Foreword / by Cornelius Eady -- Preface / by Michael S. Harper -- Southern Road -- Introduction / by Sterling Stuckey -- Introduction to the first edition / by James Weldon Johnson -- Part One: Road So Rocky -- Odyssey of Big Boy -- Long Gone -- Maumee Ruth -- When de Saints Go Ma'ching Home -- Dark of the Moon -- Seeking Religion -- Georgie Grimes -- Scotty Has His Say -- Ruminations of Luke Johnson -- Virginia Portrait -- Old Man Buzzard -- Johnny Thomas -- Frankie and Johnny -- Sam Smiley -- To Sallie, Walking -- Bessie -- Kentucky Blues -- Mister Samuel and Sam -- Southern Road -- Sister Lou -- Strong Men -- Part Two: On Restless River -- Memphis Blues -- Ma Rainey -- Old King Cotton -- Children of the Mississippi -- New St. Louis Blues -- Foreclosure -- Checkers -- Mose -- After Winter -- Pardners -- Slim Greer -- Slim Lands a Job? -- Slim in Atlanta -- Slim Hears "The Call" -- Slim in Hell -- New Steps -- Convict -- Strange Legacies -- Revelations -- Riverbank Blues -- Part Three: Tin Roof Blues -- Tin Roof Blues -- Effie -- Children's Children -- Mecca -- Chillen Get Shoes -- Funeral -- Harlem Street Walkers -- Sporting Beasley -- Cabaret -- Part Four: Vestiges -- Salutamus -- To a Certain Lady, in Her Garden -- Challenge -- Telling Fortunes -- Rain -- Return -- Nous n'irons plus au bois ... -- Thoughts of Death -- Against That Day -- Mill Mountain -- The Last Ride of Wild Bill -- The Last Ride of Wild Bill -- He Was a Man -- Elder Mistletoe -- Crispus Attucks McKoy -- A Bad, Bad Man -- Break of Day -- Rent Day Blues -- The Ballad of Joe Meek -- No Hiding Place -- Part One: Harlem Stopover -- Harlem Happiness -- Negro Improvement League -- The Temple -- Roberta Leeho -- Real Mammy Song -- The Law for George -- The New Congo -- Part Two: The Cotton South -- Arkansas Chant -- The Young Ones -- Old Lem -- Sharecroppers -- Master and Man -- Part Three: Down in Atlanta -- Southern Cop -- Mr. Danny -- An Old Woman Remembers -- Transfer -- Episode -- All Are Gay -- Part Four: "Rocks Cried Out" -- Legend -- Bitter Fruit of the Tree -- Memo: For the Race Orators -- Crossing -- Call for Barnum -- Song of Triumph -- Remembering Nat Turner -- Part Five: Road to the Left -- Raise a Song -- Colloquy -- Street Car Gang -- Side by Side -- Part Six: Frilot Cove -- Let Us Suppose -- Cloteel -- Parish Doctor -- Uncle Joe -- Louisiana Pastoral -- Part Seven: Washington, D.C. -- Glory, Glory -- Choices -- No More Worlds to Conquer -- Call Boy -- Puttin' on Dog -- Part Eight: Remembrances -- April in Coolwell -- Coolwell Vignette -- Honey Mah Love -- Memories of Salem -- Idyll -- One Way of Taking Leave -- Isaiah to Mandy -- Conjured -- Long Track Blues
Summary:
"This is the definitive collection of poetry by Sterling A. Brown, one of the greatest African-American poet of the last century"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.