Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Final Curve
When you turn the cornerAnd you run into yourselfThen you know that you have turnedAll the corners that are left
© Langston Hughes
Peace
We passed their graves:The dead men there,Winners or losers,Did not care.In the darkThey could not seeWho had gainedThe victory.
© Langston Hughes
Dream Boogie
Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a..
© Langston Hughes
Bound No'th Blues
Goin' down the road, Lawd,Goin' down the road.Down the road, Lawd,Way,way down the road.Got to find somebodyTo help me carry this load.Road's in..
© Langston Hughes
Easy Boogie
Down in the bassThat steady beatWalking walking walkingLike marching feet.Down in the bassThey easy roll,Rolling like I like itIn my soul.Riffs..
© Langston Hughes
Helen Keller
She,In the dark,Found lightBrighter than many ever see.She,Within herself,Found loveliness,Through the soul's own mastery.And now the world..
© Langston Hughes
Silence
I catch the patternOf your silenceBefore you speakI do not needTo hear a word.In your silenceEvery tone I seekIs heard.
© Langston Hughes
The Ballad Of The Landlord
Landlord, landlord,My roof has sprung a leak.Don't you 'member I told you about itWay last week?Landlord, landlord,These steps is broken down.When..
© Langston Hughes
In Time Of Silver Rain
In time of silver rainThe earth puts forth new life again,Green grasses growAnd flowers lift their heads,And over all the plainThe wonder spreadsOf..
© Langston Hughes
Gods
The ivory gods,And the ebony gods,And the gods of diamond and jade,Sit silently on their temple shelvesWhile the peopleAre afraid.Yet the ivory..
© Langston Hughes
Enemy
It would be niceIn any case,To someday meet youFace to faceWalking downThe road to hell...As I come upFeeling swell.
© Langston Hughes
Ardella
I would liken youTo a night without starsWere it not for your eyes.I would liken youTo a sleep without dreamsWere it not for your songs.
© Langston Hughes
I Continue To Dream
I take my dreams and make of them a bronze vaseand a round fountain with a beautiful statue in its center.And a song with a broken heart and I ask..
© Langston Hughes
Madam And The Phone Bill
You say I O.K.edLONG DISTANCE?O.K.ed it when?My goodness, CentralThat was then!I'm mad and disgustedWith that Negro now.I don't pay no..
© Langston Hughes
Love Song For Lucinda
LoveIs a ripe plumGrowing on a purple tree.Taste it onceAnd the spell of its enchantmentWill never let you be.LoveIs a bright starGlowing in far..
© Langston Hughes
Bouquet
Gather quicklyOut of darknessAll the songs you knowAnd throw them at the sunBefore they meltLike snow
© Langston Hughes
Madam And Her Madam
I worked for a woman,She wasn't mean--But she had a twelve-roomHouse to clean.Had to get breakfast,Dinner, and supper, too--Then take care of her..
© Langston Hughes
Wake
Tell all my mournersTo mourn in red --Cause there ain't no senseIn my bein' dead.
© Langston Hughes
Walkers With The Dawn
Being walkers with the dawn and morning,Walkers with the sun and morning,We are not afraid of night,Nor days of gloom,Nor darkness-Being walkers with..
© Langston Hughes
Sea Calm
How still,How strangely stillThe water is today,It is not goodFor waterTo be so still that way.
© Langston Hughes
Po' Boy Blues
When I was home deSunshine seemed like gold.When I was home deSunshine seemed like gold.Since I come up North deWhole damn world's turned cold.I was..
© Langston Hughes
Take, O Take Those Lips Away
TAKE, O take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn;And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn!But my kisses bring..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 120: That You Were Once Unkind Befriends Me Now
That you were once unkind befriends me now,And for that sorrow, which I then did feel,Needs must I under my transgression bow,Unless my nerves were..
© William Shakespeare
Sonnet 50: How Heavy Do I Journey On The Way
How heavy do I journey on the way,When what I seek, my weary travel's end,Doth teach that case and that repose to say,"Thus far the miles are..
© William Shakespeare