"Dreams" by Langston Hughes

in #poetry7 years ago (edited)

This poem is about the dreams of the lovers, men of action, patriots, social reformers, workers and just about anyone given to imagining a better tomoeeow for themseklves and for others.

Langston Hughes(1902-1967) was an American poet, novelist and playwright. Hughes was also a leader of the Harlem Remnaissance which attempted to bring changes in the lives of the people in the 1920's.
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Dreams


by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
Thart cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
for when dreams go
Life is barren field
Frozen with snow.

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