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She does not know
Her beauty,
She thinks her brown body
Has no glory.
If she could dance
Naked,
Under palm trees.
And see her image in the river
She would know.
But there are no palm trees
On the street,
And dish water gives back no images.


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Born: May 6, 1906
Died: June 30, 1976 (aged 70)
Bio: William Waring Cuney was a poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He is best known for his poem "No Images," which has been widely anthologized.

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