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Langston Hughes

Catch

Big Boy came
Carrying a mermaid  
On his shoulders  
And the mermaid  
Had her tail
Curved
Beneath his arm.
 
Being a fisher boy,
He’d found a fish
To carry—
Half fish,  
Half girl  
To marry.

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You and your whole race.

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Wealth

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To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening
Pierrot

I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
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Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
To Certain

You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
Silence

I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
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Love Song for Lucinda

Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
The Dream Keeper

And that is what poetry may do, wrap up your dreams, protect and preserve and hold them until maybe they come true. Columbus dreamed of finding a new world, he found it. Edison dreamed ...
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The Negro Mother

Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long da… That I had to climb, that I had t… In order that the race might live… Look at my face —dark as the night…
I, Too

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

I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
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