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Toomer,
Jean
. American poet and novelist; important figure of the Harlem Renaissance
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Portrait in Georgia
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Written by:
Jean
Toomer
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Hair--braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher's rope,
Eyes--fagots,
Lips--old scars, or the first red blisters,
Breath--the last sweet scent of cane,
And her slim body, white as the ash
of black flesh after flame.
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