Showing posts with label Langston Hughes. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

A poem by Langston Hughes


Dreams

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

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