A Black Man Talks of Reaping
Arna Bontemps, “A Black Man Talks of Reaping” (1926). Copyright 1926 by Arna Bontemps. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates, Incorporated.
Source: American Poetry: The Twentieth Century Volume 2 (2000)
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Poet Arna Bontemps 1902–1973
POET’S REGION U.S., Southern
SCHOOL / PERIOD Harlem Renaissance
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza