| James Weldon Johnson, ed. (1871–1938). The Book of American Negro Poetry. 1922. |
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| Winter Is Coming |
| | | Waverley Turner Carmichael |
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| DE winter days are drawin’ nigh | |
| An’ by the fire I sets an’ sigh; | |
| De nothe’n win’ is blowin’ cold, | |
| Like it done in days of old. | |
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| De yaller leafs are fallin’ fas’, | 5 |
| Fur summer days is been an’ pas’; | |
| The air is blowin’ mighty cold, | |
| Like it done in days of old. | |
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| De frost is fallin’ on de gras’ | |
| An’ seem to say “Dis is yo’ las’”— | 10 |
| De air is blowin’ mighty cold | |
| Like it done in days of old. | |
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