Time & Brevity
The Wind and the Weather
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.
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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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