Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes Biography

James Mercer Langston Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form, jazz poetry. However, Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Langston […]

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The Negro Mother

By Langston Hughes Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long dark way That I had to climb, that I had to know In order […]

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Mother to Son

By Langston Hughes Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with […]

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