Chapter Nineteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, “When You Left Me, Clara,” is Howard Preston’s lament over Miss Clara’s disappearance.
Chapter Sixteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Rooster Don’t Cry,” is another response from Ida Mae concerning Lester’s claim that he is innocent.
Chapter Sixteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, “I Don’t Believe Ya’,” is Ida Mae’s response to Lester’s claim that he is innocent.
Chapter Sixteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, How Could’ja, is part of Miss Ida Mae’s blues and is in response to her husband, Lester, being arrested.
Chapter Fifteen, Suleimān’s Psalm, “’Cause I’m the Witness,” is Ammeah’s response to Miss Jessie when she asks, “Why are you doing this?”
Chapter Ten, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Never Forgot Yo’ Name,” is part of Howard Preston’s Blues over losing Clara
Chapter Ten, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Baby, I Was Wrong,” is part of Miss Clara’s Blues. Miss Clara’s lament over losing her child.
Chapter Five, Suleimān’s Psalm, “My Heart Has Bloomed” is a poem, written by Clara when she was in love with the father of her first child, and has been set to music.
Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, I Hold Aruseré, is Ammeah’s response to Street, telling Street who she is and what she professes.
Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, Ammeah’s Riddle, is where Ammeah provides a riddle. The key to unlocking the riddle lies in the novel.
In Chapter One, Suleimān’s Psalm, Oshúka Favored This Fifth,” Ammeah explains that Suleimān’s cello is enchanted.
Chapter Four, Suleimān’s Psalm, “Middle Passage” is a rap sung by one of the kids who lives on Greene Street.
Suleimān’s Psalm, Chapter One, “Are You Willing to Reveal,” is Ammeah’s encounter with Street. Everything flows into Street, and Ammeah, the novel’s mystical character, asks Street whether he would reveal the lives of the folks who live along this stretch of Greene Street.
