Good evening everyone and welcome to another Friday Night Poetry Corner. Tonight, with the continuing Black History Month, this amazing poet who I accidentally stumbled upon name Georgia Douglas Johnson. I was happy I did. I’m gonna showcase two of her poems and I know for a fact you will enjoy them. Please look up some more her poems. They are timeless in history.
Black Woman
Georgia Douglas Johnson – 1880-1966
Don’t knock at my door, little child,
I cannot let you in,
You know not what a world this is
Of cruelty and sin.
Wait in the still eternity
Until I come to you,
The world is cruel, cruel, child,
I cannot let you in!
Don’t knock at my heart, little one,
I cannot bear the pain
Of turning deaf-ear to your call
Time and time again!
You do not know the monster men
Inhabiting the earth,
Be still, be still, my precious child,
I must not give you birth!
I Want to Die While You Love Me
Georgia Douglas Johnson – 1880-1966
I want to die while you love me,
While yet you hold me fair,
While laughter lies upon my lips
And lights are in my hair.
I want to die while you love me,
And bear to that still bed,
Your kisses turbulent, unspent
To warm me when I’m dead.
I want to die while you love me
Oh, who would care to live
Till love has nothing more to ask
And nothing more to give?
I want to die while you love me
And never, never see
The glory of this perfect day
Grow dim or cease to be!
KG Bethlehem 