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I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank.

Langston Hughes

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When poems stop talking about the moon and begin to mention poverty, trade unions, color, color lines and colonies, somebody tells the police.
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Beginning Color Moon Poem Police Stop Talk
For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn’t write anything.
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Best Feeling Happiness Myself Poem Worst Writing
Life dosent frighten me at all.
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Fear Life Myself One Liner Scare
The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
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Life Music One Liner Rhythm
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
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Afraid Artist Choice Fear Freedom
Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
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Born Death Hard Love Yourself
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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Earth Rain Summer Welcome Yourself
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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Forever Goodness Love Regret Return Wasted
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Deep Growth River Soul
I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!
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Dreams Head Kind Man Myself World
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 an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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Break Care Life Patience Perspective
When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
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Care Cry People Soul Yourself
I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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Freedom Heart Broken Myself
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
Reach Up Your Hand… and take a star.
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Hands Reach Star

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