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  1. Nov 9, 2018 · Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902 – 1981) was a multitalented American poet, artist, columnist, educator, and arts administrator associated with the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s. Following is a selection of poems by Gwendolyn B. Bennett, a true Renaissance woman.

  2. Secret. Gwendolyn Bennett. 1902 –. 1981. I shall make a song like your hair . . . . gold-woven with shadows green-tinged, And I shall play with my song. As my fingers might play with your hair. Deep in my heart.

  3. 1902 –. 1981. Read poems by this poet. Gwendolyn Bennett was born on July 8, 1902, in Giddings, Texas, to Joshua Robin and Mayme (née Abernathy). Bennett spent her early childhood in Washington, D.C. Her parents divorced when she was around four. Joshua kidnapped Bennett in 1910. Father and daughter lived on the run for a lengthy period ...

  4. Gwendolyn Bennett (July 8, 1902 - May 30, 1981) was active in the Harlem Renaissance period, writing poetry, fiction, and journalism, as well as creating visual art (painting, drawing, and working in batik). She lived in DC as a child (from 1906 to 1910), and moved back as an adult, when she taught in the Art Department at Howard University ...

  5. To a Dark Girl. Gwendolyn Bennett. 1902 –. 1981. I love you for your brownness, And the rounded darkness of your breast, I love you for the breaking sadness in your voice. And shadows where your wayward eyelids rest. Something of old forgotten queens.

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  7. Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981) was a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, contributing richly as a poet, writer, and artist. Born in Texas and educated in New York and Paris, she navigated diverse worlds, blending cultural insights. As an advocate for both African-American and women’s rights, Bennett’s multifaceted legacy remains ...

  8. Summary. ‘To a Dark Girl’ by Gwendolyn Bennett is an empowering poem aimed at young girls of color in the United States and abroad. In the first lines of this poem, the speaker gives a young Black girl four reasons why she is loved. She tells her that she loves her for her dark skin, rounded breast, her “breaking sadness,” and the way ...

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