Poems

With Dad gone, Mom and I workedThe dusky rows of tomatoes. As they glowed orange in sunlightAnd rotted in shadow, I tooGrew orange and softe...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry uplike a raisen in the sun?Or fester kuje a sore-And then run?Does it sink like rotten meat?Ir...

Life for my child is simple, and is good. He knows his wish. Yes, but that is not all.Because I know mine too.And we both want joy of undeep...

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother, They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh, And eat well,And grow stron...

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I swallow immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.I am not crue...

I went to the dances at Chandlerville, And played snap-out at Winchester. One time we changed partners, Driving home in the moonlight of mid...

This Antholy is made up of peoms I found from several books. Some of them I found to be quite interesting and I liked what they had to tell ...