Two poems by Langston Hughes (1902-1967), the great poet of the Harlem Renaissance, that speak to our moment as profoundly as many a political analysis. . 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. . A dream deferred . What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the […]

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