To Langston Hughes I’ve also known rivers. I’ve known rivers trapped between cliff tops and rotting land – Black as the midnight’s reflection. I’ve known rivers beat by the Mississippi sun. I’ve watched rivers struggle to survive under Mississippi’s sons. My people are like rivers. Crashing against free […]
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So…. I finally finished Langston Hughes’ autobiography, The Big Sea. And it was basically the greatest book I have ever read. It has immediately shot up to my number one book of all time (with The Catcher in the Rye at a close, but not that close, second). It is simply amazing! The way Hughes […]
Hey! I know I haven’t been writing poetry as much, but let me tell you guys why. That’s right.. I am reading The Big Sea by Langston Hughes. And normally, when I read a book I don’t like to write too much of anything, because I am afraid to start writing like them. (However, being […]
Langston Hughes reciting “I, too” and sharing his thoughts on “the issue.” I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, […]
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