HARLEM SHADOWS

THE POEMS OF
CLAUDE McKAY
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
MAX EASTMAN
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BY
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY, N. J.

A number of these poems appeared in the Seven Arts, Pearson’s, The Liberator, The Messenger, and The Cambridge Magazine (England).

CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION] [ix]
[AUTHOR’S WORD ] [xix]
[THE EASTER FLOWER ] [3]
[TO ONE COMING NORTH ] [4]
[AMERICA ] [6]
[ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE ] [7]
[THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK ] [8]
[FLAME HEART ] [9]
[HOME THOUGHTS ] [11]
[ON BROADWAY ] [12]
[THE BARRIER ] [13]
[ADOLESCENCE ] [14]
[HOMING SWALLOWS ] [15]
[THE CITY’S LOVE ] [16]
[NORTH AND SOUTH ] [17]
[WILD MAY ] [18]
[THE PLATEAU ] [19]
[AFTER THE WINTER ] [20]
[THE WILD GOAT ] [21]
[HARLEM SHADOWS ] [22]
[THE WHITE CITY ] [23]
[THE SPANISH NEEDLE ] [24]
[MY MOTHER ] [26]
[IN BONDAGE ] [28]
[DECEMBER, 1919 ] [29]
[HERITAGE ] [30]
[WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY ] [31]
[ENSLAVED ] [32]
[I SHALL RETURN ] [33]
[MORNING JOY ] [34]
[AFRICA ] [35]
[ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE ] [36]
[WINTER IN THE COUNTRY ] [37]
[TO WINTER ] [39]
[SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ] [40]
[ON THE ROAD ] [41]
[THE HARLEM DANCER ] [42]
[DAWN IN NEW YORK ] [43]
[THE TIRED WORKER ] [44]
[OUTCAST ] [45]
[I KNOW MY SOUL ] [46]
[BIRDS OF PREY ] [47]
[THE CASTAWAYS ] [48]
[EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 1919 ] [49]
[THE LYNCHING ] [51]
[BAPTISM ] [52]
[IF WE MUST DIE ] [53]
[SUBWAY WIND ] [54]
[THE NIGHT FIRE ] [55]
[POETRY ] [56]
[TO A POET ] [57]
[A PRAYER ] [58]
[WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY ] [60]
[O WORD I LOVE TO SING ] [63]
[ABSENCE ] [64]
[SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ] [66]
[REST IN PEACE ] [67]
[A RED FLOWER ] [68]
[COURAGE ] [70]
[TO O. E. A. ] [71]
[ROMANCE ] [73]
[FLOWER OF LOVE ] [75]
[THE SNOW FAIRY ] [76]
[LA PALOMA IN LONDON ] [78]
[A MEMORY OF JUNE ] [79]
[FLIRTATION ] [81]
[TORMENTED ] [82]
[POLARITY ] [83]
[ONE YEAR AFTER ] [84]
[FRENCH LEAVE ] [86]
[JASMINES ] [88]
[COMMEMORATION ] [89]
[MEMORIAL ] [90]
[THIRST ] [92]
[FUTILITY ] [93]
[THROUGH AGONY ] [94]