Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SICK AFRICAN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wm. Yates, colored Last Line: Too weak to stand. Subject(s): African Americans | ||||||||
Wm. Yates, colored, Lies in bed reading The Bible -- And recovering from A dose of epididymitis Contracted while Grace Was pregnant with The twelve day old Baby: There sits Grace, laughing, Too weak to stand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL A CELEBRATION by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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