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Born in 1894 / Died in 1967 / United States / English

Poems by Jean Toomer

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A Poem From Transatlantic

... Until we step upon the radiant plateau ...

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Georgia Dusk

... Being dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs ...

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Evening Song

... Cloine, curled like the sleepy waters where the moonwaves start, ...

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Tell Me

... The mountains loom at night, giant shades ...

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Reapers

... And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds, ...

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Her Lips Are Copper Wire

... and let your breath be moist against me ...

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Song of the Son

... To catch thy plaintive soul, leaving, soon gone, ...

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Unsuspecting

... And never suspects it is a rind ...

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Banking Coal

... I’d like to tell those folks that one grand flare ...

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Seventh Street

... eventh Street, in shanties, brick office buildings, theaters, drug stores, restaurants, and cabarets ...

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Cotton Song

... We ain't agwine to wait until th Judgment Day!" ...

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Storm Ending

... And the sweet earth flying from the thunder ...

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November Cotton Flower

... s cold, Made cotton-stalks look rusty, seasons old, ...

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Harvest Song

... . . O my brothers, I beat my palms, still soft, against the stubble of my ...

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People

... Or you, or me.Are they not in their minds ...