320 Quotes by Langston Hughes

poet Langston Hughes #6 on top 500 poets Poet's PagePoemsQuotesCommentsStatsE-BooksBiographyVideosShare on FacebookShare on TwitterPoems by Langston Hughes : 21 / 104 « prev. poem next poem »Dream Deferred - Poem by Langston HughesAutoplay next videoWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?

Frosting Freedom Is just frosting On somebody else's Cake-- And so must be Till we Learn how to Bake.

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.

I will not take "but" for an answer.