Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1911-1922): A Digital Collection

Workers Dreadnought Poetry


These are poems Claude McKay published in the London Communist Magazine, Workers Dreadnought, either under his name or under the pseudonym "Hugh Hope." Several of these poems appeared in other venues (see individual poems for details). 

In addition to publishing a number of poems in Workers Dreadnought, McKay also authored numerous essays for this magazine on topics related to race, socialism, and the economic consequences of World War I. In future months we plan to digitize these essays and provide them here as well. 

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  1. Introduction: About this Site Amardeep Singh

Contents of this path:

  1. A Hero of the Wars
  2. A Roman Holiday
  3. Battle
  4. Birds of Prey (1920 version)
  5. Joy in the Woods
  6. Re-Affirmation
  7. Reality
  8. Samson
  9. Song of the New Soldier and Worker
  10. Summer Morn in New Hampshire (1920 version)
  11. The Beast
  12. The Little Peoples
  13. To "Holy" Russia

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