Words of Freedom poems by:
Langston Hughes
These poems can be found
in the anthology,
edited by Joel Conarroe,
Six American Poets
Aunt Sue's Stories
Aunt Sue has a head full
of stories.
Aunt Sue has a whole heart
full of stories.
Summer nights on the front
porch
Aunt Sue cuddles a brown-faced
child to her bosom
And tells him stories.
Black slaves Working in
the hot sun,
And black slaves Walking
in the dewy night,
And black slaves Singing
sorrow songs
on the banks of a mighty
river
Mingle themselves softly
In the flow of old Aunt
Sue's voice,
Mingle themselves softly
In the dark shadows that
cross and recross Aunt Sue's stories.
And the dark-faced child,
listening,
Knows that Aunt Sue's stories
are real stories.
He knows that Aunt Sue never
got her stories
Our of any book at all,
But that they came Right
our of her own life.
The dark-faced child is
quiet
Of a summer night Listening
to Aunt Sue's stories.
Dream Variations
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me- That is my
dream!
to fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done
. Rest at pale evening...
A tall, slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.
Tambourines
Tambourines!
Tambourines!
Tambourines
To the glory of God!
Tambourines
To glory!
A gospel shout
And a gospel song:
Life is short
But god is long!
Tambourines!
Tambourines!
Tambourines!
To Glory!
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