HARLEM SHADOWS THE POEMS OF CLAUDE McKAY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAX EASTMAN [Illustration] NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BY THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY RAHWAY, N. J. A number of these poems appeared in the _Seven Arts_, _Pearson’s_, _The Liberator_, _The Messenger_, and _The Cambridge Magazine_ (England). CONTENTS INTRODUCTION _ix_ AUTHOR’S WORD _xix_ THE EASTER FLOWER _3_ TO ONE COMING NORTH _4_ AMERICA _6_ ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE _7_ THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK _8_ FLAME HEART _9_ HOME THOUGHTS _11_ ON BROADWAY _12_ THE BARRIER _13_ ADOLESCENCE _14_ HOMING SWALLOWS _15_ THE CITY’S LOVE _16_ NORTH AND SOUTH _17_ WILD MAY _18_ THE PLATEAU _19_ AFTER THE WINTER _20_ THE WILD GOAT _21_ HARLEM SHADOWS _22_ THE WHITE CITY _23_ THE SPANISH NEEDLE _24_ MY MOTHER _26_ IN BONDAGE _28_ DECEMBER, 1919 _29_ HERITAGE _30_ WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY _31_ ENSLAVED _32_ I SHALL RETURN _33_ MORNING JOY _34_ AFRICA _35_ ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE _36_ WINTER IN THE COUNTRY _37_ TO WINTER _39_ SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE _40_ ON THE ROAD _41_ THE HARLEM DANCER _42_ DAWN IN NEW YORK _43_ THE TIRED WORKER _44_ OUTCAST _45_ I KNOW MY SOUL _46_ BIRDS OF PREY _47_ THE CASTAWAYS _48_ EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 1919 _49_ THE LYNCHING _51_ BAPTISM _52_ IF WE MUST DIE _53_ SUBWAY WIND _54_ THE NIGHT FIRE _55_ POETRY _56_ TO A POET _57_ A PRAYER _58_ WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY _60_ O WORD I LOVE TO SING _63_ ABSENCE _64_ SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE _66_ REST IN PEACE _67_ A RED FLOWER _68_ COURAGE _70_ TO O. E. A. _71_ ROMANCE _73_ FLOWER OF LOVE _75_ THE SNOW FAIRY _76_ LA PALOMA IN LONDON _78_ A MEMORY OF JUNE _79_ FLIRTATION _81_ TORMENTED _82_ POLARITY _83_ ONE YEAR AFTER _84_ FRENCH LEAVE _86_ JASMINES _88_ COMMEMORATION _89_ MEMORIAL _90_ THIRST _92_ FUTILITY _93_ THROUGH AGONY _94_ INTRODUCTION