Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A RELATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by HENRY HARRISON First Line: You snicker that you do not care for him Last Line: It's you who live, but never can survive! Subject(s): Ignorance; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Presidents, United States; Racism; Shame; Dullness; Stupdity; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry | ||||||||
You snicker that you do not care for him Who set the black man free. Your tongue is grim, But I am not misled. Despite the fact You mock him, I remember every act He shaped. Perhaps if Lincoln were on earth, He'd be ashamed of you, then moved to mirth. Yet Honest Abe, though dead, is still alive; It's you who live, but never can survive! | 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 A LUNATIC HAS AN IDEA by HENRY HARRISON |
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