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Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967 / Missouri/The United States)
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Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston (brother of John Mercer Langston, the first Bla .. more >>
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  I could take the Harlem night
and wrap around you,
Take the neon lights and make a crown,
Take the Lenox Avenue buses,
Taxis, subways,
And for your love song tone their rumble...
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. Juke Box Love Song (l. 1-6). . . Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. (1959) Vintage Books.
 
  ''What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?''
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. Lenox Avenue Mural (l. 1-3). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3...
 
  ''Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?''
Langston Hughes (1902-1967), U.S. poet. Lenox Avenue Mural (l. 9-11). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (...
 

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