“The Negro”
Never saw him.
Never can.
Hypothetical,
Haunting man.
Eyes a-saucer,
Yessir bossir,
Dice a-clicking,
Razor flicking.
The-ness froze him
In a dance.
A-ness never
Had a chance.
--James A. Emanuel--
Never saw him.
Never can.
Hypothetical,
Haunting man.
Eyes a-saucer,
Yessir bossir,
Dice a-clicking,
Razor flicking.
The-ness froze him
In a dance.
A-ness never
Had a chance.
--James A. Emanuel--
James A. Emanuel, Poet Who Wrote of RacismJames A. Emanuel, a poet, educator and critic who published more than a dozen volumes of his poetry, much of it after his frustration with racism in the United States helped motivate him to move to France, died on Sept. 27 in Paris. He was 92.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/b...poet-who-wrote-of-racism-dies-at-92.html?_r=0