Langston Hughes

[tatyannamw]

I am listening to "Every Tone a Testimony". It's a 2CD set by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. I got it in a KPFK(radio) fund drive a few years back. Langston Hughes says....
THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
By Langston Hughes
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul

Comments

[muchtooarrogant]

A fantastic poem.

While reading the critical analysis, I'm struck by the various meanings, author's thoughts, and other "opinions" the reviewers state as fact. I've always wanted a section entitled, "The author responds," where he/she can tell them all the bits they got wrong. A bit late for that here of course, but...

Thanks for posting this. I read it several years back, but had forgotten how beautiful it is.

Dan

You are welcome...I was moved to by Spirit

[tatyannamw]

Hey Dan

[kateri_kachina]

That poem was always one of my favorites by Hughes. :)