Time & Brevity

The Wind and the Weather

by Countee Cullen 1903–1946

From The Black Christ & Other Poems (1929)

Time & Brevity

Forever shall not burn his tongue
So glibly after this;
Eternity was brief that hung
Upon a passing kiss.

A year ago no metaphor
Was rich enough to trace
A single figure boasting more
Allurement than her face.

One spring from then, small change we find
In him; she still is fair.
But in the other’s heart or mind
Neither glows anywhere.

MLA

Cullen, Countee. “The Wind and the Weather.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/83/.

Chicago

Cullen, Countee. “The Wind and the Weather.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/83/.

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