Classic and Contemporary Poets

MICHAEL S. HARPER

Poems found: 341

CLAN MEETING: BIRTH AND NATIONS: A BLOOD SING

NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY

MY AUNT ELLA MAE

ANCIENT HISTORY, UNDYING LOVE

1962: VETERANS' DAY: UCLA STUDY REGIMEN: SOME INDIANA (HOOSIER KLAN REFLECTIONS)

BIRD LIVES': CHARLES PARKER IN ST. LOUIS

SINATRA': 1915-98

ADVICE TO CLINTON (1)

ADVICE TO CLINTON (2)

CANNON ARRESTED

DAY ROOM: ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

DRIVING THE BIG CHRYSLER ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF MY BIRTH

FOR BUD; FOR BUD POWELL

HOMAGE TO THE BROWN BOMBER

LAST AFFAIR: BESSIE'S BLUES SONG

MADIMBA: GWENDOLYN BROOKS

MESSAGES AS TRANSLATION

MY BOOK ON TRANE

MY FATHER AT 75

MY FATHER'S FACE

ON BRODSKY'S COLLECTED

PATRICE LUMUMBA

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: 1872-1906

REMEMBER MEXICO

SANDRA: AT THE BEAVER TRAP

WHAT I MEAN BY PUBLIC PARLANCE; FOR MARILYN CHIN

A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN COLTRANE: PLAYED BY HIMSELF

AMERICAN HISTORY

ARCHIVES; COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.

DEAR JOHN, DEAR COLTRANE

HERE WHERE COLTRANE IS

MAKIN' JUMP SHOTS

THE GHOST OF SOULMAKING: FOR RUTH OPPENHEIM

TONGUE-TIED IN BLACK AND WHITE

WE ASSUME: ON THE DEATH OF OUR SON, REUBEN MASAI HARPER

I WAS BORN IN THE SAME HOUSE AS MY MOTHER, AND DELIVERED BY THE SAME

BIRD LIVES': CHARLES PARKER IN ST. LOUIS

FREDERICK, IS GOD DEAD?'

GOING' TO THE TERRITORY'

SINATRA': 1915-98

21 FEB '65, SAN FRANCISCO

55: THE JOURNEY MOTIF IN MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY SONG JUNE 6, 1998

COLTRANE POEM: 9 23 98

COLTRANE POEM: SEPTEMBER 23, 1998

MOTHER SPEAKS: THE ALGIERS MOTEL INCIDENT, DETROIT

ABORIGINES: ESTONIA

ACHEBE AT THE BRIDGE

ADVICE TO CLINTON (1)

ADVICE TO CLINTON (2)

AFTERWORD: A FILM

AMERICAN HISTORY

UMBRELLA OF MAPLE LEAVES

UMBRELLA OF MAPLE LEAVES

ANGOLA: LOUISIANA

ARCHIVES: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, I

ARCHIVES; COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.

ARTHRITIS DANCE

AT THE CEMETERY

BLACK CRYPTOGRAM

BLUE RUTH: AMERICA

BLUES FOR A COLORED SINGER: MILT JACKSON

BR'ER STERLING AND THE ROCKER

BREADED MEAT, BREADED HANDS

CANNON ARRESTED

CHANGES ON COLEMAN BEAN HAWKIN'S BIRTHDAY

CHANGING NAMES IN THE STREET

CHARLOTTE AND NATHAN EXCHANGE: 50TH ANNIVERSARY

CHARLOTTE TO NATHAN

CLAN MEETING: BIRTH AND NATIONS: A BLOOD SONG

CLARK'S WAY WEST: ANOTHER VERSION

COME BACK BLUES

CONVERSATIONS WITH ROY DECARAVA

CORRECTED REVIEW: THEREISATREEMOREANCIENTTHANEDEN

CROSSING LAKE MICHIGAN

DAY ROOM: ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

DEAR JOHN, DEAR COLTRANE

DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM

DEAR ROMIE: ROCK FORMATION EPISTLES

DEXTER LEAPS IN

DINING FROM A TREED CONDITION, AN HISTORICAL SURVEY

DREAM: BICENTENNIAL, ROCHESTER, N.Y.: AFTER F.D. RESIDENCE FIRE

ENDS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

FANNY'S KITCHEN

FAULKNER'S CENTENNIAL POEM: SEPTEMBER 25, 1997

FREE ASSOCIATIONS: SOME PRACTICAL SYMBOLS

FROM A TOWN IN MINNESOTA

GALVESTON: 9 8 1900

HEARTBLOW: MESSAGES

HERE WHERE COLTRANE IS

HIGH MODES: VISION AS RITUAL: CONFIRMATION

HINTON'S SILKSCREENS

HISTORY AS APPLE TREE

HISTORY AS BANDAGES: POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS

HISTORY AS DIABOLICAL MATERNALISM

HOMAGE TO A MEAN MONKEY-MAN

HOMAGE TO MAMIE OWENS

HOMAGE TO THE BROWN BOMBER

HOMAGE TO THE NEW WORLD

HOUSE ON MIRAMAR, SAN FRANCISCO

HOW TO FORGIVE THE FATHER WHO SCREAMS AT HIS SON

IF YOU DON'T FORCE IT

IMPERTINENT CORRESPONDENCE

IN HAYDEN'S COLLAGE

INTENTIONAL SUFFERING

IT TAKES A HELLEVA NERVE TO SELL WATER

IT THE MAN/WOMAN OUTSIDE WHO JUDGES

IT THE MAN/WOMAN OUTSIDE WHO JUDGES: PART II

JEST: A COLLECTION OF RECORDS

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN

JOSH GIBSON'S BAT

JOURNEY THROUGH THE INTERIOR

JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT

LAST AFFAIR: BESSIE'S BLUES SONG

LATE SEPTEMBER REFRAIN

LAWSON'S RETURN

LECTURING ON A THEME OF MOTHERHOOD

LETTER OF ATHENAEUM COUPLETS IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND

LOVE MEDLEY: PATRICE CUCHULAIN

LOVE POSTCARD WHILE LISTENING TO 'AUTUMN LEAVES'

MADIMBA: GWENDOLYN BROOKS

MAKIN' JUMP SHOTS

MARY KINZIE'S TALK ON MILTON

MATCHBOOK: THE SPINNAKER: SAUSALITO

MEDITATION FOR INESE

MEDITATION ON AUBURN PRISON: FOR HARRIET TUBMAN

MEMORIAL MEETINGS

MESSAGES AS TRANSLATION

MODULATIONS ON A THEME: FOR JOSEPHUS LONG

MOLASSES AND THE THREE WITCHES

MR. KNOWLTON PREDICTS

MR. P.C., 1942-98, BARD COLLEGE

MY BOOK ON TRANE (1)

MY BOOK ON TRANE (2)

MY FATHER AT 75

MY FATHER'S FACE

MY MOTHER'S BIBLE

MY STUDENTS WHO STAND IN SNOW

MYRDAL'S SACRED FLAME

NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE

NEWS FROM FORT ANCIENT

NEWSLETTER FROM MY MOTHER

NIGHT LETTER, I

NIGHT LETTER, II

NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY

NOTES ON MAKING: THE HEROIC PATTERN UPDATED: 1997

ODD FACTS ABOUT THE PAINTER: ON CAUSALITY

ON FIRST LISTENING TO NATIVE DANCER BY WAYNE SHORTER

PARADISE: GIHON RIVER, JOHNSON, VERMONT

PARDONS (FROM A. LINCOLN)

PATRICE LUMUMBA

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: 1872-1906

PEACE PLAN: MEDITATION ON THE NINE STAGES OF 'PEACEMAKING' AS A

PHOTOGRAPHS: A VISION OF MASSACRE

PHOTOGRAPHS: NEGATIVES

POCAHONTAS: TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

PORTRAIT (JAY SAUNDERS REDDING AT SAYLES HALL): 5 26 97

PORTRAIT OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

PORTRAIT OF LYNN

PRAISESONG FOR B B (2 18 97)

PRAYER: MT. HOOD AND ENVIRONS

PREACHING AT THE FUNERAL: SONGS OF THE CHOIR IN SILENT PRAYER

PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES

PROLOGUE OF AN ARKANSAS TRAVELER

PSYCHOPHOTOS OF HAMPTON

QUERIES TO ALICE ELIZABETH: AN OBITUARY, PALM SUNDAY, 1998

QUILTING BEE: MECKLENBURG COUNTY

RAT FEVER: HISTORY AS HALLUCINATION

READING ISHERWOOD'S LETTER CIRCA 1959-63

READING JEAN TOOMER'S CANE AGAIN

RELAXING WITH R.B.S. OVER TUNES

RELEASE: KIND OF BLUE

REMEMBER MEXICO

RHODE ISLAND (SSBNT740): A TOAST

RHYTHMIC ARRANGEMENTS: ON PROSODY

RICHARD YARDE'S BLUES

ROSE: MAY 17, 1998

SAINT SASSY DIVING

SANDRA: AT THE BEAVER TRAP

SHERLEY ANNE WILLIAMS: 1944-1999

SONG: I WANT A WITNESS

SONGLINES FROM A TESSERA (E) JOURNAL: ROMARE BEARDEN, 1912-88

TCAT SERENADE: 4 4 98 (NEW HAVEN)

TEACHING INSTITUTES

BATTLE OF SARATOGA (SPRINGS) REVISITED

DANCE OF THE ELEPHANTS

DIRTY SIDE OF THE HURRICANE

DOUGLASS POSITION, 1863

DROWNING OF THE FACTS OF A LIFE

FOUNDING FATHERS IN PHILADELPHIA

GHOST OF SOULMAKING: FOR RUTH OPPENHEIM

HIDDEN FRIENDS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS

LINE: HOW TO STEP OUT OF IT

LOVE LETTERS OF HELEN PITTS DOUGLASS

MEANING OF PROTEST

MILITANCE OF A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE PASSBOOK OF A BANTU .. DETENTION

REVOLUTIONARY GARDEN

SANCTITY OF THE UNWRITTEN

VIEW FROM MOUNT SAINT HELENS

THIS IS MY SON'S SONG: 'UNGIE, HI UNGIE'

TO AN OLD MAN TWIDDLIN' THUMBS

TONGUE-TIED IN BLACK AND WHITE

TRAYS: A PORTFOLIO

ULYSSES S. GRANT: HIS PROSE

ULYSSES S. GRANT: HIS PROSE

UPLIFT FROM A DARK TOWER

WIZARDRY: THE POETIC SAGA IN SONG OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS

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