Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROJECTION, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the day when the savoy Last Line: Wonderful! Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Divine, Father (george Baker, 1877-1965); Harlem (new York City); Jazz; Music & Musicians; Negroes; American Blacks | ||||||||
On the day when the Savoy leaps clean over to Seventh Avenue and starts jitterbugging with the Renaissance, on that day when Abyssinia Baptist Church throws her enormous arms around St. James Presbyterian and 409 Edgecombe stoops to kiss 12 West 133rd, on that day-- Do, Jesus! Manhattan Island will whirl like a Dizzy Gillespie transcription played by Inez and Timme. On that day, Lord, Sammy Davis and Marian Anderson will sing a duet, Paul Robeson will team up with Jackie Mabley, and Father Divine will say in truth, Peace! It's truly wonderful! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL BOUND NO'TH BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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