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Poems

Frances E. W. Harper (1825 - 1911)

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an influential female African American poet. Her poetry often deals with themes of freedom, discrimination, hatred, and injustice. Her poetry remains relevant to this day, and is still widely read. - Summary by Carolin

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	My Mother's Kiss	Larry Wilson	00:01:28
Play 02	A Grain of Sand	Greg Giordano	00:02:13
Play 03	The Crocuses	Larry Wilson	00:01:40
Play 04	The Present Age	Larry Wilson	00:02:38
Play 05	Dedication Poems	Michele Fry	00:02:56
Play 06	A Double Standard	AnnaLisa Bodtker	00:03:25
Play 07	Our Hero	Foon	00:02:51
Play 08	The Dying Bondman	Foon	00:02:02
Play 09	A Little Child Shall Lead Them	Foon	00:02:09
Play 10	The Sparrow's Fall	Foon	00:01:44
Play 11	God Bless Our Native Land	Caitlin S.	00:00:49
Play 12	Dandelions	Larry Wilson	00:01:00
Play 13	The Building	Larry Wilson	00:00:46
Play 14	Home, Sweet Home	Sarah Brown	00:00:54
Play 15	The Pure in Heart Shall See God	Larry Wilson	00:01:49
Play 16	He Had Not Where to Lay His Head	Larry Wilson	00:01:02
Play 17	Go Work in My Vineyard	Larry Wilson	00:01:54
Play 18	Renewal of Strength	Foon	00:01:03
Play 19	Jamie's Puzzle	Foon	00:02:05
Play 20	Truth	Foon	00:02:15
Play 21	Death of the Old Sea King	Greg Giordano	00:02:43
Play 22	Save the Boys	Nemo	00:02:02
Play 23	Nothing and Something	Nemo	00:02:57
Play 24	Vashti	Larry Wilson	00:01:34
Play 25	Thank God for Little Children	Jude	00:01:50
Play 26	The Martyr of Alabama	Greg Giordano	00:05:26
Play 27	The Night of Death	Greg Giordano	00:03:49
Play 28	Mother's Treasures	Greg Giordano	00:02:13
Play 29	The Refiner's Gold	Greg Giordano	00:02:19
Play 30	A Story of the Rebellion	Nemo	00:02:16
Play 31	Burial of Sarah	Greg Giordano	00:02:31
Play 32	Going East	Greg Giordano	00:03:09
Play 33	The Hermit's Sacrifice	Greg Giordano	00:04:38
Play 34	Songs for the People	Nemo	00:01:42
Play 35	Let the Light Enter	Sarah Brown	00:01:21
Play 36	An Appeal to My Country Women	Foon	00:03:20
Play 37	Then and Now	Foon	00:06:30
Play 38	Maceo	Larry Wilson	00:03:07
Play 39	'Fishers of Men'	Foon	00:02:36
Play 40	The Lost Bells	Foon	00:03:08
Play 41	'Do not Cheer, Men are Dying,' Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War	Nemo	00:02:31
Play 42	The Burdens of All	Foon	00:01:54

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