Selected poems
A source page for quotes linked to Claude McKay.
“Oh, I must keep my heart inviolate Against the potent poison of your hate.”
“The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night.”
“I have forgotten much, but still remember The poinsiana's red, blood-red in warm December.”
“And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.”
“If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.”
“It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.”
“If we must die, O let us nobly die.”