Advertisemen (Langston Hughes Poems)
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In the Quarter of the NegroesWhere the doors are doors of paperDust of dingy atomsBlows a scratchy sound.Amorphous jack-o'-Lanterns caperAnd ...
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 ...
The NegroWith the trumpet at his lipsHas dark moons of wearinessBeneath his eyeswhere the smoldering memoryof slave shipsBlazed to the ...
Landlord, landlord,My roof has sprung a leak.Don't you 'member I told you about itWay last week?Landlord, landlord,These steps is broken ...
I woke up this mornin''Bout half-past three.All the womens in townWas gathered round me.Sweet gals was a-moanin',"Sylvester's gonna die!"And a ...
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 ...
The rent man knocked.He said, Howdy-do?I said, WhatCan I do for you?He said, You knowYour rent is due.I said, Listen,Before ...
It was a long time ago.I have almost forgotten my dream.But it was there then,In front of me,Bright like a ...
The census man,The day he came round,Wanted my nameTo put it down.I said, JOHNSON,ALBERTA K.But he hated to writeThe K ...
Goin' down the road, Lawd,Goin' down the road.Down the road, Lawd,Way,way down the road.Got to find somebodyTo help me carry ...
I know I amThe Negro ProblemBeing wined and dined,Answering the usual questionsThat come to white mindWhich seeks demurelyTo Probe in ...
My name is Johnson--Madam Alberta K.The Madam stands for business.I'm smart that way.I had aHAIR-DRESSING PARLORBeforeThe depression putThe prices lower.Then ...
I was so sick last night IDidn't hardly know my mind.So sick last night IDidn't know my mind.I drunk some ...
I dream a world where manNo other man will scorn,Where love will bless the earthAnd peace its paths adornI dream ...
In time of silver rainThe earth puts forth new life again,Green grasses growAnd flowers lift their heads,And over all the ...
Oh, silver tree!Oh, shining rivers of the soul!In a Harlem cabaretSix long-headed jazzers play.A dancing girl whose eyes are boldLifts ...
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore- And then run? Does ...
I'm all alone in this world, she said,Ain't got nobody to share my bed,Ain't got nobody to hold my hand-The ...
I got to leave this town.It's a lonesome place.Got to leave this town causeIt's a lonesome place.A po', po' boy ...
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 ...
LoveIs a ripe plumGrowing on a purple tree.Taste it onceAnd the spell of its enchantmentWill never let you be.LoveIs a ...
I, too, sing America.I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat ...
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 ...
When Susanna Jones wears redher face is like an ancient cameoTurned brown by the ages.Come with a blast of trumphets, ...
My old man's a white old manAnd my old mother's black.If ever I cursed my white old manI take my ...
Where is the Jim Crow sectionOn this merry-go-round,Mister, cause I want to ride?Down South where I come fromWhite and coloredCan't ...
Listen!Dear dream of utter aliveness-Touching my body of utter death-Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliveness,The flaming source of your ...
"Me an' ma baby'sGot two mo' ways,Two mo' ways to do de Charleston!"Da, da,Da, da, da!Two mo' ways to do ...
You sicken me with lies,With truthful lies.And with your pious faces.And your wide, out-stretched, mock-welcome, Christian hands.While underneathIs dirt and ugliness,And ...
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