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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

Langston Hughes

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
I did not believe political directives could be successfully applied to creative writing . . . not to poetry or fiction, which to be valid had to express as truthfully as possible the individual emotions and reactions of the writer.
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Believe Creative Direction Politics Reaction Success Thinking Writing
Gather up In the arms of your love—Those who expect No love from above.
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Expectation Love Yourself
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
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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Heaven Myself
Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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Myself Road Walk
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
Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants.
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Fortune Hell Summer Taste Winter Yourself
A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.
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Dog Human Prison Run
Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home.
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Home Live Misery Radio Thinking Yourself
There’s a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.
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Dreams Lost Travel
Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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Hands Hold On Yourself
A dream deferred is a dream denied.
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Dreams One Liner
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Head Kiss Rain Sing Yourself
Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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Acceptance Beautiful Black Myself Self Love White
LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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Democracy Freedom Liberty True Word

I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

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