(30 May 1903 – 9 January 1946 / New York)

poet Countee Cullen
#255 on top 500 poets
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Fruit of the Flower

My father is a quiet man
With sober, steady ways;
For simile, a folded fan;
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  • Captain Cur (7/3/2012 4:58:00 AM)

    Parents only want us to follow in their shoes' footprints,
    not the naked ones. Loved this poem.

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  • delilah contrapunctal (11/7/2007 9:11:00 PM)

    How I love this man's work........beautiful..
    a friend of mine had the good fortune to be one of his pupils..........
    .in some poetical 'hereafter', perhaps they've met once again..........................

    2 person liked.
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