Angelina Weld Grimke, "The Black Finger" (1923)
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 Opportunity, November 1923
Published in Survey Graphic, March 1925
Also published in The New Negro, 1925