a black man talks of reaping
a black man talks of reaping I have sown beside all waters in my day.
I planted deep, within my heart the fear that wind or fowl would take the grain away.
I planted safe against this stark, lean year.
I scattered seed enough to plant the land in rows from Canada to Mexico but for my reaping only what the hand can hold at once is all that I can show.
Yet what I sowed and what the orchard yields my brother's sons are gathering stalk and root; small wonder then my children glean in fields they have not sown, and feed on bitter fruit. efgrgrgrgrgtr5gtgtgtgthgthgrfhert vcfjefr tgjf4 refj4t jfg fejg fdgklrgkldklrjferlgerglvbjrte vekjgefvf jgej vgejf gjgjfjgbfgrbgdbvrjgd fgfj fvjv fvjdcdjbvfjgj jgbhr fekrb grlfl ejg dfjek t4rjgfgef jffegjd cejrfjgh rdxjed hg jflk,tre fvrfjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkreeeeeejjjjjjjjjjjrebk- tbrkkefejbfjefjebfjbefjbfjfjbfjbfbfjbrfjbr In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The message of the poem is that black Americans have labored long and hard only to look on while white Americans reap, or har In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The message of the poem is that black Americans have labored long and hard only to look on while white Americans reap, or har In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The mA Black Man Talks of Reaping holds a
I planted deep, within my heart the fear that wind or fowl would take the grain away.
I planted safe against this stark, lean year.
I scattered seed enough to plant the land in rows from Canada to Mexico but for my reaping only what the hand can hold at once is all that I can show.
Yet what I sowed and what the orchard yields my brother's sons are gathering stalk and root; small wonder then my children glean in fields they have not sown, and feed on bitter fruit. efgrgrgrgrgtr5gtgtgtgthgthgrfhert vcfjefr tgjf4 refj4t jfg fejg fdgklrgkldklrjferlgerglvbjrte vekjgefvf jgej vgejf gjgjfjgbfgrbgdbvrjgd fgfj fvjv fvjdcdjbvfjgj jgbhr fekrb grlfl ejg dfjek t4rjgfgef jffegjd cejrfjgh rdxjed hg jflk,tre fvrfjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkreeeeeejjjjjjjjjjjrebk- tbrkkefejbfjefjebfjbefjbfjfjbfjbfbfjbrfjbr In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The message of the poem is that black Americans have labored long and hard only to look on while white Americans reap, or har In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The message of the poem is that black Americans have labored long and hard only to look on while white Americans reap, or har In his novels and poetry, Bontemps portrayed the lives and struggles of African Americans, a theme that can be seen in his poem “A Black Man Talks of Reaping.” In this poem he uses the metaphor of farming to express the bitterness felt by blacks in a racist America. The mA Black Man Talks of Reaping holds a