Harlem Renaissance poet Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958)

It is my opinion the HARLEM RENAISSANCE era of 1920s was like no other, with shared characteristics as well. Consequently, the era was influenced of course by the previous French Bohemian and Paulista (São Paulo) Concrete eras. By combining their higher education and unique struggles with these influences (among others), they made the arts their own, and by so doing, influenced subsequent eras like the pre-Beat/Beat poets.
 
As one of many examples of the HARLEM RENAISSANCE era, there is the beautiful lady and poet Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958)...
 
 
THE BLACK FINGER, by A.W.G.

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

A black finger
 

EL BESO, by A.W.G.

Twilight—and you
Quiet—the stars;
Snare of the shine of your teeth,
Your provocative laughter,
The gloom of your hair;
Lure of you, eye and lip;
Yearning, yearning,
Languor, surrender;
Your mouth,
And madness, madness,
Tremulous, breathless, flaming,
The space of a sigh;
Then awakening—remembrance,
Pain, regret—your sobbing;
And again, quiet—the stars,
Twilight—and you.


THE EYES OF MY REGRET, by A.W.G.

Always at dusk, the same tearless experience,
The same dragging of feet up the same well-worn path
To the same well-worn rock;
The same crimson or gold dropping away of the sun
The same tints, – rose, saffron, violet, lavender, grey
Meeting, mingling, mixing mistily;
Before me the same blue black cedar rising jaggedly to
a point;