STERLING A. BROWN Odyssey of Big Boy 130 Maumee Ruth 133 Long Gone 134 To a Certain Lady, in Her Garden 136 Salutamus 138 Challenge 138 Return 139 CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY Joy 140 Solace 141 Interim 142 The Mask 143 LANGSTON HUGHES I, Too 145 Prayer 146 Song for a Dark Girl 147 Homesick Blues 147 Fantasy in Purple 148 Dream Variation 149 The Negro Speaks of Rivers 149 Poem 150 Suicide’s Note 151 Mother to Son 151 A House in Taos 152 GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT Quatrains 155 Secret 155 Advice 156 To a Dark Girl 157 Your Songs 157 Fantasy 158 Lines Written at the Grave of Alexander Dumas 159 Hatred 160 Sonnet--1 160 Sonnet--2 161