Christened Lucy Jane_)She danced, near nude, to tom-tom beat,With swaying arms and flying feet,'Mid swirling spangles, gauze and ...
(To G. B. P.)I have filched a mite ob timeFo' de writin' ob dis rhyme.Seems I c'u'den do a thin' ...
Mah ruddah's brokin, an' mah sailWen' ovah bode, in las' night's gale;Mah bunkah's empty, steam am low,Ise driftin' wid de ...
Seemingly dead, bent, brown and dried,Unnoticed on yon shelf, she lay;Until a voice within her cried,"Awake! 'tis Ressurrection Day."A slender ...
The poet sits and dreams and dreams;He scans his verse; he probes his themes.Then turns to stretch or stir about,Lest, ...
Triumphant Sable Heroes homeward turning,Arrayed in medals, bright, and half-healed scars,Has service, life, and limb been given earningTrophies, issued at ...
Hab you evah laid 'wake dreamin'B'ildin' kassels in de air,Wid de windahs purtty stain glass,Marbell hall, and windin' stair;An' a ...
I plucked a rose, a red rose rare,I placed her on a throneWithin my heart; and there I dareTo worship ...
The clouds are shedding tears of joy,They fall with rhythmic beatUpon the earth, and soon destroyDust dunes and waves of ...
No man can shape his destiny,Though ardent his desire,Or shift his heavy load elsewhere,Should he perchance to tire.Though weak or ...
The night winds drone, in mournful lay,A solemn requiem o'er the dead.Lamented Hope of yesterday,Was there naught you could will ...
Dar's a lazy, sortah hazyFeelin' grips me, thoo an' thoo;An' I feels lak doin' less dan enythin';Dough de saw is ...
Well-meaning friends often ask,Am I not weary of my task,And how I dare give voice to song-I who have lain ...
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