"Storm Ending" by Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer, a poet, playwright, and novelist, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1894. He was the grandson of the first governor of African-American descent. As the descendant of both black and white heritage, he attended both all-black and all-white segregated schools and his poetry is an interesting synthesis of both heritages.

Storm Ending
by Jean Toomer

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads,
Great, hollow, bell-like flowers,
Rumbling in the wind,
Stretching clappers to strike our ears . . .
Full-lipped flowers
Bitten by the sun
Bleeding rain
Dripping rain like golden honey—
And the sweet earth flying from the thunder.




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