Classic and Contemporary Poetry

EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: This lovely flower fell to seed
Last Line: That she would grow again.
Subject(s): African Americans; Death; Flowers; Grandparents; 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.