Death & Dying
For My Grandmother
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
This lovely flower fell to seed;
Work gently, sun and rain;
She held it as her dying creed
That she would grow again.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For My Grandmother.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/25/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For My Grandmother.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/25/.
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