Quotes by E. Hughes

“Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You thinkIt's a happy beat?Listen to it closely:Ain't you heardsomething underneathlike a -What did I say?Sure,I'm happy!Take it away!Dream BoogieHey, pop!Re-bop!Mop!Y-e-a-h!””

“As coisas caem dos meus bolsos e da minha memória: perco chaves, canetas, dinheiro, documentos, nomes, caras, palavras... Eu ando de perda em perda, perco o que encontro, não encontro o que busco, e sinto medo de que numa dessas distrações acabe deixando a vida cair.””

“T.S. Eliot said to me 'There’s only one way a poet can develop his actual writing – apart from self-criticism & continual practice. And that is by reading other poetry aloud – and it doesn’t matter whether he understands it or not (i.e. even if it’s in another language.) What matters above all, is educating the ear.' What matters, is to connect your own voice with an infinite range of verbal cadences & sequences – and only endless actual experience of your ear can store all that in your nervous system. The rest can be left to your life & your character.””

“I’m crazy about you, B and E, and you’re not like anyone I’ve ever met before.” I can’t say I want you to be my girlfriend because you’ll probably turn into The Flash, bolting out of here with a fire streak behind you.””

“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?””