Category: Black Poetry
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And What Shall You Say?
A brief, driving poem by Joseph S. Cotter Jr. that asks what you will be able to say about your life when history and heaven call you to account. Part of Stanza & Story’s Black poetry collection.
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After Winter
“We’ll turn our faces southward, love…” As winter sets in, Claude McKay envisions a return to the warmth of the tropics. Read this classic Harlem Renaissance poem about seeking shelter, quiet hills, and the promise of spring.