Josh Simmons quoted Black nature by Camille T. Dungy
Earth Song by Langston Hughes
It's an earth song— And I've been waiting long For an earth song. It's a spring song! I've been waiting long For a spring song: Strong as the bursting of young buds. Strong as the shoots of a new plant, Strong as the coming of the first child From its mother's womb— An earth song! A body song! A spring song! And I've been waiting long For an earth song.
— Black nature by Camille T. Dungy (Page 342)