Classic and Contemporary Poets

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poems found: 88

YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME

FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND

FROM THE SPANISH

THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE

THE WHITE WITCH

LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER

A POET TO HIS BABY SON

FATHER, FATHER ABRAHAM

GIRL OF FIFTEEN

I HEAR THE STARS STILL SINGING

IF HOMELY VIRTUES DRAW FROM ME A TUNE

POSSUM SONG (A WARNING)

A MID-DAY DREAMER

A PLANTATION BACCHANAL

AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR

ANSWER TO PRAYER

BEAUTY THAT IS NEVER OLD

BEFORE A PAINTING

BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL

DAT GAL O' MINE

DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP

DEEP IN THE QUIET WOOD

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 1. SUNRISE IN THE TROPICS

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 3. TEESTAY

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 4. THE LOTTERY GIRL

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 5. THE DANCING GIRL

DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 6. SUNSET IN THE TROPICS

GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR

HER EYES TWIN POOLS

MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY (NEGRO LOVE SONG)

MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT

NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON (A NEGRO SERENADE)

PRAYER AT SUNRISE

THE BLACK MAMMY

THE COLOR SERGEANT

THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN

THE GIFT TO SING

THE PRODIGAL SON

THE WORD OF AN ENGINEER

THE YOUNG WARRIOR

TO HORACE BUMSTEAD

TUNK (A LECTURE ON MODERN EDUCATION)

VENUS IN A GARDEN

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING

THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE

FIFTY YEARS (1863-1913)

GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON

O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS

SENCE YOU WENT AWAY

THE CREATION (A NEGRO SERMON)

FATHER, FATHER ABRAHAM

GIRL OF FIFTEEN

I HEAR THE STARS STILL SINGING

IF HOMELY VIRTUES DRAW FROM ME A TUNE

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING

THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE

YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES' DE SAME

GOD'S TROMBONES

LET MY PEOPLE GO

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