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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: AFRICAN AMERICANS - CHILDREN Matches Found: 114 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A PHOTOGRAPH, by NINA FARLEY WISHEK Poem Text First Line: Odd little, thin little brown little girl Last Line: Ever wear pretty dresses, have a wave and a curl? Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Photography & Photographers ANGEL FOR DONNA, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: She sat there at the end of the room Last Line: And make them happy, too.' Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ANGEL FOR MY FRIEND, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I want my friend to have an angel Last Line: Well, I want my friend to have an angel %just like him Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ANGEL IN THE TREE HOUSE, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: Don't stay back there hiding Last Line: When the world is new Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ANGEL OF KNOWLEDGE, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: She knows almost all there is to know Last Line: But even she must wait %for answers Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ANGELS, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: We are older than %the oldest star Last Line: Our love shines %ever bright Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ANGELS (REPRISE), by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I am older than %the oldest star Last Line: My love glows forever %bright Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels ASPHALT, by JOHN MINCZESKI Poem Source First Line: At st. Stans, back in seventh grade Last Line: Center of the earth Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Children; Race Awareness; Youth BENEDICTION, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go forth, my son Last Line: Thy star-ways must be won! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children BIG SISTER, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: My sister is such an angel Last Line: But she's an angel, too Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels BIG SISTER AND BIG BROTHER, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: Ziza plays her guitar Last Line: His running shoes Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 2. THE LEADERS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jeff. Gene. Geronimo. And bop Last Line: Construct, strangely, a monstrous pearl or grace Subject(s): African Americans - Children CHILDHOOD, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a child I knew red miners Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Mines & Miners; Southern States; South (u.s.) CHILDHOOD, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a child I knew red miners Last Line: Where sentiment and hatred still held sway %and only bitter land was washed away Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Mines And Miners; Southern States CHILDREN COMING HOME, SELS., by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Alphabet Verse; Ancestors And Ancestry CHILLEN GET SHOES, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hush little lily Last Line: You'll be like moll, too, %bye and bye Subject(s): African Americans - Children COME HOME FROM THE MOVIES, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Show our fathers how to walk like men, %they already know how to dance Subject(s): African Americans - Children COUNTERS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: My uncle fred has a slash Last Line: It made him Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama COUNTRY GIRL, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Had this cousin that was a black Last Line: Could be mad as hell with the world Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama CRAZY, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: You'd have to be Last Line: Crazy Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Me and kesha cousins used to dance to hip-hop music Last Line: More than once heaven was closed to her Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama DANIEL IN SNOW, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: The snow world had called him Last Line: And listened to the magical call %of snow Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels DEATH CHEST, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Last year, in the last field out of shorter Last Line: I always lock the bathroom doors in hotels though Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama DELROY AND FRIEND, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: We laugh strongest because we laugh Last Line: And winner ate dug-up dirt Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life DELROY THE DANCER-EXPLORER, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: I dance myself all clear Last Line: A dancer-boy explorer Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life DELROY THE SKATEBOARD ROLLER, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: Sittn down is all immobility Last Line: To roll with, calm calm, without end Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life DOESN'T A DIFFERENCE MAKE FRIENDS TALK?, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: My dad watches a ball game Last Line: But isn't she messy? Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life DREENA'S NOTEBOOK THAT MAKES PEOPLE LAUGH, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: My drawings come bright Last Line: He'd been really nasty to me Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life FLOWERS, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: My stepfather brought me flowers today Last Line: Becaurse I had just sung my first solo Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels FOR BABIES, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I visit babies %after the sun Last Line: Is going to be %all right Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels FOR MICHAEL ON HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY, by PATRICIA PARKER Poem Source First Line: A distant time past Last Line: Men - beautiful and black Alternate Author Name(s): Parker, Pat Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Birthdays GETTIN' OLD, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: One day I figured I'd get old Last Line: T. Fanny said, 'see?' Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama GHOST HOUSES, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Already tearing down some of the old houses Last Line: No more shorter Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama GRANDMAMA, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: My grandmama says there's no place like shorter Last Line: She just looks at the old packard and remembers Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama GRANDSON IS A HOTICEBERG, by MARGARET DANNER Poem Source First Line: A grandson is %not %the wing-sprouting cherub Last Line: Mother, %dynamite Subject(s): African Americans - Children GRATITUDE DOWN SOUTH, by EDWINA WOOD WHITESIDE Poem Text First Line: I'se des a little cullud boy Last Line: "let yo' co'science be yo' guide." Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Southern States; South (u.s.) GUARDIANSHIP, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That dusky child upon your knee Last Line: That wields the locks of destiny! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children HIDING PLACE, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Yesterday found the old shack by line creek Last Line: To face the reality of shorter Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama HORSES, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Mr. John jacobs used to sit me on the old carousel Last Line: And I wondered if he'd ever fly again Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama I BRING LAUGHTER, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I made you laugh, %isn't this fun? Last Line: I tickled my angel self, too Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels INTO THE LIGHT, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: There is a picture of Last Line: The light Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama ISN'T MY NAME MAGICAL?, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: Nobody can see my name on me Last Line: Isn't your name and my name magic? Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life KAMALI'S ANGEL, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: I saw an angel %in a bubble I blew Last Line: I would be sad %forever Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the murder, %after the burial Last Line: Chaos in windy grays %through a red prairie Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Lynching; Till, Emmett (1941-1955) LEARNING TO READ, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Very soon the yankee teachers / came down and set up school Last Line: As the queen upon her throne. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Americans; Bible; Schools; Slavery; Southern States; United States; Students; Serfs; South (u.s.); America LESSON, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It was 1963 or 4, summer Last Line: With him, I kept thinking, fixed against noise %from the dark Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Fathers LIFE OF LINCOLN WEST, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ugliest little boy Last Line: It comforted him Subject(s): African Americans - Children LITTLE BLACK GIRLS, THE ORIGINAL EVE (SPREADIN' MORE BEAUTIF, by KAREN WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: A %bodacious %black %bad Last Line: One of the true joys of motherhood Subject(s): African Americans - Children LITTLE BROWN BABY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes Last Line: Little brown baby wif spa'klin eyes! Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; Babies; Negroes; American Blacks; Infants LITTLE SAM, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, de cabin's empty Last Line: Will take dis po' ole nigger home, to be wid little sam. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Slavery; Serfs LITTLE SON, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The very acme of my woe Last Line: In turmoil and delight. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Mothers LIZA MAY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little brown face full of smiles Last Line: Liza may. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Mothers LOOKS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: I stood on the curve in the road by my grandmama's Last Line: If nothing else of this town %existed Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama LUCY AND HER GIRLS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lucy is the ocean Last Line: Lucy / was going Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Girls LUCY AND HER GIRLS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lucy is the ocean Last Line: Lucy %was going Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Girls MAKE/N MY MUSIC, by ANGELA JACKSON Poem Source First Line: My colored childhood was mostly music Last Line: I found billie %holiday - an learned %how %to cry Subject(s): African Americans - Children; African Americans - Women; Jazz; Music And Musicians MISS ANNIE MORGAN, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: I waved to miss annie morgan this morning Last Line: That's why I waved at miss annie Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama MISS BLUES'ES CHILD, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the blues would let me Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; Negroes; American Blacks MISS BLUES'ES CHILD, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the blues would let me Last Line: In my heart I'm crying, %I'm just miss blues'es child! Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children MISS PEARL, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: She told immigrant stories Last Line: Up in shorter Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama MY ANGEL, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: No one can hurt me %an angel comes to guard Last Line: Snatches me away %from all danger Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels MY BOY, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear you singing happily Last Line: Before it melts in tears! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children MY BOYS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My boys beauty is Last Line: Questioning over and over - %what is the meaning of this? Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Boys MY FAMILY OF PEOPLE: DAD, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: My daddy drives a train Last Line: Sometimes, he plays our piano Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life MY FAMILY OF PEOPLE: MOM, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: My mommy wears flat earrings Last Line: Then mommy marks essay after essay Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life NEGRO MOTHER TO HER CHILD, by VICTOR JEREMY JEROME Poem Source First Line: Quit yo' wailin' honey bo' Last Line: Brek dat prison down Subject(s): African Americans - Children NEW HOUSE, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Two years before we moved to ohio Last Line: And not going back to grandmama's house Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama NIKKI-ROSA, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Childhood remembrances are always a drag / if you're black Last Line: All the while I was quite happy Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki Variant Title(s): Nikki-roasa Subject(s): African Americans - Children; African Americans - Women; Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations; Women NINETIES, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Had to leave the south Last Line: But would never live in %mine Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama OMI ROSE, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: Her face was such a warm doll Last Line: Our baby - omi! Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life ON THE STEPS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Had never seen a crack pipe till Last Line: All couldn't do any better Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama OTHER SIDE, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: I used to stand on top of the shed in the back of my Last Line: Where I stood for a long time Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama OUR CAT, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: She touches with her paw Last Line: Fantastic family friend - firefur! Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Brothers And Sisters; Family Life PARK WORKER, by PHILIP S. BRYANT Poem Source First Line: The harbor is as a baby's blue eye Last Line: And moves down the incline toward the water Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Child Labor; Girls PARTY, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Carla jackson threw me a party before I went north Last Line: I could never really come back Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama PIANO LESSONS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: It's hard growing up in a family that Last Line: Then dragged me forever away from culture in shorter Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama POEM, by HELENE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little brown boy / slim, dark, big-eyed Last Line: You are. Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; African Americans - Women; Negroes; American Blacks POLITICS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: My mama's best friend in high school Last Line: Shorter being unforgiving of that kind of thing Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama PULLIN' SHORTER DOWN, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Got the letter yesterday Last Line: And now they're pullin' it all down Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama RED DIRT, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Got me some red alabama dirt I keep Last Line: Red, red dirt of alabama Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama SARAH'S PROMISE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who understands better than I Last Line: Spare me my one good boy. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Bible; Faith; Sons; Belief; Creed SHALL I SAY, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall I say, 'my son, you're branded in this country's pageantry Last Line: With a faith that shall not falter, in your heart and on your tongue! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children SHORTER, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Got to shorter and saw it all Last Line: You can't Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama SIRENS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Red lights in the cold night Last Line: Never be warm again Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama SMOKING WITH T. FANNY, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: T. Fanny moved in next door to us when I was eight Last Line: Cigarettes on her birthday every year Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama SOFT, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: My mama holds me Last Line: Precious baby, %precious one.' Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels SONG FOR TWO, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: Two hearts are singing a love song Last Line: I love you. My father. My son.' Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels SOON, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: Soon one evening or soon one morn Last Line: A wonderful angel like me Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels STONED, by JACQUELINE JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Rancid reasoning of a thousand Last Line: Exploding in his head Subject(s): African Americans - Children THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 2. THE LEADERS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jeff. Gene. Geronimo. And bop Subject(s): African Americans - Children THE LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the murder, / after the burial Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Lynching; Till, Emmett (1941-1955) THE LIFE OF LINCOLN WEST, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ugliest little boy Last Line: It comforted him Subject(s): African Americans - Children THE LITTLE BLACK BOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother bore me in the southern wild Last Line: And be like him, and he will then love me. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Bible; Brotherhood; Freedom; Mothers; Mythology; Racism; Liberty; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE MARTYR OF ALABAMA, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He lifted up his pleading eyes Last Line: In whirlwinds of god's wrath. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Murder; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry THE PLANTATION CHILD'S LULLABY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wintah time hit comin' Last Line: Ef de win' do blow? Subject(s): African Americans - Children THE TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat Last Line: T will be lizy up a-tu'nin' of de chillun in de bed. Subject(s): African Americans - Children THEME FOR ENGLISH B, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The instructor said / go home and write Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; Schools; Negroes; American Blacks; Students THEME FOR ENGLISH B, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The instructor said %go home and write Last Line: Although you're older and white %and somewhat more free %this is my page for english b Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; Schools THERE IS A GIRL INSIDE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And the woods will be wild %with the damn wonder of it Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Girls; Innocence THIS MORNING, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Survive %survive Subject(s): African Americans - Children THOSE BOYS THAT RAN TOGETHER, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: We have some fine black boys %don't it make you want to cry? Subject(s): African Americans - Children TO A BROWN BOY, by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I love you for the puzzled way you smile Last Line: A bridge whose span includes eternity Subject(s): African Americans - Children TO A LITTLE COLORED BOY, by PRISCILLA JANE THOMPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, pure and sportive little child Last Line: In me you have a friend. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Racial Equality UTOPIA, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God grant you wider vision, clearer skies, my son Last Line: Unto a waiting sunset! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): African Americans - Children VOTING, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: In conversation my grandmama calls them good-looking boys Last Line: In dresses Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WALTER, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Me and walter used to go skinny-dipping Last Line: In line creek Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WAR, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Every day after school I used to run into town to listen Last Line: Office up in birmingham Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WAR II, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: My daddy had vietnam dreams Last Line: To shorter Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WASH-A-TERIA, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Used to go to the wash-a-teria off the atlanta highway Last Line: Alabama afternoon Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WE ARE RISING, by GEORGE CLINTON ROWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Among the sayings of our race Last Line: Tell to the world we're rising! Subject(s): African Americans - Children WE REAL COOL; THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: We real cool. We / left school. We Last Line: Die soon. Variant Title(s): We Real Cool Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Children; Americans; Death; Labor & Laborers; Men; United States; Youth; Negroes; American Blacks; Dead, The; Work; Workers; America WHERE YOU BEEN, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Grandmama says Last Line: The red, red dirt of alabama Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama WITNESS, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: The hands can help, I see Last Line: Wiped away by the clasp %of helping hands Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Angels WORKING THE ROOTS, by ANGELA JOHNSON Poem Source First Line: Secretly, it was said, my great-great-grandmama, who looked Last Line: Cause no family or neighbors had the nerve to touch 'em Subject(s): African Americans - Alabama; African Americans - Children; Alabama |
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