Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, by GRAZIELLA MAGGIO


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FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, by                    
First Line: He took the warm, brown earth into his hand
Last Line: This man with willing hands and faith in god.
Subject(s): African Americans; Carver, George Washington (1864-1943); Negroes; American Blacks


He took the warm, brown earth into his hand,
The warm, brown earth which matched his own dark skin.
He closed his fist and felt the heat expand,
The heat a Southern sun had put therein.
He took the pure bright colors of the earth
And to the world he made a gift of them.
He took a plant men said had little worth
And found a use for fruit and leaves and stem.

But though he did these things and many more,
He did not take the praise, instead disclosed
That it had been the hand of God that tore
The lock which keeps the Book of Knowledge closed.
Good fertile fields he made from useless sod --
This man with willing hands and faith in God.




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