Lewis Alexander - Dream Songs & Other Poems

By Lewis Alexander

Lewis G. Alexander - Dream Songs & Other Poems

Forgotten Poets #14 / forgottenpoets.substack.com

Dream Songs & Other Poems 104 pages] brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of Harlem Rennaissance poet Lewis Alexander's poems, including 46 of Alexander's haiku, 8 tanka, and a generous selection of free and rhymed verse, originally published in prominent African American arts magazines throughout the 1920s, like Opportunity, The Crisis, The Messenger, Fire , etc. Also including two essays by Alexander, one on haiku (1923) and one on poet Georgia Douglas Johnson (1928); with restored cover art, and illustrations by Aaron Douglas.

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-: Night: -

The moonlight

Juice flowing from an over-ripe pomegranate

bursting

The cossack-crested palm trees:

motionless

The leopard spotted shade

inciting fear

silence seeds sown . . .

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Forgotten Poets presents new collections of out-of-print and obscure poetry, with a focus on compressed & fragmented 'free' and 'new' verse from the late-1800s & early-1900s, & the early history of English-language tanka & haiku. Verses are carefully selected & spaciously laid-out, adorned with illustrations & ornaments from the books & magazines they originally appeared in.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1991310064
• ISBN13: 9781991310064
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Forgotten Poets
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"