#fenton johnson

[mvaljean525]

I was the starlight I was the moonlight I was the sunset, Before the dawning Of my life; I was the river Forever winding To purple dreaming, I was the glowing Of youthful Springtime, I was the singing Of golden songbirds,— I was love.

I was the sunlight, I was the twilight, I was the humming Of winged creatures Ere my birth; I was the blushing Of lily maiden, I was the vision Of youthful striving, I was the summer, I was the autumn, I was the All-time— I was love.

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Revery

Fenton Johnson 1888–1958

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Graphic - Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966

[readmydesire]

the wonderful morning by fenton johnson

[creatediana]

"The Creed of the Slave" by American poet Fenton Johnson (1888–1958), recently collected in Minor Notes, Volume 1 (2023), a Penguin Random House series curated by Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy of Black poets whose work has gone underrecognized in the literary canon

[coffeebirbsdarkacademia]

I have mourned for you when the Night was young,/ I have sighed for you  where stars are hung

Fenton Johnson, from, “The Lost Summer: II visions of the Dusk: Poems, 1915

[megairea]

Fenton Johnson, from Let Us Go Away; A Little Dreaming: Poems, 1913  

[jude-st-francis]

At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life by Fenton Johnson

[rainy-academia]

The Lost Love by Fenton Johnson

[godsopenwound]

Revery, Fenton Johnson