Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance: Visualizing Magazines, Editors, and PoemsMain MenuThe MessengerBlack OpalsLiterary Magazine Published in PhiladelphiaPalmsThe CrisisThe Carolina MagazineSurvey GraphicFire!!"Opportunity" and "Ebony and Topaz"Poems published in "Opportunity" and the special anthology, "Ebony and Topaz" (1927)Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
Angelina Grimke, "The Black Finger" (1923)
12025-02-15T07:24:23-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12632The Black Finger (1923)plain2025-02-15T08:00:51-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1I have just seen a most beautiful thing Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress, Sensitive, Exquisite, A black finger Pointing upwards. Why, beautiful still finger, are you black? And why are you pointing upwards?
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12025-02-15T07:23:36-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1"Opportunity" and "Ebony and Topaz"Amardeep Singh3Poems published in "Opportunity" and the special anthology, "Ebony and Topaz" (1927)plain2025-02-16T08:42:48-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1