Shadder in de valley <br />Sunlight on de hill, <br />Sut'ny wish dat locus' <br />Knowed how to be still. <br />Don't de heat already <br />Mek a body hum, <br />'Dout dat insec' sayin' <br />Hottah days to come? <br /> <br />Fiel' 's a shinin' yaller <br />Wid de bendin' grain, <br />Guinea hen a callin', <br />Now's de time fu' rain; <br />Shet yo' mouf, you rascal, <br />Wha' 's de use to cry? <br />You do' see no rain clouds <br />Up dah in de sky. <br /> <br />Dis hyeah sweat's been po'in' <br />Down my face sence dawn; <br />Ain't hit time we 's hyeahin' <br />Dat ah dinnah ho'n? <br />Go on, Ben an' Jaspah, <br />Lif yo' feet an' fly, <br />Hit out fu' de shadder <br />Fo' I drap an' die. <br /> <br />Hongry, lawd a' mussy, <br />Hongry as a baih, <br />Seems lak I hyeah dinnah <br />Callin' evahwhaih; <br />Daih 's de ho'n a blowin'! <br />Let dat cradle swing, <br />One mo' sweep, den da'kies, <br />Beat me to de spring!'<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/noon-8/
