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
dream dry happens raisin
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode?
amazed chosen dylan work
I am amazed that my work of Dylan was chosen as his portrait,
equality america air
Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.
crystals splinters stairs
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair
heaven-sent heaven wish
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
resurrection poet graveyard
Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
kissing rivers faces
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss
rhythm-of-life jazz life-is
The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
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.
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.
dream dry happens raisin
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? . . . Or does it explode?