Mastodawn

How have I found this favor in her sight,
And will the flame burn steady to the end,
Until we round that dark and dangerous bend
Where there is such a crying need for light;
Or will it flare up now so clear and bright,
Sunlike its wealth so far and wide distend
That nothing will remain for us to spend
When toll is taken by the dismal night?
Why should I harrow up my mind like this,
To tarnish with a doubt each golden kiss?
This is the Day most certainly! This bars
Us now from any hidden darkness spun;
Sufficient to the day let be the sun,
And to the night the spear-points of the stars.

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Trevor Burrows Nov 10

My days were a thing for me to live,
For others to deplore;
I took of life all it could give:
Rind, inner fruit, and core.

-- Countee Cullen, For One Who Gayly Sowed His Oats

https://poets.org/poem/one-who-gayly-sowed-his-oats

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If I hadn't already known this one, I might have thought it was Dorothy Parker!

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For One Who Gayly Sowed His Oats

My days were a thing for me to live, For others to deplore; I took of life all it could give: Rind, inner fruit, and core.

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damian entwistle Nov 23, 2024

Today's poem:

Judas Iscariot
- by Countee Cullen

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/767924387038035968/judas-iscariot?source=share

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Judas Iscariot

Countee Cullen I think when Judas' mother heard His first faint cry the night That he was born, that worship stirred Her at the sound and sight. She thought his was as fair a frame As flesh and bl…

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Coach Pāṇini ®Oct 31, 2024

#CounteeCullen “Incident”

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[Audio] Three #Poets of the #HarlemRenaissance

An #anthology of over 250 #poems from the 1920s peak of the Harlem Renaissance. #Narrator #RonButler highlights #CounteeCullen's #classical #themes. #RobinMiles brings out the #warmth in #GeorgiaDouglasJohnson's work. #KevinKenerly conveys #LangstonHughes's unique #jazz #rhythms.

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THREE POETS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by Langston Hughes Georgia Douglas Johnson Countee Cullen Read by Kevin Kenerly Robin Miles Ron Butler | Audiobook Review | AudioFile Magazine

AudioFile Audiobook Review: In this inspiring anthology of more than 250 poems from the 1920s high-water mark of the Harlem Renaissance, narrator Ron Butler accentuates the class

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