THE ARTIST'S LOUNGE

ANNE BETHEL SPENCER

Born in Virginia in 1883

Poet

Poetry engage ther poems durng their lifemes of religion, race, and the natural world

First black woman poet to be featured in Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry

Maintained close relationships with many writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

Thirty of her poems during her life

Helped establish a chapter of NAACP in Lynchburg, Virginia

Died at 93 in 1975

DUNBAR

Ah, how poets sing and die!

Make one song and Heaven takes it;

Have one heart and Beauty breaks it;

Chatterbox, Shelley, Keats and I-

Ah, how poets sing and die.

Monday, May 11, 2026