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

Mae V. Cowdery, "Dusk" (1927)

Like you 
Letting down your 
Purpled shadowed hair 
To hide the rose and gold 
Of your loveliness 
And your eyes peeping thru 
Like beacon lights 
In the gathering darkness. 

Published in Ebony and Topaz, 1927

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