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Langston Hughes by Will Votapka and Raughn Williams

Death By Will Votapka

Silence in your ear, Ugly stench in the air Bloody bidies everywhere, What a cruel Massaacre

Howling winds give a scare, thunderstorms test your care, Tidlewaves just aren't fair, Nobody likes a Hurricane

Coughing and sneezing aren't that wrong, Nuasea and throw up can't sing along, Infections all over, for way to long, Sickness can make you fade into the light

Peaceful and quiet no ones around, Even though you'll soon be in the ground, Nobody cares if you can't make a sound, Lonely is the worst way to die ever found

Langston Hughes Influences and Style

Langston Hughes became a poet for two reasons. One was that he had a lonely and rough childhood which in a way inspired him to write. Growing up Langston lost his father at a very young age. His father moved to Mexico because he wanted to leave the very racist at the time United States. Langstons mom didn't want to leave so she and Langston stayed in the United states. Soon after Langstons mom lost there home to foreclosure, and Langston went to live with his Grandparents. The other reason Langston became a poet was that he started at a early age and became good at it. In his elementary school he was one of two African Americans. Langston was elected class poet because all the other children thought all African Americans had rhythm. The poets Langston Hughes enjoyed were Paul Dunbar and Carl Sandburg. He enjoyed them because he felt they spoke to him. In Langston Hughes poetry there is an upcoming theme that is about peoples misfortunes. A lot of Langston Hughes poems are about bad stuff that happened to people. I didn't find out a lot about Langston Hughes style, but I did find that he invented jazz poetry. Jazz poetry is a poem where each line has the same rhythm. I also found that Langston Hughes would sometimes rhyme, but not always. Langston Hughes doesn't write in traditional poetry form. His poems are more like a story than a poem, even though he still doesn't write in paragraph form. Other poets are really inspired by Langston Hughes. They are inspired because he was one of the first African American poets and he opened the doors for other African American poets. Those are the influences and the style of Langston Hughes.

"Langston Hughes." // Poetry Foundation //. Web. 8 May 2011. 



Harlem By Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

 Does it dry up  like a raisin in the sun?  Or fester like a sore—  And then run?  Does it stink like rotten meat?  Or crust and sugar over—  like a syrupy sweet?

 Maybe it just sags  like a heavy load.

 Or does it explode?