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• Poetry Friday: Carol of the Brown King

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 422
  The new PaperTigers issue is all about “religious diversity in relation to end-of-the-year celebrations.”  For Christians, the end of the year is about celebrating the advent of the birth of Jesus Christ.  In Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems by Langston Hughes , the story is written about in six ...
  19 hours ago

• Poetry Train Monday - 130 - Christmas Wonder

  
  A Piece of My Mind — Authority: 122
  December rings in the final month of my year-long found poetry challenge. Its really been amazing. Its altered the way I want to write poetry in the future. For todays found poem, Ive taken snippets of lyrics from everything we sang during my choir concert last night. Christmas Wonder All the ...
  5 days ago

• To do list: December 3

  
  Inside Access — Authority: 138
  Art: First Thursdays Downtown Artswalk , 5-8 p.m., various downtown art galleries, Atlanta. FREE. For families: Kennesaw’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony , 6 p.m., Kennesaw Historic Train Depot, Kennesaw. FREE. Movies: “ B-Girl ” movie screening ends with a chat with the writer and director, producers ...
  1 week ago

• African American Archivists Dream Must Not Be Deferred

  
  Book Patrol — Authority: 516
  Avery Clayton (1947-2009) Avery Clayton lived long enough to find a home for the largest collection of African American artifacts on the West Coast. But not long enough to see the treasure trove of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, feature films and ephemera, his mothers lifes work, made available to the ...
  1 week ago

• TODAYS VIP (VERY IMPORTANT POSE)

  
  OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES — Authority: 142
  What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like 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 sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? ~ Harlem: A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes ;
  1 week ago

• Human Rights Poem (73): Militant

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 504
  Langston Hughes ( source ) Militant, by Langston Hughes Let all who will Eat quietly the bread of shame. I cannot, Without complaining loud and long. Tasting its bitterness in my throat, And feeling to my very soul It’s wrong. For honest work You proffer me poor pay, for honest dreams Your spit is in my face, ...
  2 weeks ago

• I, Too, Say Amen

  
  Raven's Wing Poetry — Authority: 106
  This poem was written for Read Write Word Prompt #101: P-P-P-Poetry . This is a Wordle prompt in which all of the words begin with the letter P. I used some of the words and added a few of my own in this poem, which is inspired by William Blake (the quote in the poem is from his work “Proverbs of Hell”), ...
  3 weeks ago

• Group Saves Langston Hughes’ Home From Foreclosure

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been purchased after foreclosure by a nonprofit group in Cleveland that aims to preserve it. The Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. says options include renovating it into a residence or restoring it to create a Hughes museum. Hughes was born in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Willing to Serve, Understanding the Sacrifice

  
  Wandering-Caravan — Authority: 114
  To wander through this living world And leave uncut the roses Is to remember fragrance where The flower no scent encloses. Remembrance by Langston Hughes
  4 weeks ago

• Harlems Hughes House Doesnt Sell: The beauty and history of Harlems...

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 703
  The beauty and history of Harlems Langston Hughes House was not enough to entice buyers . Harlem Bespoke notes that the house at 20 East 127th Street, listed at $1.2 million, is now off the market. Their take: "At the open house over the summer, there were quite a few folks looking at the property. Once inside the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Trance (Langston Hughes: In Translation) by Edgar Nkosi White

  
  Creative-i — Authority: 145
  Langston Hughes had many contradictions. An enigma disguised as a poet. His sadness he kept to himself and his laughter he gave to the world. His whole life he was searching for Pushkin even before he knew who Pushkin was. Born in Missouri of a black father who almost instantly abandoned both him and America for ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes

  
  Poem of the Day — Authority: 119
  Yikes! Due to various visitors, craziness at work, and general exhaustion, I seem to have fallen off the wagon. Now I’m back to having my dog as sole companion and it’s nearly the weekend, so hopefully I can get back in the swing of things… Langston Hughes is a poet I don’t know much about, though I’ve ...
  6 weeks ago

• Songs for the Open Road

  
  Keep a Blog Alive — Authority: 103
  Earlier today, I decided to stop by The Strand to check out the stacks carrying one-dollar books. Among the few ones I decided to bring home with me, there is one titled Songs for the Open Road , a selection of poems about travel and adventure. While I was waiting for the train to depart, I decided to browse ...
  7 weeks ago

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