A dream deferred is a dream denied.
LANGSTON HUGHESWhen 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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Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
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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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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.
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Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.
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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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Money and art are far apart.
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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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I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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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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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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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.
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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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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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