Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967 / Missouri)

I love this poem because i already have the conviction that if you have a dream, a realistic one, you can with time and by all means realize it, of course if you really want it to come true. What is life without dreams? It is a hopeless life. If you do not dream, you have no goals and objectives; if you have no goals, you have nothing to realize in your life, and if you have nothing to do in your life, you are like a non-existent or a dead person. You do not want to be considered as being dead? So, start dreaming; IT IS NEVER TOO LATE.

The simplicity of the poem makes it great. I like it because the simple words touch deeply. Hughes in this poem shows how dreams give life. Anyone has dreams, and working for realizing those dreams means making a life, building a future... but if there are no dreams, imagine how meaningless our life would be! ! !

Simple things are always the most pleasant.I read this poem many times and I think it is written beautifully because we seldom come across a poem that marries simplicity in form with depth in meaning. It is the kind of poems that speak to the minds and tingle the hearts with a mild tone of sorrow.

i would just like to be his typewriter for a few years, no harm if some of it is lost

A short poem yet the effects created with a tinge of the 'life experience' reflections makes this a powerfully emotive poem.

i really like this! more power!

how true.....indeed...perhaps that is what keeps all life going......

indeed

the realisim in this poem is phenomenal

I really liked this poem, and also believe what he says about dreams. I think dreams are the most important thing in poetry writing. Kate