Langston Hughes

© Gordon Parks
Langston Hughes, Chicago
1941

Langston Hughes
February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967
American poet.


POEM
For the portrait of an African boy after the manner of Gauguin

All the tom-toms of the jungles beat in my blood,
And all the wild hot moons of the jungles shine in my soul.
I am afraid of this civilization-
So hard,
So strong,
So cold.

Langston Hughes, 1965