Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1911-1922): A Digital CollectionMain MenuIntroduction: About this SiteAmardeep Singh, Lehigh UniversitySongs 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
1media/claude mckay early poetry splash image.png2016-11-11T07:11:19-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Harlem Shadows: Claude McKay's Early PoetryAmardeep Singh23Harlem Shadows: Claude Mckay's Early Poetryvistoc2017-06-13T10:33:13-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:00:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1De Route March1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:00:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:10:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Flat-Foot Drill1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:10:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:13:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Bennie's Departure1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:13:49-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:15:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Consolation1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:15:22-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:21:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fire Practice1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:21:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:22:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Second-Class Constable Alston1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:22:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:25:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Last Words of the Dying Recruit1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:25:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:26:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Bound Fe Duty1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:26:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:31:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Bumming1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:31:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:35:08-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1De Dog-Driver's Frien'1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:35:08-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:37:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To Inspector W.E. Clark (On his Return)1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:37:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-06T14:43:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Papine Corner2Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-06T14:46:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T15:08:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Disillusioned1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T15:08:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T15:14:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Cotch Donkey1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T15:14:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T15:33:54-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Me Whoppin' Big-Tree Boy2Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T15:39:38-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T15:38:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1A Recruit on the Corpy1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T15:38:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T15:56:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Pay-Day1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T15:56:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-12T16:06:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Apple-Woman's Complaint1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-12T16:06:25-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T10:44:47-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Knutsford Park Races2Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T10:51:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T10:56:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Heart of a Constab1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T10:56:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:02:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Fe Me Sal1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:02:44-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:08:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Bobby to the Sneering Lady2Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:09:27-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:15:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Malingerer1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:15:04-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:19:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1A Labourer's Life Give Me1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:19:45-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:21:15-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Free1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:21:16-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:23:24-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Comrades Four1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:23:24-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:25:52-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To W.G.G.1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:25:52-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:32:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sukee River (1912 version)1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:32:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1