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POETRY COLLECTION Voices of the HarlemRenaissance

Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

Dunbar, Johnson, McKay, Toomer, Hughes, Cullen and more · 38 poems · 83 pages · free to read · for teens and adults

Poems published between 1896 and 1927 by African American poets, from Paul Laurence Dunbar to the young writers of 1920s Harlem.

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Contents

  1. We Wear the Mask Paul Laurence Dunbar (open in book)
  2. Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar (open in book)
  3. Life Paul Laurence Dunbar (open in book)
  4. The Creation James Weldon Johnson (open in book)
  5. My City James Weldon Johnson (open in book)
  6. The Heart of a Woman Georgia Douglas Johnson (open in book)
  7. My Little Dreams Georgia Douglas Johnson (open in book)
  8. Hope Georgia Douglas Johnson (open in book)
  9. Lines to a Nasturtium Anne Spencer (open in book)
  10. A Winter Twilight Angelina Weld Grimké (open in book)
  11. Snow in October Alice Dunbar Nelson (open in book)
  12. I Sit and Sew Alice Dunbar Nelson (open in book)
  13. If We Must Die Claude McKay (open in book)
  14. The Tropics in New York Claude McKay (open in book)
  15. America Claude McKay (open in book)
  16. Flame-Heart Claude McKay (open in book)
  17. Reapers Jean Toomer (open in book)
  18. Georgia Dusk Jean Toomer (open in book)
  19. Song of the Son Jean Toomer (open in book)
  20. November Cotton Flower Jean Toomer (open in book)
  21. Evening Song Jean Toomer (open in book)
  22. The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes (open in book)
  23. Mother to Son Langston Hughes (open in book)
  24. I, Too Langston Hughes (open in book)
  25. Dreams Langston Hughes (open in book)
  26. Homesick Blues Langston Hughes (open in book)
  27. Prayer Langston Hughes (open in book)
  28. Fantasy in Purple Langston Hughes (open in book)
  29. To a Dark Girl Gwendolyn B. Bennett (open in book)
  30. Fantasy Gwendolyn B. Bennett (open in book)
  31. The Day-Breakers Arna Bontemps (open in book)
  32. Yet Do I Marvel Countee Cullen (open in book)
  33. From the Dark Tower Countee Cullen (open in book)
  34. Lines to Our Elders Countee Cullen (open in book)
  35. What Do I Care for Morning Helene Johnson (open in book)
  36. No Images Waring Cuney (open in book)
  37. Sky Pictures Mary Effie Lee Newsome (open in book)
  38. Robin Red Breast Lula Lowe Weeden (open in book)

Sources

Poets in this book

Paul Laurence Dunbar1872–1906 · United StatesRead the bookJames Weldon Johnson1871–1938 · United StatesRead the bookGeorgia Douglas Johnson1880–1966 · United StatesRead the bookClaude McKay1889–1948 · Jamaica / United StatesRead the bookJean Toomer1894–1967 · United StatesRead the bookLangston Hughes1901–1967 · United StatesRead the bookCountee Cullen1903–1946 · United StatesRead the book

The poems in this collection are in the public domain. This is a reading edition, not a Pagine Original.

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