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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUESTION, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where are the brave men, where are the strong me? Last Line: Of prejudice. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry | |||
Where are the brave men, where are the strong men? Pygmies rise And spawn the earth. Weak-kneed, weak-hearted, and afraid, Afraid to face the counsel of their timid hearts, Afraid to look men squarely, Down they gaze— With fatal fascination Down, down— Into the whirling maggot sands Of prejudice. | 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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