Heritage - Written by Harlem Renaissance Poet Mae V. Cowdery. Do enjoy reading this poem. Send it to a friend. "Harlem Renaissance"

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Heritage

It is a blessed heritage
To wear pain,
A bright smile on our lips.
Our dark fathers
gave us
The gift of shedding sorrow
In a song.

Written by Mae V. Cowdery (1909-1953)

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