Langston Hughes

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I, Too
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother

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#HolySaturday ~ "In stillness earth awaits the Resurrection. “And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him"

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Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --

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Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.

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So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now --
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Langston Hughes

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AMERICA will be ~ Langston Hughes

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Out of the rackruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain--
All, all the stretch of these great green states--
And make America again!

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When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

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A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free
Langston Hughes

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Midwinter Blues Langston Hughes by luke Hamilton on Prezi https://t.co/7OplFNcd5r

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Drama for Winter Night
by Langston Hughes
You can't sleep here,
My good man,

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You can't sleep here.
This is the house of God.
The usher opens the church door and he goes out.
You can't sleep in this car, old top,
Not here.
If Jones found you
He'd give you to the cops.
Get-the-hell out now,
This ain't home.
You can't stay here.

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The chauffeur opens the door and he gets out.
Lord! You can't let a man lie
In the streets like this.
Find an officer quick.
Send for an ambulance.
Maybe he is sick but
He can't die on this corner,
Not here!
He can't die here.

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Death opens a door.
Oh, God,
Lemme git by St. Peter.
Lemme sit down on the steps of your throne.
Lemme rest somewhere.
What did yuh say, God?
What did yuh say?
You can't sleep here. . . .
Bums can't stay. . .

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The man's raving.
Get him to the hospital quick.
He's attracting a crowd.
He can't die on this corner.
No, no, not here. ~ Langston Hughes

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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes

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The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.