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African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Dwight Fairfield, "A Modern Othello" (1902)

Of that same swarthy tint and hue,
Of tales as thrilling and as true,
   A pretty Desdemona
He needs but then to tell them to,
   To be a happy owner.

Of that same swarthy tint and hue,
Of tales as thrilling and as true,
   I am the happy owner;
But I care not to tell them to
A pretty Desdemona;
   Some colored maid will do.

Published in Colored American Magazine, December 1902
 

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  1. Interracial, Multiracial, and Race Relations Themes Amardeep Singh
  2. Poems in "Colored American Magazine" (1900-1909) Amardeep Singh
  3. Intertext Amardeep Singh