Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by COUNTEE CULLEN


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EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: This lovely flower fell to seed
Last Line: That she would grow again.
Subject(s): Grandparents; African Americans; Death; Flowers; Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Negroes; American Blacks; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers


This lovely flower fell to seed.
Work gently, sun and rain --
She held it as her dying creed
That she would grow again.





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