Poetic Language

The narrator of Home to Harlem weaves poetry into his prose, using fluid language to create gorgeous images. There are many passages of this type in the novel, but the beauty of this passage in particular struck me:

"Jake sat down upon a mound thick-covered with dandelions.   They glittered in  the sun away down to the rear of a rusty-grey shack.  Oh, the common little things were glorious there under the sun in the tender spring grass.  Oh, sweet to be alive in that sun beneath the sky!" (280)

Everything under the sun is beautiful. The dandelions and all the other "common" things in nature are to be celebrated. The narrator includes Jake in this ode to life because the protagangist and all other people who are considered less important within the dominant culture, are alive beneath the sun.

What are some other striking passages? Are there other places in the novel that exhibit radical ideas within poetic language?