Langston Hughes
1902-1967 / Male / American
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Still Here
I been scarred and battered. / My hopes the wind done scattered. / Snow has friz me,
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Quiet Girl
I would liken you / To a night without stars / Were it not for your eyes.
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Justice
That Justice is a blind goddess / Is a thing to which we black are wise: / Her bandage hides two festering sores
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Ardella
I would liken you / To a night without stars / Were it not for your eyes.
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Juke Box Love Song
I could take the Harlem night / and wrap around you, / Take the neon lights and make a crown,
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Democracy
Democracy will not come / Today, this year / Nor ever
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Minstrel Man
Because my mouth / Is wide with laughter / And my throat
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Problems
2 and 2 are 4. / 4 and 4 are 8. / But what would happen
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Walkers With The Dawn
Being walkers with the dawn and morning, / Walkers with the sun and morning, / We are not afraid of night,
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Dream Deferred
What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?
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