African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Marie Brown Frazier, "In a Jar" (1928)

IN A JAR
By Marie Brown FRAZIER

RED and white and yellow flowers
   Snuggled close in a jar.
Red and white and yellow flowers
   Don't know what color they are.

Red and white and yellow people
   Can't snuggle close in a jar;
Red and white and yellow people
   Know what color they are.


Published in Opportunity, June 1928

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