It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.

When poems stop talking about the moon and begin to mention poverty, trade unions, color, color lines and colonies, somebody tells the police.

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long." That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.

Money and art are far apart.

How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way. ~ "Sea Calm

I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.

Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.