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“For A Poet”

I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;
Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth;
I hide no hate; I am not even wroth
Who found the earth’s breath so keen and cold;
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold.
—Countee Cullen

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen (born today in 1903; d.1946).

Pick up My Soul’s High Song : The Collected writings of Countee Cullen, voice of the Harlem Renaissance at Brentwood by clicking here. We also have the Spoken Arts Treasury, a CD with 100 American Poets reading their own Poetry. Countee Cullen is on the CD, reading his poem Heritage.