The Measure
Fierce is the conflict—the battle of eyes,
Sure and unerring, the wordless replies,
Challenges flash from their ambushing caves—
Men, by their glances, are masters or slaves.
Source: The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems (The Cornhill Company, 1918)
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Poet Georgia Douglas Johnson 1880–1966
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
SCHOOL / PERIOD Harlem Renaissance
Subjects Social Commentaries, War & Conflict
Poems by Georgia Douglas Johnson
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SUBJECT Social Commentaries, War & Conflict
POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic
SCHOOL / PERIOD Harlem Renaissance
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