"Then let us hurry, comrades, the road to find."
I look at the world
by Langston Hughes
I look at the world
From awakening eyes in a black face—
And this is what I see:
(Read the poem here, at The Poetry Foundation.)
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(photo: Library of Congress)
10 comments:
I think the word "comrade" is so friendly in this respect -- in the time period in which he wrote this, it had begun to have other meanings/implications.
Powerful and moving poem, Karen. Such dark times.
I agree -- very true, Tanita.
Jama, yes. Hughes never fails to move me.
Thank you for sharing such a powerful poem and reminder that we can reshape our world despite limitations others may try to force on us.
Such a necessary reminder in these dark and confusing times.
It's a beautiful poem, yet saddens me that it was written so long ago, and I thought we had passed that time.
I like the quality of hope in "my own hands can make/ The world that's in my mind." We can each of us make a world where our values mean something. Regardless of Facebook declaring privacy is dead and Trump and Conway holding a funeral for truth.
I'm reading Langston Hughes poems with my eighth graders next week. Thanks for sharing this.
Did you see that The NY Times printed one of his poems full page?
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/insider/3-questions-langston-hughes-poem-anchors-entire-page.html?_r=0
Thanks for sharing the Langston Hughes poem. Happy Poetry Friday (a little late!).
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