7 Iconic Quotes From Langston Hughes Showcasing His Poetic Genius - Page 3

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Langston Hughes Nathan F. Mossell and Herbert Millen honorary degrees

Lincoln University Commencement in Pennsylvania, the recipients of Honorary Degrees are photographed left to right, poet Langston Hughes, physician Nathan F. Mossell and judge Herbert E. Millen.  Source: Lincoln University / Getty

 

3. Poem: The Weary Blues (1925)

I got the Weary Blues

And I can’t be satisfied.

Got the Weary Blues

And can’t be satisfied—

I ain’t happy no mo’

And I wish that I had died.”

And far into the night he crooned that tune.

The stars went out and so did the moon.

The singer stopped playing and went to bed

While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.

He slept like a rock or a man that’s dead.

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