Countée Cullen

Here you will find the Poem A Brown Girl Dead of poet Countée Cullen

A Brown Girl Dead

With two white roses on her breasts, 
 White candles at head and feet, 
Dark Madonna of the grave she rests; 
 Lord Death has found her sweet.

Her mother pawned her wedding ring
 To lay her out in white; 
She'd be so proud she'd dance and sing
 to see herself tonight.