This site is dedicated to Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes (February 1,1902-May 22, 1967) Was a poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. He is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri.
One of Langston Hughes most popular poems is from his book Weary blues, published in 1923.
The Negro Speaks Of 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
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I hear the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New orleans, and
I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers
