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Poetry of the Week: “Dreams” by Langston Hughes

November 17, 2015 By Brenau Student Leave a Comment

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James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on Feb. 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He one of the most well known poets and writers from the Harlem Renaissance era, as well as an early innovator of jazz poetry. Some of Hughes’s most common themes include depictions of Black life in America, racism, the American Dream, music, aspiration and self-actualization.

 

“Dreams”

Hold onto dreams

For if dreams die

Life is like a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

 

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

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