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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALIENS (TO YOU - EVERYWHERE! DEDICATED), by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They seem to smile as others smile, the masquerader's art Last Line: While peace shall spread a rainbow o'er the earth from pole to pole. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry | |||
They seem to smile as others smile, the masquerader's art Conceals them, while, in verity, they're eating out their heart, Betwixt the two contending stones of crass humanity They lie, the fretted fabric of a dual dynasty. A single drop, a sable strain debars them from their own,— The others—fold them furtively, but God! they are alone, Blown by the fickle winds of fate far from the traveled mart To die, when they have quite consumed the morsel of their heart. When man shall lift his lowered eyes to meet the moon of truth, Shall break the shallow shell of pride and wax in ways of ruth, He cannot hate, for love shall reign untrammelled in the soul, While peace shall spread a rainbow o'er the earth from pole to pole. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FOREDOOM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES by JUNE JORDAN A SONG FOR SOWETO by JUNE JORDAN ON THE LOSS OF ENERGY (AND OTHER THINGS) by JUNE JORDAN POEM ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE by JUNE JORDAN DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE by JUNE JORDAN THE NIGHT THAT LORCA COMES by BOB KAUFMAN THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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