“full moon fills
in power lines,
crow flies off”
Source: Cosmos in a Tree: Wordless Poems
“I'm looking for a house
In the world
Where white shadows
Will not fall.
There is no such house,
Dark brother,
No such house
At all.”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings
“به جز دو دست من، دو چشم من، لبان من
به جز دو دست او، دو چشم او، لبان او
کس از کسان شهر را خبر نشد
که من مکیدهام ز قلب او، هزار آرزوی او
کس از کسان شهر را خبر نشد
که این درخت خشک را
من آفریدهام
کس از کسان شهر را خبر نشد
که آبشار شیشهها فرو شکست و ریخت
و یک زن از خرابههای قلب من رمید
و مردی از خرابههای قلب او گریخت
به جز دو قلب ما، درون خانهای ز خانههای شهر،
کس از کسان شهر را خبر نشد
که کشتن است عشق، عشق کشتن است
کس از کسان شهر را خبر نشد
که مردن است عشق، عشق مردن است”
Source: آهوان باغ
“You asked me once, What are we made of? Well, these are the things we're made of. One house, two house. The road goes away from here.”
Source: War of the Foxes
“The boss's got all he needs, certainly,
Eats swell,
Owns a lotta houses,
Goes vacationin',
Breaks strikes,
Runs politics, bribes police,
Pays off congress,
And struts all over the earth--
But me, I ain't never had enough to eat.
Me, I ain't never been warm in winter.
Me, I ain't never known security--
All my life, been livin' hand to mouth,
Hand to mouth.”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings
“There stands the white man,
Boss of the fields--
Lord of the land
And all that it yields.
Here bend the black folks,
Hands to the soil--
Bosses of nothing.
Not even their toil.”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings
“When you like someone or something, it is an affection for it. When you love someone or something, it is the affection for its soul.”
Source: Finding Identity
“Hey you rising workers everywhere greetings”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings
“Sure I know you!
You're a White Man.
I'm a Negro.
You take all the best jobs
And leave us the garbage cans to empty and
The halls to clean.
You have a good time in a big house at
Palm Beach
And rent us the back alleys
And the dirty slums.”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings
“Is your name spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T?
Are you always a White Man?”
Source: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings