{"id":172307,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/172307-confession-poem-by-countee-cullen-1927","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/172307","headline":"“Confession” || Poem by Countee Cullen (1927)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf for a day joy masters me,\u003cbr\u003eThink not my wounds are healed; \u003cbr\u003eFar deeper than the scars you see,\u003cbr\u003eI keep the roots concealed. \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey shall bear blossoms with the fall;\u003cbr\u003eI have their word for this, \u003cbr\u003eWho tend my roots with rains of gall,\u003cbr\u003eAnd suns of prejudice.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis poem is in the public domain\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"If for a day joy masters me,Think not my wounds are healed; Far deeper than the scars you see,I keep the roots concealed. They shall bear blossoms with the fall;I have their word for this, Who tend my roots with rains of gall,And suns of prejudice.This poem is in the public domain","published_at":"2026-09-10T18:00:03-07:00","updated_at":"2026-09-10T22:31:23-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos365. View their post published Sep/10/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":3,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/172307-confession-poem-by-countee-cullen-1927","headline":"“Confession” || Poem by Countee Cullen (1927)","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-09-10T18:00:03-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":3}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}