Langston Hughes

1902-1967 / Male / American
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Advertisement For The Waldorf-AstoriaFine living . . . a la carte? / Come to the Waldorf-Astoria! / LISTEN HUNGRY ONES!
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ArdellaI would liken you / To a night without stars / Were it not for your eyes.
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ArrivalMorning, a glass door, flashes / Gold names off the new city, / Whose white shelves and domes travel
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Daybreak In AlabamaWhen I get to be a composer / I'm gonna write me some music about / Daybreak in Alabama
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DemocracyDemocracy will not come / Today, this year / Nor ever
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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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Dream VariationsTo fling my arms wide / In some place of the sun, / To whirl and to dance
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Fire-CaughtThe gold moth did not love him / So, gorgeous, she flew away. / But the gray moth circled the flame
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Freedoms PlowWhen a man starts out with nothing, / When a man starts out with his hands / Empty, but clean,
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I, Too, Sing AmericaI, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother. / They send me to eat in the kitchen
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