Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
LANGSTON HUGHESCheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
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I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return.
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The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
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Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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Out of love, No regrets– Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets– Though the return Be never.
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Good morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.
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Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
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Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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The first of the month falls every month, too, North or South. And them white folks who sends bills never forgets to send them-the phone bill, the furniture bill, the water bill, the gas bill, insurance, house rent.
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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind- And I see that my own hands can make The world that’s in my mind.
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The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
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