A poem by this author describes the "fetish face beneath French parasols / of brass and orange velvet" possessed by King Anthracite.
A poem by this author describes the "fetish face beneath French parasols / of brass and orange velvet" possessed by King Anthracite. One of his poems begins with the string of verbs, "Runs falls rises stumbles on from darkness to darkness," and describes a wanted poster of a woman who turns her pistol on the speaker, saying "dead folks can't jaybird talk… you keep on going now or die." In two poems, this author, who studied under (*) Auden at the University of Michigan, adopted the perspective of a slave on the Underground Railroad and of a Spaniard aboard the Amistad. The speaker of his most famous poem asks "What did I know, What did I know / of love's austere and lonely offices?," humbled by his father getting up early to work on the day of rest. For 10 points, name this black poet of "Runagate Runagate," "Middle Passage," and "Those Winter Sundays."
A poem by this author describes the "fetish face beneath French parasols / of brass and orange velvet" possessed by King Anthracite.
Robert {Hayden}