Langston Hughes

28 poems

Night Funeral in Harlem

Night funeral / In Harlem:

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Oppression

Now dreams / Are not available

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Still Here

I been scared and battered. / My hopes the wind done scattered.

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The Blues

When the shoe strings break / On both your shoes

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The Dream Keeper

Bring me all of your dreams, / You dreamer,

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The Negro Speaks Of Rivers

I've known rivers: / I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the

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The Weary Blues

Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, / Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,

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Wake

Tell all my mourners / To mourn in red --

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