It's in the air.

I loved my friend
He went away from me
There is nothing more to say
This poem ends as softly as it began
I loved my friend

by Langston Hughes

Success

Here i sit with my belly full
And he who might have been my brother
Walks hungry in the rain.

Here i sit with my belly full
And she i might have loved
Seeks someone in the shadows
To whom she may sell her body.

Here i sit with my belly full,
No longer in the rain,
No longer the shadows for the
Woman i love,
No longer hunger.

Success is a great big beefsteak
With onions on it,
And i eat.

by Langston Hughes

"Dreams"

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

by Langston Hughes.

Love again blues.

" My life ain't nothin'
But a lot o'Gawd-knows-what.
I say my life ain't nothin'
But a lot of Gawd-knows-what.
Just one thing after 'nother
Added to de trouble that i got.

When I got you I
Thought I had an angel-chile.
When I got you
Thought I had an angel-chile.
You turned out to be a devil
That mighty nigh drove me wild!

Tell me, tell me,
What makes love such an ache and pain?
Tell me what makes
Love such an ache and pain?
It takes you and it breaks you
But you got to love again."

By Langston Hughes.

Such an expected book.

I finally found and got this book. The one i've been looking for a so long time.
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes.



I accidentally discovered Hughes poetry and fell under it's charm.
It's no classical poetry...that's, maybe, the reason why i like it.
I will post some poems, from time to time.
Enjoy and feel the jazz!

"Hurt"

Who cares
About the hurt in your heart?

Make a song like this
for a jazz band to play:

nobody cares.
nobody cares.

Make a song like that
From your lips.

Nobody cares.