Includes index.

Little girl speaking -- Life doesn't frighten me -- Times-square-shoeshine-composition -- Harlem hopscotch -- Contemporary announcement -- Willie -- Woman work -- One more round -- Me and my work -- Fightin' was natural -- For us, who dare not dare -- Forgive -- A Georgia song -- Song for the old ones -- Still I rise -- On aging -- Greyday -- Caged bird -- This winter day -- The new house -- Ailey, Baldwin, Floyd, Killens, and Mayfield -- Preacher, don't send me -- A conceit -- A brave and startling truth -- Glory falls.

Presents a selection of the African American poet's work which celebrates childhood, work, solitude, aging, courage, and the experience of freedom.