When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
LANGSTON HUGHESWhen you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
LANGSTON HUGHESThat 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.
LANGSTON HUGHESThe only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you’ll finish it.
LANGSTON HUGHESLet the rain sing you a lullaby.
LANGSTON HUGHESLet the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
LANGSTON HUGHESLife dosent frighten me at all.
LANGSTON HUGHESEverything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
LANGSTON HUGHESI swear to the Lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
LANGSTON HUGHESWhiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.
LANGSTON HUGHESI 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.
LANGSTON HUGHESLIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
LANGSTON HUGHESI am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.
LANGSTON HUGHESI am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
LANGSTON HUGHESGood morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.
LANGSTON HUGHESA 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.
LANGSTON HUGHESThe calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
LANGSTON HUGHES