Poems: Langston Hughes
From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure-an essential collection of the work of a poet whose words have entered our common language.
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From the publication of his first book in 1926, Langston Hughes was hailed as the poet laureate of black America, the first to commemorate the experience of African Americans in a voice that no reader, black or white, could fail to hear. Lyrical and pungent, passionate and polemical, this volume is a treasure-an essential collection of the work of a poet whose words have entered our common language.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers17Aunt Sue's Stories18Negro20Danse Africaine21Song for a Banjo Dance22Mother to Son24When Sue Wears Red25Jazzonia26Prayer Meeting27My People28Migration29Lament for Dark Peoples30Youth31Dream Variations32Johannesburg Mines33Negro Dancers34I, Too35The Weary Blues36To Midnight Nan at Leroy's38Soledad39Cross40Summer Night41Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret42Midwinter Blues43Ma Man44Lament over Love45Homesick Blues46Ruby Brown47Elevator Boy49Bound No'th Blues50Feet o' Jesus51Beale Street Love52A House in Taos53Railroad Avenue55Saturday Night57Midnight Dancer59Blues Fantasy60Lenox Avenue: Midnight62Spirituals63Fire64Moan66Angels Wings67Baby68Red Silk Stockings69Young Gal's Blues70Magnolia Flowers71Hurt72Aesthete in Harlem73Afro-American Fragment74Black Seed75To Certain Negro Leaders76October 16: The Raid77Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria79Florida Road Workers84Always the Same85Letter to the Academy88Personal90Cubes91Madrid93Let America Be America Again97Genius Child101Poet to Patron102Visitors to the Black Belt103Note on Commercial Theatre104Seven Moments of Love105Daybreak in Alabama110Evenin' Air Blues111Sunset in Dixie112Me and the Mule113Merry-Go-Round114Ku Klux115Reverie on the Harlem River116Words Like Freedom117Red Cross118Silhouette119Still Here120Moonlight in Valencia: Civil War121Madam's Past History122Madam's Calling Cards124Madam and Her Might-Have-Been125Madam and the Phone Bill127Madam and the Fortune Teller129Heart131Graduation132Freedom Train134Trumpet Player138Life Is Fine140Harlem [1]142Mama and Daughter143Third Degree145Interne at Provident146American Heartbreak148Envoy to Africa149Old Walt150In Explanation of Our Times151Memo to Non-White Peoples154Jim Crow Car156Go Slow157Junior Addict158Final Call160Long View: Negro162Birmingham Sunday163Sweet Words on Race165Dream Boogie169Parade170Children's Rhymes172Sister174Preference175Necessity176Question177Buddy177Juke Box Love Song178Ultimatum179Warning179Croon179New Yorkers180Wonder181Easy Boogie181Movies182Tell Me182Not a Movie183Neon Signs184Numbers186What? So Soon!187Motto188Dead in There189Situation190Dancer191Advice192Green Memory192Wine-O193Relief194Ballad of the Landlord195Corner Meeting197Projection198Flatted Fifths199Tomorrow200Mellow200Live and Let Live201Gauge201Bar201Cafe: 3 a.m.202Drunkard202Street Song203125th Street203Dive204Warning: Augmented204Up-Beat205Jam Session205Be-Bop Boys206Tag206Theme for English B207College Formal: Renaissance Casino209Low to High210Boogie: 1 a.m.211High to Low212Lady's Boogie213So Long213Deferred214Request217Shame on You217World War II218Mystery219Sliver of Sermon221Testimonial221Passing222Nightmare Boogie223Sunday by the Combination224Casualty224Night Funeral in Harlem225Blues at Dawn227Dime228Argument229Neighbor230Evening Song231Chord232Fact232Joe Louis233Subway Rush Hour233Brothers234Likewise234Sliver236Hope236Dream Boogie: Variation237Harlem [2]238Good Morning238Same in Blues240Comment on Curb241Letter242Island243Index of First Lines245
