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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MASK, by CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY Poet's Biography
First Line: So detached and cool she is
Last Line: Was slipped once more in place.
Subject(s): African Americans - Women
First Line: So detached and cool she is
Last Line: Was slipped once more in place.
Subject(s): African Americans - Women
So detached and cool she is
No motion e'er betrays
The secret life within her soul,
The anguish of her days.
She seems to look upon the world
With cold ironic eyes,
To spurn emotion's fevered sway,
To scoff at tears and sighs.
But once a woman with a child
Passed by her on the street,
And once she heard from casual lips
A man's name, bitter-sweet.
Such baffled yearning in her eyes,
Such pain upon her face!
I turned aside until the mask
Was slipped once more in place.
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