I need the poem THE WHITE HOUSE by Claude MCKay.

-- Eris Simpson (Simpson14@hotmail.com), February 08, 2000

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The White House Claude McKay

Your door is shut against my tightened face, And I am sharp as steel with discontent; But I possess the courage and the grace To bear my anger proudly and unbent. The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet, A chafing savage, down the decent street; And passion rends my vitals as I pass, Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass. Oh, I must search for wisdom every hour, Deep in my wrathful bosom sore and raw, And find in it the superhuman power To hold me to the letter of your law! Oh, I must keep my heart inviolate Against the potent poison of your hate.

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), February 09, 2000.

In Search of Color Everywhere : A Collection of African-American Poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller (Editor) Terrance Cummings (Illustrator)

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), February 09, 2000.