Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANGELINY, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: Come right hyar, yo' angeliny Last Line: Tink yo's irish too? Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Blacks; Ireland; Racism; Irish; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry | ||||||||
COME right hyar, yo' Angeliny; Chile, yo' jes' gib me de blues. What yo' doin'? tryin' to try me Warin' out dem bran new shoes? Yase yo' is, 'deed yo' is, Doan yo' dar talk back to me, Kase I know yo' is. Whar' yo' gwine to play dis tennis? Who yo' playin' tennis wid; Playin' wid dat Irish Dennis, Well fo' yo,' chile, dat yo's hid. Come right squar out f'om dar, Out f'om dar hin' dat dar bed; Now, go comb yo' har. Angeliny! Angeliny! Doan yo' hyar me callin' yo'? Needn't tink dat yo' slip by me, Min', gal, I'se daid on tah yo'. Come right squar in f'om dar, Yo' kaint play wid dem low white trash, Now, my gal, see hyar. Whar's yo' music edgecashun? Git to dat piannah dar Play dat lubly strabaganzah Dat yo' calls de Maiden's Pra'r. Lan' a-libin', chile, do yo' Want de folks in dis hyar neighbo'hood Tink yo's Irish too? | 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 THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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