Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen, born as Coleman Rutherford, was an African American poet, author and scholar who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He pronounced his name "Coun-tay", not "Coun-tee"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 May 1903
CityLexington, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Countee Cullen quotes about
pride night blood
All day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.
wings ties earth
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.
god doubt kind
I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind
lying loss love-is
The loss of love is a terrible thing; They lie who say that death is worse.
stars dark night
The night whose sable breast relieves the stark, White stars, is no less lovely being dark
heart glowing sick
Ever at Thy glowing altar Must my heart grow sick and falter, Wishing He I served were black.
rendezvous
I have a rendezvous with life.
fashion men black
Quaint, outlandish heathen gods Black men fashion out of rods
jesus father heart
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, So I make an idle boast; Jesus of the twice-turned cheek Lamb of God, although I speak With my mouth thus, in my heart Do I play a double part.
cutting black battle
I cut my teeth as the black raccoon-- For implements of battle.
god fashion dark
Lord, I fashion dark gods, too, Daring even to give You Dark despairing features
cutting wife sorrow
Death cut the strings that gave me life, And handed me to Sorrow, The only kind of middle wife My folks could beg or borrow.
heart giving lovers
Give but a grain of the heart's rich seed, Confine some under cover, And when love goes, bid him God-speed. And find another lover.
past years snow
What is last year's snow to me, Last year's anything? The tree Budding yearly must forget How its past arose or set