Nature

The Touch

by Countee Cullen 1903–1946

From Copper Sun (1927)

Nature

I am no longer lame since Spring
Stooped to me where I lay,
And charmed with flute and silver lute
My laggard limbs to play.
Her voice is sweet as long-stored wine;
I leap like a hounded fawn;
I rise and follow over hill and hollow
To the flush of the crimson dawn!

MLA

Cullen, Countee. “The Touch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/176/.

Chicago

Cullen, Countee. “The Touch.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/176/.

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