foto: Langston Hughes před svým domem v Harlemu (NYC), červen 1958 (The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Freedom's Plow
When a man starts out with nothing,
When a man starts out with his hands
Empty, but clean,
When a man starts out to build a world,
He starts first with himself
And the faith that is in his heart—
The strength there,
The will there to build.
First in the heart is the dream.
Then the mind starts seeking a way.
His eyes look out on the world (...)
Warning
Late Last Night
Negroes,
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their mind!
Wind
In the cotton fields,
Gentle breeze:
Beware the hour
It uproots trees!
Stokely Malcolm Me
i have been seeking
what i have never found
what i don't know what i want
but it must be around
i been upset
since the day before last
but that day was so long
i done forgot when it passed
yes almost forgot
what i have not found
but i know it must be
somewhere around.
you live in the Bronx
so folks say.
Stokely,
did i ever live
up your
way?
???
??
?
source: "The Collected Poems of LANGSTON HUGHES" ARNOLD RAMPERSAD, DAVID ROESSEL (Ed.) (1994)