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Poems Published in "The Carolina Magazine"

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In May 1927, May 1928, and May 1929, The Carolina Magazine published special issues devoted to African American literature. These featured poetry by prominent poets associated with the Harlem Renaissance, as well as essays by figures like Charles H. Johnson and Alain Locke, as well as a sampling of short fiction. 

The May 1927 special issue of The Carolina Magazine was guest-edited by Lewis Alexander.

The May 1928 special issue contains essays by Alain Locke, "The Message of the Negro Poets," Allan R. Freelon,, "The New Negro--A pen and ink sketch," and a review of Countee Cullen's edited collection, Caroling Dusk. 

The overall quality of the selections is quite high; many of the poems below were in fact not collected elsewhere in the 1920s. 

Contents of this tag:

  1. Helene Johnson, "Fulfillment" (1926)
  2. Waring Cuney, "No Images" (1927)
  3. Angelina Weld Grimke, "Trees" (1928)
  4. Effie Lee Newsome, "Sun Disk" (1923)
  5. Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Welt" (1927)
  6. Countee Cullen, "An Old Story" (1927)
  7. Arna Bontemps, "Close Your Eyes!" (1927)
  8. Nellie R. Bright (Nellie Rathbone Bright), "To One Who Might Have Been My Friend" (1927)
  9. Nellie R. Bright (Nellie Rathbone Bright), "Query" (1927)
  10. Angelina Weld Grimke, "Paradox" (1927)
  11. Langston Hughes, "Boy on Beale Street" (1928)
  12. Arna Bontemps, "Nocturne of the Wharves" (1928)
  13. Langston Hughes, "Bulwark" (1927)
  14. Langston Hughes, "African Dancer in Paris" (1928)
  15. Carrie Williams Clifford (Carrie W. Clifford), "Apology" (1927)
  16. Edward Silvera (Edward S. Silvera), "The Feast of Death" (1928)
  17. John F. Matheus (John Matheus), "Belle Mam'selle of Martinique" (1928)
  18. Georgia Douglas Johnson, "The Black Runner" (1928)
  19. Lewis Alexander, "Tree Meditation" (1928)
  20. Donald Jeffrey Hayes, "Threnody to Alice" (1927)
  21. Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Nonchalance" (1928)
  22. Langston Hughes, "Lover's Return" (1928)
  23. Jessie Fauset, "Episode" (1928)
  24. Langston Hughes, "Boy" (1928)
  25. Waring Cuney, "Once Bad Gal" (1928)
  26. Mae V. Cowdery, "Of the Earth" (1928)
  27. Edward S. Silvera (Edward Silvera), "Virginia Memories" (1927)
  28. Arna Bontemps, "Jazz" (1928)
  29. Waring Cuney, "Aint Nobody But You" (1928)
  30. Carrie Williams Clifford (Carrie W. Clifford), "Appeal" (1928)
  31. James H. Young, "A Portrait" (1928)
  32. Lewis Alexander, "Barefoot Blues" (1928)
  33. Carrie Williams Clifford (Carrie W. Clifford), "Warning" (1928)
  34. Arna Bontemps, "Quintilla" (1927)
  35. Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Store" (1928)
  36. Waring Cuney, "Da Jail Blues Song" (1928)
  37. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, "A Prayer" (1928)
  38. Sterling Brown (Sterling A. Brown), "Old Man Buzzard" (1928)
  39. Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Contemplation" (1928)
  40. Waring Cuney, "Suicide" (1928)
  41. Arna Bontemps, "Old Mansion" (1927)
  42. Angelina Weld Grimke, "Under the Days" (1927)
  43. Donald Jeffrey Hayes, "Lament" (1928)
  44. Lewis Alexander, "Bought Sense" (1928)

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