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MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth,
God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
jazzythoughts1: Ridgely Torrence
'Simon The Cyrenian'
WomanToday2: That year she also received the Ridgely Torrence Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. The 1960s began a period of change in Rich's life: she received the National Institute of Arts and Letters award (1960), ... 10/
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth,
God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
talkingbotblues: Talking Ridgely Torrence Blues
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MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth, God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth,
God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
ZenanS5: Thought’s birth,
The mind’s blade,
Work’s worth,
The thing made.
- Ridgely Torrence
ZenanS5: Life finds rest
Where it rose
Which was best?
The heart knows.
- Ridgely Torrence
TanjaBoness: 3/ In 1951, Rich published her first collection of poems, „A Change World“ and followed it with „The Diamond Cutters“ in 1955. She later said she wished the Diamond Cutters went unpublished. Rich received Poetry Society of America’s Ridgely Torrence Memorial Award in 1955.
Soulracmusic: These plays, written by white playwright Ridgely Torrence, featured African-American actors conveying complex human emotions and yearnings. They rejected the stereotypes of the blackface and minstrel show traditions.
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth, God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth,
God gave them Love,
and even God can give no more.
~Frederic Ridgely Torrence
SOURCEtheatreCo: Those white playwrights whose works provided opportunities for black performers were Ridgely Torrence's "Plays for...
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth, God gave them Love,
and even...
MelanieJaxn: I saw them kissing in the shade
and knew the sum of all my lore:
God gave them Youth, God gave them Love,
and even...
Glory_66: Ridgely Torrence: "Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay..."
