Angelina Grimke, "The Black Finger" (1925)
Slim and still,
Against a gold, gold sky,
A straight black cypress,
Sensitive,
Exquisite,
A black finger
Pointing upwards.
Why, beautiful still finger, are you black?
And why are you pointing upwards?
Published in Survey Graphic, March 1925
Also published in The New Negro, 1925