I have just seen a beautiful thing
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?


The Black Finger (1925)

Angelina Weld Grimké Quotes

I have just seen a beautiful thing Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress, Sensitive Exquisite, A black finger Pointing...

I have just seen a beautiful thing Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress, Sensitive Exquisite, A black finger Pointing...

I have just seen a beautiful thing Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress, Sensitive Exquisite, A black finger Pointing...

I have just seen a beautiful thing Slim and still, Against a gold, gold sky, A straight black cypress, Sensitive Exquisite, A black finger Pointing...