Love
Words to My Love
From Copper Sun (1927)
Love
What if you come
Again and swell
The throat of some
Mute bird;
How shall I tell?
How shall I know
That it is so,
Having heard?
Love, let no trick
Of what’s to come
Deceive; the quick
So soon grow dumb;
With wine and bread
Our feast is spread;
Let’s leave no crumb.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “Words to My Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/132/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “Words to My Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/132/.
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