Jazz After Dinner: Selected Poems
by Leonard A. Slade /
2006 / English / PDF
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Poems of celebration and endurance.
Poems of celebration and endurance.From
From"I Am a Black Man"
"I Am a Black Man"
I am a Black man
I am a Black man
my history written with blood
my history written with blood
some sweet songs of sorrow
some sweet songs of sorrow
are composed for my soul
are composed for my soul
and I
and I
can be seen plowing in the fields
can be seen plowing in the fields
Can be heard
Can be heard
humming
humming
in the night
in the night