Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY BOY, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear you singing happily Last Line: Before it melts in tears! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children | ||||||||
I hear you singing happily, My boy of tarnished mien, Lifting your limpid, trustful gaze In innocence serene. A thousand javelins of pain Assault my heaving breast When I behold the storm of years That beat without your nest. O sing, my lark, your matin song Of joyous rhapsody, Distil the sweetness of the hours In gladsome ecstasy. For time awaits your buoyant flight Across the bar of years, Sing, sing your song, my bonny lark, Before it melts in tears! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LUCY AND HER GIRLS by LUCILLE CLIFTON SARAH'S PROMISE by LUCILLE CLIFTON BENEDICTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GUARDIANSHIP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LITTLE SON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SHALL I SAY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON UTOPIA by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE LITTLE BLACK BOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 2. THE LEADERS by GWENDOLYN BROOKS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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