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Gwendolyn Bennett: Some things are...

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Some things are very dear to me --
Such things as flowers bathed by rain
Or patterns traced upon the sea
...
But dearer far than all surmise
Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes.

Source: Sonnets; found at www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/bennett.html
-- Gwendolyn Bennett, (Jul 8 1902-1981), US poet, artist; Her poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era -- racial pride, rediscovery of Africa, celebration of blackness.

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