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
Helene Johnson, "Night" (1926)
12025-02-15T14:53:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12631plain2025-02-15T14:53:58-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The moon flung down the bower of her hair, A sacred cloister while she knelt at prayer. She crossed pale bosom, breathed a sad amen-- Then bound her hair about her head again.
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