Georgia Douglas Johnson Poems

Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the first African-American female playwrights. She was also an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. She also wrote songs and short stories and performed music as an organist. She published four volumes of poetry throughout his life.

Black Woman

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

‘Black Woman’ was published in The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems in 1918, alongside ‘The Heart of a Woman’

I Want to Die While You Love Me

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

‘I Want to Die While You Love Me’ by Georgia Douglas Johnson is a moving love poem. In it, the speaker addresses her desire to die before a love affair ends.

The Heart of a Woman

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

‘The Heart of a Woman’ by Georgia Douglas Johnson describes the freedom for which women yearn and the shelters in which they are imprisoned.

Georgia Douglas Johnson Poems

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