African American Poetry (1870-1926): A Digital AnthologyMain MenuBy Author"The Crisis": a Collection of PoemsThe Crisis TagLangston Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (full text) (1926)Countee Cullen, "Color" (1925)Full text of book of poetry published by Countee Cullen, 1925Claude McKay, "Harlem Shadows" (1922)Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Bronze" (Full Text) (1922)Full text of Georgia Douglas Johnson's "Bronze," with a Preface by W.E.B. Du Bois"The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922) Ed. James W. Johnson"The New Negro: an Interpretation." Anthology Edited by Alain Locke (1925)Other Poets: full text collectionsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
Young Singer by Langston Hughes
12022-01-05T15:03:19-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12132plain2022-01-08T11:59:26-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1One who sings "chansons vulgaires" In a Harlem cellar Where the jazz-band plays From dark to dawn Would not understand Should you tell her That she is like a nymph For some wild faun.