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
hands
Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
daddy singing trying
Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.
dream dry happens raisin
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? . . . Or does it explode?
crust dream dreams dry happens heavy lead maybe raisin rotten sore stink sugar
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags - like a heavy lead