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Speakin O' Christmas and Other Christmas Poems
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Series: Mint Editions (Black Narratives)
General PoetryGeneral Sociology
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: Mint Editions
Published: Nov 12 2024
Pages: 74
Language: English
Breezes blowin' middlin' brisk, / Snowflakes thro' the air a-whisk, / Fallin' kind o' soft an' light, /Not enough to make things white, / But jest sorter siftin' down / So 's to cover up the brown /Of the dark world's rugged ways / 'N' make things look like holidays. /Not smoothed over, but jest specked, / Sorter strainin' fur effect, / An' not quite a-gittin' through / What it started in to do. / Mercy sakes! It does seem queer / Christmas day is 'most nigh here. / Somehow it don't seem to me /Christmas like it used to be, -- / Christmas with its ice an' snow, / Christmas of the long ago.
Once praised by Frederick Douglass as the most promising young colored man in America, Paul Laurence Dunbar was an exceptionally gifted poet who helped lay the foundation of African American literature and was the first African American poet to achieve major success across the color line. Published posthumously nearly ten years after his untimely death, Speakin' O' Christmas and Other Christmas Poems, collects over a dozen of his most festive, holiday-themed verses into a single volume, including, Chrismus is A-Comin', Soliloquy of a Turkey, Christmas in the Heart, and the titular, Speakin' O' Christmas.
Celebrating both the spirit of the holiday season and the talent of the Negro dialect poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Speakin' O' Christmas and Other Poems is a delightful collection of poetry for readers of all ages.
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