Jean Toomer Sweet Poems
- 1. A Portrait In Georgia
Hair-braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher's rope,
Eyes-fagots,
Lips-old scars, or the first red blisters,
... - 2. Storm Ending
Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads,
Great, hollow, bell-like flowers,
Rumbling in the wind,
Stretching clappers to strike our ears . . .
... - 3. Portrait In Georgia
Hair--braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher's rope,
Eyes--fagots,
Lips--old scars, or the first red blisters,
... - 4. Harvest Song
I am a reaper whose muscles set at sundown. All my oats
are cradled.
But I am too chilled, and too fatigued to bind them.
And I hunger.
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