Simon the Cyrenian Speaks by Countee Cullen - Poem for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C can be found here)
Simon the Cyrenian Speaks
Countee Cullen
To accompany the lectionary reading: Luke 14:25-33
SNIPPET:
He never spoke a word to me,
And yet He called my name;
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Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, and was a leading figure during the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen attended both NYU and Harvard. His writing was in a careful, traditional style, and he wrote about black beauty, racism, racial identity and injustice. (via Wikipedia)