Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their ancestors were kidnapped and rooted in the white supremacist society where they live. With poems about love, tradition, the intertwined lives of Black people and whites, and the experience of a "Negro in a day like this," Color is a profound early work of the Harlem Renaissance. The collection’s most famous poem is "Heritage". (Summary by Mike Overby)
To You Who Read My Book[Color] Yet Do I MarvelA Song of PraiseBrown Boy to Brown GirlA Brown Girl DeadTo a Brown GirlTo a Brown BoyBlack MagdalensAtlantic City WaiterNear WhiteTableauHarlem WineSimon the Cyrenian SpeaksIncidentTwo Who Crossed a Line (She Crosses)Two Who Crossed a Line (He Crosses)Saturday's ChildThe Dance of LovePagan PrayerWisdom Cometh With the YearsTo My Fairer BrethrenFruit of the FlowerThe Shroud of ColorHeritage[Epitaphs] For a PoetFor My GrandmotherFor a CynicFor a SingerFor a VirginFor a Lady I KnowFor a Lovely LadyFor an AtheistFor an Evolutionist and His OpponentFor an AnarchistFor a MagicianFor a PessimistFor a Mouthy WomanFor a PhilosopherFor an Unsuccessful SinnerFor a FoolFor One Who Gayly Sowed His OatsFor a SkepticFor a FatalistFor Daughters of MagdalenFor a WantonFor a PreacherFor One Who Died Singing of DeathFor John Keats, Apostle of BeautyFor Hazel Hall, American PoetFor Paul Lawrence DunbarFor Joseph ConradFor MyselfAll the Dead[For Love's Sake] Oh, for a Little While, Be KindIf You Should GoTo One Who Said Me NayAdvice to YouthCapriceSacramentBread and WineSpring Reminiscence[Varia] Suicide ChantShe of the Dancing Feet SingsJudas IscariotThe WiseMary, Mother of ChristDialogueIn Memory of Col. Charles YoungTo My FriendsGodsTo John Keats, Poet. At SpringtimeOn GoingHarsh World That Lashest MeRequiescam
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