We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
For a poet – Countee Cullen
Helen Keller
Langston Hughes
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful?
Elisabeth Pfeffer
poem : Tableau
By: Countee Cullen
A wreath
By. George Herbert
The octaroon
Georgia Johnson
I know my soul
Claude Mckay
I’m doing “acceptance” -Langston Hughes
The heart of a woman
Georgia Douglas Johnson
cross by langston hughes
The heart of a woman
Georgia Douglas Johnson
“Acceptance” -Langston Hughes
Birds Of Prey by Claude McKay
An explanation- James Weldon Johnson
Incident – Countee Cullen
Passing love
By Langston hughes
Octaroon
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Angelina Weld Grimke – “The Black Finger”
Please select a different poem. Find something that speaks to your soul.
Countee Cullen x I Have a Rendezvous With Life
Claude McKay “Flame-Heart”
Georgia Douglas Johnson – I Want To Die While You Love Me
Epitaph – Gwendolyn B Bennett
Octaroon
by: Georgia Douglas Johnson
“Of We Must Die” Claude McKay
The Octaroon
by: Georgia Douglas Johnson
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Langston Hughes – 1902-1967
“My little Dreams” by Georgia Douglas Johnson
“College formal: renaissance casino”- langston Hughes
“I too”- Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes “ Dreams ”
” Dreams ” Langston Hughes
Lines To My Father
Poet: Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes “ Dreams ”
If We Must Die -Claude McKay
The Loss Of Love – Poem by Countee Cullen
“ subway face “ by Langston Hughes
Montage of a Dream Deferred ” Dreams ” by Langston Hughes
Poet Name; Langston Hughes
poem title; i , too
Subway Face by Langston Hughes
Poet name: Langston Hudges
Poem title: I, too
Dreams by Langston Hughes
Montage of a Dream Deferred “ Dreams “ by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes ” Dreams ” Montage of a Dream
Montage of a Dream Deferred ” Harlem ” By Langston Hughes
Montage of a Dream Deferred ” Harlem ” Langston Hughes
Monuments of a Dream Deferred ” Harlem ” by Langston Hughes
Lines to my father by Countee Cullen
Montage of a Dream Deferred ” Harlem ” by Langston Hughes
Poet Name;Langston Hudges
Poem title: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Lines To My Father- Countee Cullen
Lines To My Father
Lines to my father – Countee Cullen
misery- Langston Hughes
Misery – Langston Hughes
“Motherhood” – Georgia Douglas Johnson
Lines To My Father
Montage of Dreams Deferred ” Dreams ” by Langston Hughes
Poem Title;I ,too
Poet Name: Langston Huges
Poet Name : Langston Hughes
Poem Name: Misery
Poet name: Langston Hughes
Poem Name: Misery
LANGSTON HUGHES: “THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS” (1921)
Lines To My Father- Countee Cullen
Poet name: Anne Spencer
Poem title: Black Man O’mine