Hayden

Famous quotes containing the word hayden:

    “Oh who and oh who will sing Jesus down
    to help with struggling and doing without and being colored
    all through blue Monday?
    Till way next Sunday?”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “Quadroon mermaids, Afro angels, black saints
    balanced upon the switchblades of that air
    and sang.”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “Lord’s lost Him His mockingbird,
    His fancy warbler;
    Satan sweet-talked her,
    four bullets hushed her.
    Who would have thought
    she’d end that way?”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)