Selected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

Author:Langston Hughes [Hughes, Langston]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Poetry, American, General, African American
ISBN: 9780307949400
Google: shVv_NMLVM4C
Amazon: B005C2SHK6
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2011-10-26T00:00:00+00:00

Stars

O, sweep of stars over Harlem streets,

O, little breath of oblivion that is night.

    A city building

    To a mother’s song.

    A city dreaming

    To a lullaby.

Reach up your hand, dark boy, and take a star.

Out of the little breath of oblivion

    That is night,

    Take just

    One star.

To Be Somebody

Little girl

Dreaming of a baby grand piano

(Not knowing there’s a Steinway bigger, bigger)

Dreaming of a baby grand to play

That stretches paddle-tailed across the floor,

Not standing upright

Like a bad boy in the corner,

But sending music

Up the stairs and down the stairs

And out the door

To confound even Hazel Scott

Who might be passing!

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