The Ballad of Rudolph Reed

by Gwendolyn Brooks Rudolph Reed was oaken. His wife was oaken too. And his two good girls and his good little man Oakened as they grew. ‘I am not hungry for berries. I am not hungry for bread. But hungry, hungry for a house Where at night a man in bed ‘May never hear theContinue reading “The Ballad of Rudolph Reed”