Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JAZZONIA, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES


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First Line: Oh, silver tree!
Last Line: Six long-headed jazzers play.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Blues (music); Jazz; Music & Musicians; Negroes; American Blacks


Oh, silver tree!
Oh, shining rivers of the soul!

In a Harlem cabaret
Six long-headed jazzers play.
A dancing girl whose eyes are bold
Lifts high a dress of silken gold.

Oh, singing tree!
Oh, shining rivers of the soul!

Were Eve's eyes
In the first garden
Just a bit too bold?
Was Cleopatra gorgeous
In a gown of gold?

Oh, shining tree!
Oh, silver rivers of the soul!

In a whirling cabaret
Six long-headed jazzers play.





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