Langston Hughes 1113 Birthday Google * I like it

[lunasun]

Yes it is Google but listen to the music read the words

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Very cool!

Google often has very clever doodles on famous birthdays.

This was especially good!

[handmade34]

2. NOLA, Audubon Zoo

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[2naSalit]

3. That's one of the best doodles I seen.

Thanks!

[1monster]

4. Langston Hughes is in my top five favorite poets...

Like Muhammad Ali's boxing metaphor, Langton Hughes' poetry "floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee."

Dinner Guest: Me

I know I am
The Negro Problem
Being wined and dined,
Answering the usual questions
That come to white mind
Which seeks demurely
To Probe in polite way
The why and wherewithal
Of darkness U.S.A.--
Wondering how things got this way
In current democratic night,
Murmuring gently
Over fraises du bois,
"I'm so ashamed of being white."

The lobster is delicious,
The wine divine,
And center of attention
At the damask table, mine.
To be a Problem on
Park Avenue at eight
Is not so bad.
Solutions to the Problem,
Of course, wait.

Langston Hughes

[lunasun]

6. Solutions to the Problem

Of course, wait

[Hekate]

5. He made a deep impression on me at an early age. Thanks for this post, lunasun...

...and to Google for another good remembrance.

[japple]

7. I love it. Beautiful music, beautiful words, beautiful

artwork.

[prairierose]

8. I love Hughes' poetry....

I think he is one of America's greatest poets. A Dream Deferred and Let America be America Again are two of my favorites. OTOH, I don't think I have read any of his poems that I did not love.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

9. Thank you, lunasun

If not for you, I would probably never have seen this. It's beautiful.

K&R