Don't Come Giving Me, Who's Old Enough

Negro Writers, Just By Being Black, Have Been On The Blacklist All Our Lives. Do You Know That There Are Libraries In Our Country That Will Not Stock A Book By A Negro Writer, Not Even As A Gift? There Are Towns Where Negro Newspapers And Magazines Cannot Be Sold Except Surreptitiously. There Are American Magazines That Have Never Published Anything By Negroes. There Are Film Studios That Have Never Hired A Negro Writer. Censorship For Us Begins At The Color Line.

I Stuck My Head Out The Window This Morning And Spring Kissed Me Bang In The Face.

Love Is A Naked Shadow, On A Gnarled And Naked Tree.

Folks, I'm Telling You, Birthing Is Hard And Dying Is Mean- So Get Yourself A Little Loving In Between.

To Some People Love Is Given, To Others Only Heaven.