Creative Quotations from . . .
Countee Cullen
(1903-1946) born on May 30
US poet. "He wrote "Color," 1925 and "The Black Christ," 1930."
 
   
F
Your love to me was like an unread book . . .

R
"So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds."
A
"My poetry, I should think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me."
N
"There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call the "breaks." In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things -- read and write -- and wait."
K
"The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a newer Calvary."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Bright Bindings," "The Black Christ and Other Poems," 1929."
R: ""From the Dark Tower," "Copper Sun," 1927."
A: ""Christian Scientist Monitor," 23 Oct 1925."
N: "Interview by James Baldwin; in "De Witt Clinton High School Magpie," Winter 1942."
K: ""Colors.""
   



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