#February 2, 1861
#OTD Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr., American #Poet, #Writer, & #Community #Leader, is born.
Raised in #Louisville, #Kentucky, Joseph was one of the earliest African-American published playwrights.
His #Poems could be #Poignant:
The #Flowers take the tears of #Weeping night,
& give them to the sun for the day's #Delight.
He could also be #Clever:
What deeds have sprung from #Plow & pick!
What bankrolls from #Tomatoes!
No dainty #Crop of #Rhetoric
Can match one of #Potatoes.