Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.

Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a - You think It's a happy beat? Listen to it closely: Ain't you heard something underneath like a - What did I say? Sure, I'm happy! Take it away! Dream Boogie Hey, pop! Re-bop! Mop! Y-e-a-h!

It were depression, too. They cut my wages down once at the foundry. They cut my wages down again. Then they cut my wages out, also the job.

For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.