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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLACK FINGER, by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have just seen a most beautiful thing Last Line: And why are you pointing upwards? Subject(s): African Americans; Fingers; Nature; Negroes; American Blacks | |||
I have just seen a most beautiful thing: Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight, black cypress, Sensitive Exquisite A black finger Pointing upwards. Why beautiful still finger, are you black? And why are you pointing upwards? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL A MONA LISA by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE |
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