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For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty

1903 –

1946

Not writ in water, nor in mist,
Sweet lyric throat, thy name;
Thy singing lips that cold death kissed
Have seared his own with flame.

Born on May 30, 1903, in New York City, Countee Cullen was one of the most important voices of the Harlem Renaissance

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Themes

^{(For Carl Van Vechten)}

Countee Cullen

1925

Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,
I saw a Baltimorean
Keep looking straight at me.

Countee Cullen

1927

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For my Grandmother

Countee Cullen

1927