African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Frank Horne, "Arabesque" (1927)

Down in Georgia 
a danglin’ n*****
hangin’ in a tree 
....kicks holes in the laughing sunlight— 
      A little red haired 
      Irish girl . . . grey eyes 
      and a blue dress— 
      A little black babe 
      in a lacy white cap... 
      The soft red lips 
      of the little red head 
      kiss 
      so tenderly 
      the little black head— 
      grey eyes smile 
      into black eyes 
      and the gay sunlight 
      laughs joyously 
      in a burst of gold... 
      Down in Georgia 
      a danglin’ n*****
      hangin’ in a tree 
...kicks holes in the laughing sunlight— 


Published in Ebony and Topaz

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