African American Poetry (1870-1928): A Digital Anthology

Effie Lee Newsome, "Capriccio" (1926)

When soft suns of autumn just mock with a shadow,
When thin wind of autumn light blows,
Aye, Swallow, I’d follow,
And follow and follow—
I’d follow the petals of rose!


Published in The Crisis, September 1926

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