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
dust rainbow helping
Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.
mean dying littles
Folks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
ends my-friends
I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my friend.
life music death
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
heaven-sent heaven wish
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
home writing tonight
Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true.
house police intolerance
They [the police] learned something from them Harlem riots. They used to beat your head right in public, but now they only beat it after they get you down to the station house.
freedom people needs
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.
america breaking-silence oath
America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!
dream men white
A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free
regret forever return
Out of love, No regrets-- Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets-- Though the return Be never.
summer rain heart
Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it ... what you wish in your secret heart were not funny, but it is, and you must laugh. Humor is your own unconscious therapy. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air, and you.
poet
Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead.
equality america air
Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.