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Down the Long Hall, Ode To "in the Long Hall" By Hayden Carruth
Believing his tapestry would never 
be fixed he tried to keep the small part 
under him together. As he held the last 
bit of tapestry together, he saw a light 
which was blinding at first but then turned 
to a soft glow in which he...

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Categories: hayden, hope, life,
Form: Ode
Hayden
Warm
My heart swells with joy
She erases everything bad from my mind
With just one word
Just one hug 
Just one smile
I love her like I would love my own daughter
She has so much fun 
Driving Aunt Yaya crazy
But I wouldnt change a thing
My Booboo...

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Categories: hayden, love,
Form: Free verse
Robert Hayden
Who has heard the voice?
Who knows the verse,
on a quiet Sunday that waits
silently? No one has seen.

Who has learned 
of the champion from Detroit,
the laureate of America,
the subtle poet of history
pacing the halls of the black mind?

What has been the pride
of a near blind man,
who...

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Categories: hayden, art, black african american,
Form: Elegy

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