Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hugheswas an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 February 1902
CityJoplin, MO
CountryUnited States of America
kissing rivers faces
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss
summer winter giving
Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants.
eggs patient life-is
Life is a egg you have to be patient and carefull with it or it will brake
rhythm-of-life jazz life-is
The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
love-is tree shadow
Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
details walt findings
Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.
depressing simple nonsense
Your explanation depresses me," I said. "Your nonsense depresses me," said Simple.
christian doubt atheism
Both of them were very good and kind - the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.
silly ivory people
Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
love-is people heaven
To some people Love is given, To others Only Heaven.
harvest
Harriet Tubman lived to see the harvest.
walks fronts walking
Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk.
white feet miles
These feet have walked ten thousand miles working for white folks and another ten thousand keeping up with colored.
rain kissing-him best-kiss
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.