Dream Deferred - Langston Hughes

Dream Deferred - Langston Hughes

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• Dream
• Deferred
• Langston
• Hughes
• cl04
• Fabled
• Verse
• poetry
• poem

[pink33169]

The title is "Harlem"

[joepro428]

what a tool

[1977dwk]

@devillord18 Condescending and complimentary at the same time. Interesting.

[ANDTOTOPITOFF]

@pink33169 The original title was "Harlem" and then changed to "A Dream Deferred"

[Jamvidbeast]

@HisAbsolutism 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 be 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.

[beetz15s]

Great job. Love your expression.

[guzsaj]

you don't have to do the mannerisms... your voice sounds very soothing it would be better if you were natural

[guitarsRkool1]

@Steelics1 does he get angry and go off.

[devillord18]

Bit off topic but you look like Mario (singer) with long hair lol. Thanks for your effort in reading it but only problem is that your voice doesn't sound as cool and collected as Morgan Freeman or Langston Hughes. Too much power in your voice, but great nevertheless.

[MarkWrightPsuedo]

You read "Harlem" it pretty well, but I think Hughes meant it in a different way. Rather than trying to end it with panache--try a kind of understated menace balanced with a curiosity. This is a great poem—of course almost anything Hughes wrote can be in that category.

I thought of another poem I think particularly suited to your voice--Amiri Baraka's "Black Art." Now there's a poem I think you can sink your teeth into!

[BettyBoop186]

You have a great voice. Please more poems from Langston Hughes!!!

Thanks