Poetry
Famous American novelist, playwright, short story writer and columnist Langston Hughes (1902 1967) penned one of the most simple yet chillingly haunting poems about the topic of dreams when he wrote:
DREAMSHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.
Likewise, he tackled the musical lightness of some dreams when he penned:
DREAM BOOGIEGood 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!Hey, pop!Re-bop!Mop!Y-e-a-h!
And last, he encouraged readers to pursue dreams of any variety, lest there be consequences for turning our backs on them:
DREAM DEFERREDDoes it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a soreAnd then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar overlike a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Posted by mgeedey at Sunday ~ December 12, 2010 | Comments Off
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