Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1911-1922): A Digital CollectionMain MenuIntroduction: About this SiteAmardeep Singh, Lehigh UniversityConstab Ballads (1912) -- Digital EditionClaude McKay's "Constab Ballads"Songs of Jamaica (1912): Digital EditionBook of poetry by Claude McKay. Preface by Walter Jekyll.Early Uncollected Poetry (1911-1922)Uncollected Poems by Claude McKay published in Jamaican, British, and American magazinesWorkers Dreadnought PoetrySpring in New Hampshire (1920): Digital EditionHarlem Shadows (1922): Digital EditionHarlem Shadows Digital EditionSelected Poems of Claude McKay (1953)Approximating the Table of Contents of "Selected Poems of Claude McKay"Criticism and Contextual EssaysWorks CitedWorks Cited for "Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1912-1922)"TEI/XML Editions (in progress/coming soon)Links to TEI versions of these textsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T17:59:28+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Winter in the Country4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:13:13+00:001922City, Nature, Longing, SeasonsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:05:21+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On the Road4Harlem Shadows (1922)plain2020-01-14T15:54:59+00:001922Class, Modernity, City, Degeneration, TechnologyAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:20:26+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Castaways4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2020-01-14T15:56:22+00:001922Class, Nature, Suffering, CityAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:11:35+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Tired Worker4Harlem Shadows (1922)plain2020-01-14T16:00:59+00:001922Capitalism, Class, Class Warfare, Communism, New York, Servitude, Slavery, Suffering, City, LaborAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:11:34+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1On Broadway4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2017-08-07T13:10:43+00:00Loneliness, Longing, New YorkAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:09:56+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Dawn in New York3Harlem Shadows (1922)plain2020-01-14T15:46:27+00:001922New York, City, Labor, DawnAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T02:11:25+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rest in Peace3Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:12:00+00:001922Death, Loss, City, Race, Sexuality, DesireAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T20:03:52+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1La Paloma in London2Harlem Shadows (1922)plain2020-01-14T15:53:26+00:001922Entertainment, Exploration, Harlem, Love, City, London, MusicAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T01:56:03+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1When Dawn Comes to the City2Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:16:21+00:001922Animals, Displacement, Home, Jamaica, Heritage, Identity, Landscape, Longing, Migration, Modernization, Nature, New York, Pastoral, Race, City,Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:35:20+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The White City2Harlem Shadowsplain2016-11-12T22:09:05+00:00Black, Class, Displacement, Hate, Identity, Militant, New York, Race, Race Relations, SoulAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:34:05+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Harlem Shadows2Harlem Shadowsplain2016-11-14T12:08:21+00:00Body, City, Harlem, New York, Nightlife, Poverty, Prostitution, Race, Sex, Sexuality, UrbanAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-09-13T20:52:28+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Moon Song2Originally Published in "Milwaukee Arts Monthly" (October 1922)plain2017-09-14T16:36:07+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-18T15:03:13+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1A Country Girl1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912)plain2017-07-18T15:03:13+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:25:38+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The City's Love1Harlem Shadowsplain2016-11-11T15:25:38+00:00American Identity, Black, Displacement, Harlem, Identity, New York, Passion, Race, Transnational, UrbanAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-18T15:17:55+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Hopping off the Tram1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912)plain2017-07-18T15:17:55+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-18T15:29:16+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Jubba1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912)plain2017-07-18T15:29:16+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T01:39:55+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To a Poet1Harlem Shadows (1922)plain2016-11-12T01:39:55+00:001922Animals, Birds, Dance, Harlem, Music, Poet, Poetry, City, WritingAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1