Harlem Shadows
HARLEM SHADOWS
THE POEMS OF
CLAUDE McKAY
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MAX EASTMAN
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY. N. J.
A number of these poems appeared in the Seven Arts, Pearson's, The Liberator, The Messenger, and The Cambridge Magazine (England).
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTIONix
AUTHOR'S WORDxix
THE EASTER FLOWER3
TO ONE COMING NORTH4
AMERICA6
ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE7
THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK8
FLAME HEART9
HOME THOUGHTS11
ON BROADWAY12
THE BARRIER13
ADOLESCENCE14
HOMING SWALLOWS15
THE CITY'S LOVE16
NORTH AND SOUTH17
WILD MAY18
THE PLATEAU19
AFTER THE WINTER20
THE WILD GOAT21
HARLEM SHADOWS22
THE WHITE CITY23
THE SPANISH NEEDLE24
MY MOTHER26
IN BONDAGE28
DECEMBER, 191929
HERITAGE30
WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY31
ENSLAVED32
I SHALL RETURN33
MORNING JOY34
AFRICA35
ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE36
WINTER IN THE COUNTRY37
TO WINTER39
SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE40
ON THE ROAD41
THE HARLEM DANCER42
DAWN IN NEW YORK43
THE TIRED WORKER44
OUTCAST45
I KNOW MY SOUL46
BIRDS OF PREY47
THE CASTAWAYS48
EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 191949
THE LYNCHING51
BAPTISM52
IF WE MUST DIE53
SUBWAY WIND54
THE NIGHT FIRE55
POETRY56
TO A POET57
A PRAYER58
WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY60
O WORD I LOVE TO SING63
ABSENCE64
SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE66
REST IN PEACE67
A RED FLOWER68
COURAGE70
TO O. E. A.71
ROMANCE73
FLOWER OF LOVE75
THE SNOW FAIRY76
LA PALOMA IN LONDON78
A MEMORY OF JUNE79
FLIRTATION81
TORMENTED82
POLARITY83
ONE YEAR AFTER84
FRENCH LEAVE86
JASMINES88
COMMEMORATION89
MEMORIAL90
THIRST92
FUTILITY93
THROUGH AGONY94
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