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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALLING DREAMS, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The right to make my dreams come true
Last Line: And stride into the morning-break!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Women; Dreams; Negroes; American Blacks; Nightmares
First Line: The right to make my dreams come true
Last Line: And stride into the morning-break!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Women; Dreams; Negroes; American Blacks; Nightmares
The right to make my dreams come true
I ask, nay, I demand of life,
Nor shall fate's deadly contraband
Impede my steps, nor countermand.
Too long my heart against the ground
Has beat the dusty years around,
And now, at length, I rise, I wake!
And stride into the morning-break!
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