Poetic Openings : Paul Laurence Dunbar to Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Lawyers' Ways : First Line : I’ve been list’nin’ to them lawyers
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Lesson : First Line : My cot was down by a cypress grove,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Little Brown Baby : First Line : Little brown baby wif spa’klin’ eyes,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Made To Order Smile : First Line : When a woman looks up at you with a twist about her eyes,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Mystery : First Line : I was not; now I am—a few days hence,

Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Old Apple Tree : First Line : There’s a memory keeps a-runnin’
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Old Front Gate : First Line : W’en daih’s chillun in de house,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Paradox : First Line : I am the mother of sorrows,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Poet And His Song : First Line : A song is but a little thing,
Poet : Paul Laurence Dunbar : Poem : The Rising Of The Storm : First Line : The lake’s dark breast