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
rendezvous
I have a rendezvous with life.
agonizing hide tend
So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.