TheInkThatCould - This is my favorite poem of all.
on Jul 31 2019 08:06 AM PST x edit
The Red Vine - I've read many poems in my life time and this one is the very first one i had to memorize for class and then later retain its awesome flow of advice.
Never let what is dear to you go or you will be left out like a cast in the world so fortunate to stand still and not explore.
on Nov 05 2014 08:28 PM PST x edit
Ennovy - This is my favorite poem by Mr. Hughs. It has so much meaning for me. This is one reason I write, and the other is because I love it. Novy
on Feb 22 2009 05:41 AM PST x edit
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this poem is just good because i strongly believe in my dreams n i think u should never let go of your dreams or let them just go just like that make them happen and u will get results [= -ale -9th grade student
- This is a beautiful poem about race, class, oppression, and revolution.
Langston was a black American Marxist. He certainly understood all of these things.
And don't go thinking that what he describes here is over, or resolved!
I'm sure that if Langston were alive today, he would agree that this poem is more relevant than ever.
on Mar 28 2005 04:45 AM PST x edit
SoulScythe - That was pretty good! I don't know why but the last line made me laugh.
on Mar 19 2005 12:20 PM PST x editMystiqstranger - "sigh" to be so young and have such thoughts. makes me super jealous. this is one of my fav poems by hughes. really makes you wonder. anyhoo. God Bless
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Ripplesonwater - I really like his style, and this is one of my favorites. Simple, short, and sweet, yet always very profound. The imagery is matchless, of course, and the whole thing communicates the feeling so well. I love it.
on Jan 28 2005 03:53 AM PST x edit
Shamik - I get an inferiority complex when I hear of other poets writing such wonderful poetry at such a young age.Boo hoo!
Glad to have read this.
Edited on Jan 28, 11:01 because ''.
- I first read this poem when I was in my 9th grade Honors Literature class, and it's always stuck with me. The last line is so powerful.
dangerous-angel
~Jessica~
Philophant - all my dreams deffered. have gone thro' the whole list. dry up. fester. run. stink. crust and sugar over. sag. explode. great poem. so much said in these few words.
on Dec 03 2003 08:49 AM PST x edit ← Previous 1 2Next →James Langston Hughes [1902-1967] was born in Joplin, Missouri, USA, the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston (brother of John Mercer Langston, the first Black American to be elected to public office). He attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he began writing poetry in the eighth grade. His father would discourage him from pursuing writing as a career, in favour of something 'more practical'. Langston's tuition fees to Columbia University were paid on the grounds that he study engineering.
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