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

Langston Hughes, "To a Black Dancer in 'The Little Savoy'" (1926)

Wine-maiden
Of the jazz-tuned night,
Lips
Sweet as purple dew,
Breasts
Like the pillows of all sweet dreams,
Who crushed
The grapes of joy
And dripped their juice
On you?


Published in The Weary Blues, 1926

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