Patrick



Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American poet to garner national critical acclaim. Paul was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872. Paul was prolific. He wrote dialect poems, librettos, English poems, essays, short stories,and other stuff before he died at the age of 33. His work addressed the difficulties encountered by members of his race. He wrote his first poem at age 6 and gave his first public recital at age 9. He was praised by the prominent literary critics and literary contemporaries. His mother was a former slave and his dad escaped from slavery. He served in the 55 th Massachussets Colored Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War.He made a total of 426 poems before he died.

He have two different types of styles. He used the standard English of the classical poet and the evocative dialect of the turn-of-the-century black community in America. Many people say he was very talented in poetry. He was liked by many blacks and whites in his day. __//**Favorite poem of mine**//__ __//**A Negro Love Song**//__ by __**//Paul Laurence Du////nbar//** __

Seen my lady home las' night, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hel' huh han' an' sque'z it tight, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hyeahd huh sigh a little sigh, Seen a light gleam f'om huh eye, An' a smile go flittin' by -- Jump back, honey, jump back. Hyeahd de win' blow thoo de pine, Jump back, honey, jump back. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Mockin'-bird was singin' fine, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Jump back, honey, jump back. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">An' my hea't was beatin' so, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">When I reached my lady's do', <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Dat I could n't ba' to go -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Jump back, honey, jump back.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Put my ahm aroun' huh wais', <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Jump back, honey, jump back. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Raised huh lips an' took a tase, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Jump back, honey, jump back. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Love me, honey, love me true? <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Love me well ez I love you? <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">An' she answe'd, "'Cose I do"-- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; vertical-align: super;">Jump back, honey, jump back.

__//**Least favorite poem of mine A Misty Day**//__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by __**Paul Laurence Dunbar**__

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">The mist hangs low o'er the wooded hill, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">The soft white mist and the heavy cloud <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">The sun and the face of heaven shroud. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">The birds are thick in the dripping trees, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">That drop their pearls to the beggar breeze; <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">No songs are rife where songs are wont, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Each singer crouches in his haunt.
 * ||  || **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">A Misty Day ** ||   ||
 * ||  || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Heart of my heart, the day is chill,

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Heart of my heart, the day is chill, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Whene'er thy loving voice is still, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">The cloud and mist hide the sky from me, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Whene'er thy face I cannot see. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">My thoughts fly back from the chill without, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">My mind in the storm drops doubt on doubt, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">No songs arise. Without thee, love, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">My soul sinks down like a frightened dove. ||  ||

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