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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 | |||
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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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