On the day when the Savoy leaps clean over to Seventh Avenue and starts jitterbugging with the Renaissance, on that day when Abyssinia Baptist Church throws her enormous arms around St. James Presbyterian and 409 Edgecombe stoops to kiss 12 West 133rd, on that day-- Do, Jesus! Manhattan Island will whirl like a Dizzy Gillespie transcription played by Inez and Timme. On that day, Lord, Sammy Davis and Marian Anderson will sing a duet, Paul Robeson will team up with Jackie Mabley, and Father Divine will say in truth, Peace! It's truly wonderful! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SUBALTERNS by THOMAS HARDY GETTYSBURG [JULY 1-3, 1863] by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE OVERTURE TO A DANCE OF LOCOMOTIVES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS PROMETHEUS UNBOUND: THE RED SEA by AESCHYLUS THE BEST MEMORIAL by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 53. ALLAH-AL-WAKIL by EDWIN ARNOLD |