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Conductor222: The Way-side Well ~ by Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. (1861-1949) A fancy halts my feet at the way-side well. It is not to drink, for they say the water is brackish. It is not to tryst, for a heart at the mile’s end beckons me on. It is not to rest, for what feet could be weary when a…

owlpatrol66: February 21, 2023 – Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919)

owlpatrol66: February 21, 2023 - Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1895-1919)

DemsAbroadChina: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr’s poem uplifts the material and substantive good this does for Black progress over the flowery language of its contemporaries.

ARTSalamode: "Why do men sneer when I arise And stand in their councils, And look them eye to eye, And speak their tongue? Is it because I am black?" Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr

YourMythicLife: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. (1861-1949) was born on Feb 2. Cotter was one of the earliest African-American playwrights to be published; he was also a poet, writer, and community leader. Here is one of his poems, MY SONG:

ARTSalamode: Born 2/2: artists George Loring Brown, Jose Posada, Sebastien Bourdon, writers James Joyce, James dickey Ayn Rand, Judith Viorst, Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr, jazz musicians Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, musicians Graham Nash, Eva Cassidy, Shakira.

deannamascle: My Song by Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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TweetInstasumo: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr., a poet, once wrote, “The flowers take the tears of weeping night, and give them to the sun for the day's delight.”

1urbanfan27unp: "Slender, silvery drumsticks... Beat the long tattoo— God, the Great Musician... Calling life anew"... From Rain Music...Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr...

DRAnderson15: This is terrific news. Western Library has important archives: records of the first public library and library department to serve an African-American community, its librarians, and important pre-Harlem Renaissance writers Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. and Cotter, Jr.

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to poet/writer/playwright Joseph Seamon Cotter (February 2,1861), author of “Links of Friendship” (1898) et al.

MMEQueenie: On the Fields of France, the story of two American GI's one white the other black and the last hours of their lives on a battlefield in northern France musing about an America that would allow them to live equally in.

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wherrypilgrim: Remembering Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr., born Sept. 2, 1895. A “forerunner of the African American cultural renaissance of the 1920s,” Cotter writes of “black folk scourged; Their only crime— That they dare be men.” More here:

CMichaelIrwin: Learn more about the life and works of Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.: 6/6

Ms_Holliday93: “‘Tis strange indeed to hear us plead/For selling and for buying/When yesterday we said: “Away/With all good things but dying.”/The world’s ago, and we’re agog/To have our first brief inning;/So let’s away through surge and fog/However slight the winning” Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr

kyhistory: 2/2/1861: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr., one of the earliest African American playwrights to be published, was born in Nelson County.

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FilsonHistory: This photo is most likely of winners of the Cotter Cup, a storytelling contest that began in 1913 led by writer, educator, and community leader, Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. at the Western Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. ⁠

warpoetsgallery: Today we celebrate Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr., whose poetry honored soldiers of color around the world in WW1. Get to know this amazing writer and his work at The War Poets Gallery.

wherrypilgrim: Worth your time to read and remember: forgotten poet Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr., a “forerunner of the African American cultural renaissance of the 1920s,” died 3 Feb. 1920. His 1918 poem against prejudice and oppression:

keith_gilyard: Underrated: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. (2/2/1861-3/14/1949)

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to poet/writer/playwright Joseph Seamon Cotter (February 2,1861), author of “Links of Friendship” (1898) et al.

LiteraryRob: I sang me a song, a tiny song, / A song that was sweet to my soul: On the birth of educator, reformer, and poet Joseph Seamon Cotter, February 2, 1861 --

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Phil_M_thinker: "poor indeed is the human mind (And why was it ever wrought?) That can thrive on husk in the form of words, And not on a sturdy thought." Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr

NatalieLydick: “I said to my song: “Go on, go on    And lodge in a tender spot Of some human soul where the fires of hate    And selfishness are not” - Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr, “My Song”

djcontraption: I gazed a moment and quickly saw Just how it had come about, A cruel critic had caught my song And probed the soul of it out. O, poor indeed is the human mind (And why was it ever wrought?) That can thrive on husk . . . fr—My Song Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr

JeffreyRothsch3: My Song by Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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HaverfordFriend: 7&8 English explored the work of WW1 poet Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. Students created word clouds from the poet's powerful nouns & adjectives in "Oh Little David, Play on Your Harp." Check out their wild work! To explore the poem, visit

ReportCharity: O, Little David, play on your harp. A seething world is gone stark mad; And is drunk with the blood, Gorged with the flesh, Blinded with the ashes Of her millions of dead. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr., 1895 – 1919

TraceyH4NCG: Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. O Little David, Play on Your Harp

maharlmika: O God, give me words to make my dream-children live. (“A Prayer”, Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.)

deannamascle: A Prayer by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. - Poems |

DoinaBadescu: PETALS OF THOUGHTS: A PRAYER - by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.

allanjenkins21: A Prayer by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. - Poems |

djcontraption: As I lie in bed, Flat on my back; There passes across my ceiling An endless panorama of things— Quick steps of gay-voiced children, Adolescence in its wondering silences... from "A Prayer" by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.

MHarbingerSFF: "...Old men gazing silently thru the twilight Into the beyond. O God, give me words to make my dream-children live." --Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr., from "A Prayer" (1918)

Jeffrey74608372: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr., a poet, once wrote, “The flowers take the tears of weeping night, and give them to the sun for the day's delight.”

wherrypilgrim: "And in every land Are black folk scourged; Their only crime— That they dare be men." (from Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.'s 1919 poem). More here:

nanceliz: Fave part of homeschooling: poetry memorization. . Least Fave part of homeschooling: homeschooling... . . . Truly though, this is poem number 2: "Rain Music" by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. And while we do math about…

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wherrypilgrim: Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr., a “forerunner of the African American cultural renaissance of the 1920s," died 3 Feb. 1920. His 1918 poem against prejudice and oppression:

Book_Addict: Happy birthday to poet/writer/playwright Joseph Seamon Cotter (February 2,1861), author of “Links of Friendship” (1898) et al.

LiteraryRob: I sang me a song, a tiny song, A song that was sweet to my soul... On the birth of author, poet, and educator Joseph Seamon Cotter, February 2, 1861 --

lavanyadeepak: Train your head and hands to do, your head and heart to dare. Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr

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teawithbiscuitz: The flowers take the tears of the weeping night and give them to the sun for the day's delight. -joseph seamon cotter jr. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton We must build our faith on the light that never fails oc

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tengzug: By Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. who died in 1919 from tuberculosis at the age of 23. By the way, John Keats died from...



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