poet from the harlem resistance movement
Freedom
#poem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/151031/freedom-5d7a48504dcd5
Freedom will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
I have as much right As the other fellow has To stand On my two feet And own the land.
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread. Freedom Is a strong seed Planted In a great need. I live here, too. I want my freedom Just as you.
Dreams
#poem https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150995/dreams-5d767850da976
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.