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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD BLACK MEN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They have dreamed as young black men dream Last Line: As though they did not care. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Old Age; African Americans; Dreams; Disappointment; African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks; Nightmares; Negroes; American Blacks | |||
They have dreamed as young men dream Of glory, love and power; They have hoped as youth will hope Of life's sun-minted hour. They have seen as others saw Their bubbles burst in air, And they have learned to live it down. As though they did not care. | 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 SONG OF THE SINNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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