Langston Hughes

Dreams

Langston Hughes | May 2023 (Vol. XXXVI, No. 5)

Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

~ Langston Hughes, "Dreams" in THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES

Two Somewhat Different Epigrams

Langston Hughes | March 2023 (Vol. XXXVI, No. 3)
Oh, God of dust and rainbows, help us see.
That without dust the rainbow would not be.
~ Langston Hughes from "Two Somewhat Different Epigrams" in THE POEMS: 1951-1967

The night is beautiful

Langston Hughes | July-August 2003 (Vol. XVI, No. 7)

The night is beautiful
So the faces of my people.

The stars are beautiful
So the eyes of my people.

Beautiful, also, is the sun.
Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.

~ by Langston Hughes
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