Island
Wave of sorrow,
Do not drown me now:
I see the island
Still ahead somehow.
I see the island
And its sands are fair:
Wave of sorrow
Take me there.
-Langston Hughes
Our Mummy, Marie Molloy: 1957 – 2023
9 months ago
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Evening Poem
Posted by Annie D. at 11:05 PM
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Langston Hughes is one of my favorite writers! I love his work. Thank you for posting this.
One of my favorite poems by Hughes:
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll sit at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,--
I, too, am America.
One of my poem blogs.
http://rockstargabby.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-of-my-favorite-poems-by-nikki.html
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