Portrait in Georgia
By Jean Toomer
Hair–braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher’s rope,
Eye–fagots,
Lips–old scars, or the first red blisters,
Breath–the last sweet scent of cane,
And her slim body, white as the ash
of black flesh after flame.
Jean Toomer, "Portrait in Georgia" from Cane. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. Public Domain.
Source:
Cane
(Boni & Liveright, 1923)
