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Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. A major poet, Hughes also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays. He sought to honestly portray the joys and hardships of ...
The Weary Blues. By Langston Hughes. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night. By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light. He did a lazy sway. . . . He did a lazy sway. . . .
A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, Langston Hughes is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties and was important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance.
For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird. That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams. For when dreams go. Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes, "Dreams" from The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Copyright © 2002 by Langston Hughes.
Hughes’s dignified introductions to these poems and his beautiful speaking voice render them all the more moving. This recording was made in 1955 by the jazz specialist label, Folkways. Poems by Langston Hughes
His most famous poem, “ Dreams ,” is to be found in thousands of English textbooks across America. Memorized by countless children and adults, “Dreams” is among the least racially and politically charged poems that he wrote: Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird. That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams.
For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird. That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams. For when dreams go. Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes published by Alfred A. Knopf/Vintage. Copyright © 1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes.
