Sweet solitude : new and selected poems / Leonard A. Slade Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slade, Leonard A.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature.

Slade, Leonard A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2010.

Summary:

New and selected poems on love, faith, and the African American experience.

Contents:

""Sweet Solitude NEW AND SELECTED POEMS""; ""Sweet Solitude NEW AND SELECTED POEMS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""From Another Black Voice: A Different Drummer (1988)""; ""The Black Man Speaks of Rivers, Part 2: A Tribute to Langston Hughes""; ""Acquaintances""; ""The Black Madonna (for Elizabeth Langford Slade)""; ""The Anniversary""; ""The Country Preacher�s Folk Prayer""; ""God�s Gender""; ""The Mansion""; ""By the Side of the Road""; ""Race""; ""Elegy for Therman B. O�Daniel""; ""From The Beauty of Blackness (1989)""; ""The Beauty of Blackness""; ""Transition""; ""Sleepless Now""; ""Cat""

""When I Heard from the Tax Man""""A Child�s Play""; ""A Black Man�s Song""; ""Spring""; ""To an Apostle of Peace""; ""From I Fly Like a Bird (1992)""; ""Birds""; ""Black Woman""; ""His Professor""; ""Overcharged""; ""Drinking""; ""And Want No More""; ""Garden Party""; ""What Are You, Life?""; ""Grief""; ""We Mourn a Sweet Soul""; ""From The Whipping Song (1993)""; ""The Whipping Song""; ""Peace Will Come""; ""For My Forefathers""; ""The Street Man""; ""Love Should Grow, Not Wither""; ""Rain""; ""A Plea for Peace""; ""Before the Death of Dad""; ""Winds of Change""

""From For the Love of Freedom (2000)""""For the Love of Freedom""; ""The Black Hair""; ""Why Are You Laughing?""; ""The Saint""; ""A Song for the Black Woman""; ""From Vintage (1995)""; ""There Will Be Blacks in Heaven""; ""Strangers""; ""From Pure Light (1996)""; ""Pure Light""; ""Calling All Black Men""; ""Words""; ""Your Life Is Over for You If""; ""Sunrise""; ""In Praise of Shoeshines""; ""So Happy""; ""Innocence in Black and White""; ""Budget Cuts""; ""I Fly Away""; ""How Great You Are""; ""From Neglecting the Flowers (1997)""; ""Black and Beautiful""

""Rapping My Way Home from an English Conference at Hunter College on March 22, 1997""""Reverend Hotair""; ""Neglecting the Flowers""; ""Like Douglass""; ""Bury Yourself Now""; ""On the Death of Mothers""; ""Tongue""; ""Burp""; ""To Mephistopheles""; ""Come, Prince of Peace""; ""Good Manners""; ""Love""; ""From Lilacs in Spring (1998)""; ""I Came, I Saw, I Dreamed (for Abraham Lincoln)""; ""The Country Club in the Academy""; ""Lilacs in Spring""; ""Song for a Beautiful Lady (for my wife)""; ""Boss Hogg""; ""Thank You, Abe!""; ""From Elisabeth and Other Poems (1999)""

""The Good Queen Bess (for Queen Elizabeth I of England)""""Mother Africa""; ""Working on the Farm in 1947""; ""Marry This Poem""; ""Departure""; ""Embden Pond""; ""Robert Lewis (Our Samoyed)""; ""From Jazz After Dinner (2007)""; ""Jazz After Dinner""; ""And When I Die""; ""I Am a Black Man""; ""Black Philosophy""; ""Morning After Morning""; ""Forgiveness""; ""New Poems (2008)""; ""Heifer""; ""Picnic""; ""What I Need Is""; ""I Want to Live While You Love Me""; ""Highway to Love""; ""I Do Love You""; ""Brothers""; ""Characteristics""; ""Claudia, Back Home""; ""Elegy for Emmanuel""; ""Grapes""

""Today""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781438433462

1438433468

OCLC:

802050015