Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967 / Missouri)
Poems by Langston Hughes : 36 / 93
I, Too
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.
Langston Hughes
Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003
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Poems by Langston Hughes : 36 / 93
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This is brilliant
Simply Radiant
It is an artistic
Piece of Work
I LOVE this poem, it makes me think, that here is a man, who was tried to make feel less inferior by his color shouting to the world that he was someone and that people should pay attention to him
This poem is timeless and beautiful.
I think that this is a great poem. Because it teaches you about not being able to eat in the dinning room when you are a young slave. but when you get older you are aloud to eat in the dinning room when the company comes.
What makes Langston great is not the things he says(which are usually overtly simplistic) , but the things he said during the time period in which he lived.
Ha! Take THAT, Walt Whitman!
love it, and I will keep it in my heart
love this one its my favorite
This poem is especially relevant given the recent election in America. Absolutely prescient. Langston Hughes was a prophet.
In this poem Hughes makes America a society that is fit for all people and will one day be totally colorblind.