The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 7/20/09

[BlueIris]

"Langston Hughes"

LANGSTON HUGHES
LANGSTON HUGHES
        O come now
        & sang
them weary blues--

Been tired here
feelin' low down
        Real
        tired here
since you quit town

Our ears no longer trumpets
Our mouths no longer bells
        FAMOUS POET--
        Busboy--Do tell
us of hell--

Mr. Shakespeare in Harlem
Mr. Theme for English B
         Preach on
         kind sir
of death, if it please--

We got no more promise
We only got ain't
         Let us in
         on how
you 'came a saint

LANGSTON
LANGSTON
         LANGSTON HUGHES
         Won't you send
all heaven's news

~Kevin Young

[BlueIris]

1. Oh, come on. No Hughes and/or Kevin Young fans?

Kevin Young has been very popular here in the past.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear BlueIris!

I would have posted sooner but I didn't see it!

Anyhoo...

I LIKE this!

I like the short phrases...like staccato in music.

Very cool!

Thank you!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

3. There's a lot of Hughes' influence in Young's work.

We likey the Kevin Young.