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Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Minstrel Man

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song,
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?
 
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter,
You do not hear
My inner cry?
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing,
You do not know
I die?

#Americans #Blacks

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Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
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I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
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You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
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I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
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Cross

My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot…
Sick Room

How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
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We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
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Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
Life Is Fine

I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
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Snake

He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
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Enemy

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I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
Theme for English B

Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
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You and your whole race.

You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
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