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Born in September 15, 1889 / Died in May 22, 1948 / Jamaica / English

Poems by Claude McKay

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Winter in the Country

... Free limbs to see, the lesser trees' Bare hands to touch, the sparrow's cheep ...

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Joy in the Woods

...   A mere drudge! but what can one do ...

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When I Have Passed Away

...  For olden verse that smacks of love and wine, ...

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White Houses

... Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass ...

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Two-An'-Six

... An' deir t'oughts were not on pain, ...

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To The White Fiends

... Black of that black land where black deeds are done ...

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America

... I love this cultured hell that tests my youth! ...