Target: mystery poem

[Dawn Sardes <Dmsardes@AOL.COM>]

I'm at wits end with this one and hope someone out there can help.
A patron called the desk yesterday seeking two poems.  She does not know the
author, but gave me these as titles:
1. Life for me ain't been no crystal stair (which I have identified as
Langston Hughes'
"Mother to Son), and
2. Lizar Lizar
Now on this second one, she knows it's an African-American poet, but she only
remembers that it has a phrase that "sounds like Lizar Lizar" in it.  I've
tried looking for "lives are," "Lies are," and "Liza Liza."  Does it ring a
bell with anyone?

TIA

Dawn Sardes
Teen Services Librarian
Cumberland County Public Library
Fayetteville, NC 28311
dmsardes@aol.com

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