Advertisemen (Langston Hughes Poems)
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf-Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES!Look! See what Vanity Fair says about the new ...
Langston Hughes Poems on God (6 Poems)
Brass Spittoons (Langston Hughes Poems)
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.Clean the spittoons.The steam in hotel kitchens,And the smoke in hotel lobbies,And the slime in ...
Gods (Langston Hughes Poems)
The ivory gods,And the ebony gods,And the gods of diamond and jade,Sit silently on their temple shelvesWhile the peopleAre afraid.Yet ...
Acceptance (Langston Hughes Poems)
God in His infinite wisdomDid not make me very wise-So when my actions are stupidThey hardly take God by surprise(Langston ...
Justice (Langston Hughes Poem)
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering ...
The Negro Mother (Langston Hughes Poem)
Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long dark way That I had to climb, ...