WESLEY CURTWRIGHT
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Wesley Curtwright was born in Brunswick, Georgia, on November 30, 1910, but he knows as little about Georgia, perhaps, as about any state in the South. Immediately after his father’s death in 1913, he began a disjointed tour of the land. He has “broken out in spots” of a dozen states both South and North, attending at intervals various schools. He lives in New York at present and has lived there three years. He is attending Harlem Academy, a small private school. He has contributed to Opportunity and The Messenger.
THE CLOSE OF DAY
“To meet and then to part,” and that is all, To slowly turn an album’s crusty leaves, To see the faces and the scenes recall, Are things that in a lifetime one achieves. To wander down a broad-arch gallery, Viewing the scenes from life on either side, Pressed forward with the force of years to see But part of every picture when espied. The big sun in its blue dome keeps its course, Without a falter moves upon its way. So human life, returning to its source, Is overtaken by the close of day. To dream, and being rudely waked from thought, Return to peaceful dreaming dearly bought.