We Were Not Made To Eternally Weep.

I Have A Rendezvous With Life.

If I Am Going To Be A Poet At All, I Am Going To Be Poet And Not Negro Poet.

Lord, Forgive Me If My Need Sometimes Shapes A Human Creed.

All Day Long And All Night Through, One Thing Only Must I Do: Quench My Pride And Cool My Blood, Lest I Perish In The Flood.

I Was Reared In The Conservative Atmosphere Of A Methodist Parsonage.