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Langston Hughes

1902-1967 / Male / American
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Still HereI been scarred and battered. / My hopes the wind done scattered. / Snow has friz me,
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Quiet GirlI would liken you / To a night without stars / Were it not for your eyes.
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JusticeThat Justice is a blind goddess / Is a thing to which we black are wise: / Her bandage hides two festering sores
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ArdellaI would liken you / To a night without stars / Were it not for your eyes.
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Juke Box Love SongI could take the Harlem night / and wrap around you, / Take the neon lights and make a crown,
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DemocracyDemocracy will not come / Today, this year / Nor ever
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Minstrel ManBecause my mouth / Is wide with laughter / And my throat
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Problems2 and 2 are 4. / 4 and 4 are 8. / But what would happen
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Walkers With The DawnBeing walkers with the dawn and morning, / Walkers with the sun and morning, / We are not afraid of night,
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Dream DeferredWhat happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?
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Langston Hughes

1902-1967 / Male / American

James Mercer Langston Hughes was a poet, novelist, playwright, columnist and innovator of jazz poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.

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