James Weldon Johnson

"O Black and Unknown Bards" (1908)
"The White Witch" (1922)

This man seemed like he had an interesting life. He lived in Florida, Georgia, and New York, and was once an Ambassador to Venezuela.

His first poem reminded me of Eliot's "Journey of the Magi" and the idea of having eyes in your heart.

On the second poem:
Antaeus - Greek Mythology - warrior that was invincible as long as he was touching his mother, the earth.

Johnson seems to be writing from a solidly Christian viewpoint. Knowing this you can read "The White Witch" in at least two ways, either as poem chronicling the oppression of blacks by whites or in a Biblical sense, as an older man warning a younger man against the lure of adultery. If you grab a Bible and turn over to Proverbs, you will see many ideas expressed as portraits of men and women. Wisdom is likened to a lady seeking to guide and help. Foolishness is likened to a lady diverting people from their work and leading them to forms of theft. And Adultery is likened to a lady who calls after men. One nice note is that Proverbs ends with a picture of an honorable man and an honorable woman. (And I might venture to say that her character is hot).