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When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

Langston Hughes

Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
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Death Grave Man Peace Victory
Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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Hands Hold On Yourself
Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.
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Care Different Each Other Ethnicity Nation Togetherness Unity
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Bird Break Death Deep Dreams Fast Fly Hold Life Wings
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
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Blood Past Sorrow Tomorrow True
I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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Freedom Heart Broken Myself
Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.
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Cheap Dangerous Moon Silver
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
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Course Death Freedom Live Myself People
I swear to the Lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Democracy God Government Myself See
Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
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Life Lying Opportunity System Truth
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.
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Black Eyes Hide Justice
Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you – / Then, it will be true.
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Home Page Poet True Writing Yourself
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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Death Life Live Music Note
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
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Dreams Greatness Kind Man Oneself Strong
Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling.
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Big Life Myself
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
LANGSTON HUGHES

Calm Cool Face Kiss Myself River

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