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Jean Toomer

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Also known as Eugene Pinchback Toomer

American poet and novelist (1894–1967)

Person · Open Library

Born
1894
Died
1967
Works
29

Top works

  • Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
  • Song of the son
  • D.C. Noir 2. The Classics
  • Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy
  • Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]

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Listeners
31
Total plays
76

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Quotes

  • And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds,His belly close to ground. I see the blade,Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade
  • O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.
  • Superstition sawSomething it had never seen before:Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,Beauty so sudden for that time of year.
  • One seed becomesAn everlasting song, a singing tree,Caroling softly souls of slavery,What they were, and what they are to me,Caroling softly souls of slavery.

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