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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
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.
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