Scan barcode
A review by smtenaglia
Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems by James Baldwin
4.0
“Love,
love has no gifts to give
except the revelation that the soul can live:
on a coming day,
you will hear, from afar,
I, your lover, pray.
You will hear then, that prayer that you cannot hear now,
and when you hear that sobbing, boy, rejoice,
and know that love is the purpose of the human voice!”
-For A.
“Yes.
My progress has been discouraging.
But I think I will leave the palace where it is.
It has taken up quite enough of my time.
The compass, the watch, and the radio:
I think I know the road, by now,
and if not, well, I’ll certainly think of something”
- inventory/On Being 52
“The silence coming yonder
is far from grief
and brings relief.
Beyond time
there is no wonder
there is no crime.”
-BALLAD (for Yoran)
love has no gifts to give
except the revelation that the soul can live:
on a coming day,
you will hear, from afar,
I, your lover, pray.
You will hear then, that prayer that you cannot hear now,
and when you hear that sobbing, boy, rejoice,
and know that love is the purpose of the human voice!”
-For A.
“Yes.
My progress has been discouraging.
But I think I will leave the palace where it is.
It has taken up quite enough of my time.
The compass, the watch, and the radio:
I think I know the road, by now,
and if not, well, I’ll certainly think of something”
- inventory/On Being 52
“The silence coming yonder
is far from grief
and brings relief.
Beyond time
there is no wonder
there is no crime.”
-BALLAD (for Yoran)