Thank you to Silver Threading for hosting this event.
I selected Langston Hughes for this week’s writer’s quote:
Born on February 1, 1902, Hughes first poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” published in 1921; and, his last poem, “Panther and the Lash,” posthumously published in 1967.
For over four decades, Hughes’ portrayed the life of Blacks in America through:
- Poetry
- Novels
- Short Stories,
- Non-Fiction Books
- Plays
- Children’s Books
One of my favorite poems is “I Dream A World.”
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom’s way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind
Of such I dream, my world.
I continue to dream that one day, despite our gender, ethnic, religious and cultural differences, we all will live together in peace, joy and happiness.
