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And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds,
His belly close to ground. I see the blade,
Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade
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O can't you see it, O can't you see it,
Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon... When the sun goes down.
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One seed becomes
An everlasting song, a singing tree,
Caroling softly souls of slavery,
What they were, and what they are to me,
Caroling softly souls of slavery.
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Jean Toomer
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Born:
December 26, 1894
Died:
March 30, 1967
(aged 72)
Bio:
Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. His first book Cane, published in 1923, is considered by many to be his most significant.
Known for:
The Wayward and the Seeking
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