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Langston Hughes
POEMS
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
"The Song Of the Harlem Renaissance" only 17 when he composed it, Hughes captured the strength of black people in America through his words.
The Weary Blues
First published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. It was awarded best poem of the year by the magazine. Theme of the play is music and every day life.
A Dream Deffered
Hughes is best known for his poetry, the critic Donald B. Gibson noted in the introduction to Modern Black Poet: A Collection of Critical Essays, that Hughes " differed from most of his predecessors among black poets... in that he addressed his poetry to the people, specifically black people."
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