Langston Hughes was a poet, playwright and writer. His first poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", was written in 1920 just after he graduated from High School.
Some Interesting Facts
* Hughes went to school for a short time for engineering before quitting and traveling to Europe and Africa.
* There are several articles that debate whether or not Hughes was a homosexual or an asexual individual.
* Hughes died of Prostate Cancer in 1967.
* His full name was James Mercer Langston Hughes.
* Hughes spent some time in Russia, supposedly to experience Communism first hand which he reportedly supported.
* Often called "Poet Laureate of Harlem".
Some Quotes from Langston Hughes
- "Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life."
- "Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly."
- "Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."
- "Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made."
- "I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, Why Democracy means, Everybody but me."
- "The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss"
My Favorite Langston Hughes Poem
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