James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

Poems

• 'Possum Song
• 'Possum Song — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• A Banjo Song
• A Banjo Song — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• A Mid-Day Dreamer
• A Mid-Day Dreamer — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• A Plantation Bacchanal
• A Plantation Bacchanal — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• An Explanation
• An Explanation — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Answer to Prayer
• Answer to Prayer — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Beauty That Is Never Old
• Beauty That Is Never Old — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Before a Painting
• Before a Painting — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Brer Rabbit, You'se de Cutes' of 'Em All
• Brer Rabbit, You'se de Cutes' of 'Em All — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Brothers — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Dat Gal o' Mine
• Dat Gal o' Mine — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• De Little Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep
• De Little Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Deep in the Quiet Wood
• Deep in the Quiet Wood — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Down by the Carib Sea — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Father, Father Abraham
• Father, Father Abraham — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Fifty Years
• Fifty Years — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Fifty Years & Other Poems — Introduction
• Fragment — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• From the German of Uhland
• From the German of Uhland — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• From the Spanish
• From the Spanish — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• From the Spanish of Plácido
• From the Spanish of Plácido — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Ghosts of the Old Year
• Ghosts of the Old Year — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Girl of Fifteen
• Girl of Fifteen — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Go Down Death—A Funeral Sermon
• Go Down Death—A Funeral Sermon — God's Trombones
• Her Eyes Twin Pools
• Her Eyes Twin Pools — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• I Hear the Stars Still Singing
• I Hear the Stars Still Singing — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• July in Georgy
• July in Georgy — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Lazy
• Lazy — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Let My People Go
• Let My People Go — God's Trombones
• Life — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Listen, Lord—A Prayer
• Listen, Lord—A Prayer — God's Trombones
• Ma Lady's Lips Am Like de Honey
• Ma Lady's Lips Am Like de Honey — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Morning, Noon and Night
• Morning, Noon and Night — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Mother Night
• Mother Night — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Noah Built the Ark
• Noah Built the Ark — God's Trombones
• Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl an' de Moon
• Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl an' de Moon — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• O Black and Unknown Bards
• O Black and Unknown Bards — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• O Southland
• O Southland — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Omar
• Omar — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Prayer at Sunrise
• Prayer at Sunrise — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Sence You Went Away
• Sence You Went Away — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Sleep
• Sleep — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Awakening
• The Awakening — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Black Mammy
• The Black Mammy — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Color Sergeant
• The Color Sergeant — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Creation
• The Creation — God's Trombones
• The Crucifixion
• The Crucifixion — God's Trombones
• The Ghost of Deacon Brown
• The Ghost of Deacon Brown — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Gift to Sing
• The Gift to Sing — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face
• The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Greatest of These Is War
• The Greatest of These Is War — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Judgment Day
• The Judgment Day — God's Trombones
• The Prodigal Son
• The Prodigal Son — God's Trombones
• The Reward
• The Reward — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Rivals
• The Rivals — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Seasons — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Suicide
• The Suicide — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Temptress
• The Temptress — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The White Witch
• The White Witch — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Word of an Engineer
• The Word of an Engineer — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• The Young Warrior
• The Young Warrior — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• To America
• To America — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• To Horace Bumstead
• To Horace Bumstead — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Tunk
• Tunk — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Vashti
• Vashti — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Venus in a Garden
• Venus in a Garden — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• Voluptas
• Voluptas — Fifty Years & Other Poems
• You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same
• You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same — Fifty Years & Other Poems