LANGSTON HUGHES bd

langston hughes,martin luther king of poets

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LANGSTON HUGHES

b.FEB 1,1902,JOPLIN,MISSOURI

d.MAY 22,1967

LANGSTON HUGHES IS ONE OF THE poets of HARLEM RENAISSANCE .

HE LEFT BEHIND POEMS THAT INFLUENCED COMING GENERATIONS AND WE MAY FIND THEM IN:

LANGSTON HUGHES READER,BRAZILLER 1958

SELECTED POEMS,KNOPF 1959

HUGHES OTHER THAN BEING A POET,WAS A JOURNALIST,ESSAYIST AND DRAMATIST AS WELL.

OUT OF MANY HAIKU,WRITTEN BY LANGSTON HUGHES,THIS ONE SOUNDS LIKE BEING WRITTEN FOR HAITI:

*TODAY

THIS IS EARTQUAKE

WEATHER

HONOR AND HUNGER

WALK LEAN TOGETHER.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANGSTON HUGHES!

langston hughes,pastel by w reiss see more:langston hughes day