Langston Hughes Poems (95 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 ...

Pierrot (Langston Hughes Poems)

I work all day,Said Simple John,Myself a house to buy.I work all day,Said Simple John,But Pierrot wondered why.For Pierrrot loved ...

Jazzonia (Langston Hughes Poems)

Oh, silver tree!Oh, shining rivers of the soul!In a Harlem cabaretSix long-headed jazzers play.A dancing girl whose eyes are boldLifts ...

Dream Boogie (Langston Hughes Poems)

Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a —You ...

I, Too. (Langston Hughes Poems)

I, too, sing America.I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat ...

For Selma (Langston Hughes Poems)

In places likeSelma, Alabama,Kids say,  In places like  Chicago and New York...In places likeChicago and New YorkKids say,  In places like  London and Paris...In ...

Demand (Langston Hughes Poems)

Listen!Dear dream of utter aliveness-Touching my body of utter death-Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliveness,The flaming source of your ...

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