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Memory will lay its hands
Upon your breast
And you will understand
My hatred.


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America where black was black. Wasn't white nowhere black wasn't.

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I love you for your brownness
And the rounded darkness of your breast.
I love you for the breaking sadness in your voice
And the shadows where your wayward eye-lids rest.


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I want to breathe the Lotus flow'r
Sighing to the stars
With tendrils drinking at the Nile...
I want to feel the surging
Of my sad people's soul,
Hidden by a minstrel-smile.


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Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Born: July 8, 1902
Died: May 30, 1981 (aged 78)
Bio: Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an American artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance. Though often overlooked, she herself made considerable accomplishments in poetry and prose.

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