Death & Dying
For a Magician
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
I whose magic could explore
Ways others might not guess or see,
Now am barred behind a door
That has no “Open Sesame.”
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For a Magician.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/34/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For a Magician.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/34/.
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