Songs of Bronze (2018)
I. When I Rise Up
II. Let Me Not Hate
III. Hope
high voice and piano
7 minutes
II. Let Me Not Hate
III. Hope
high voice and piano
7 minutes
Georgia Douglas Johnson was a poet, playwright, activist, and important figure during the Harlem Renaissance. She published the collection of poetry Bronze in 1922, describing her experience of being a black mother. She recalls feeling held down by the hate of the world, however, she still is able to keep her patience and hold her head high towards all of the suffering she experiences. She elegantly captures her overall message in the author’s note:
"This book is the child of a bitter earth-wound. I sit on the earth and sing – sing out, and of, my sorrow. Yet, fully conscious of the potent agencies that silently work in their healing ministries, I know that God's sun shall one day shine upon a perfected and unhampered people."
"This book is the child of a bitter earth-wound. I sit on the earth and sing – sing out, and of, my sorrow. Yet, fully conscious of the potent agencies that silently work in their healing ministries, I know that God's sun shall one day shine upon a perfected and unhampered people."
