Good morning, daddy!
Ain't you heard
The boogie-woogie rumble
Of a dream deferred?
Listen closely:
You'll hear their feet
Beating out and beating out a —
You think
It's a happy beat?
Listen to it closely:
Ain't you heard
something underneath
like a —
What did I say?
Sure,
I'm happy!
Take it away!
Hey, pop!
Re-bop!
Mop!
Y-e-a-h!
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From guest Ron Medvin (contact)
Ihave taught this poem for over 30 years...still one of the all time greats! -
I have the feeling that Langston knew, his world was not ready for him, and that one day we might all look back and laugh the way he did at the way the world was...then...PK
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Wonderful Beat!
Just as a musician plucks at a string to fill the silence - the words here are musical to the mind!
Tang
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seems like the poet has been a man of strong aspirations and dreams... and his natural frustrations on the delay of his achievements... expressed... in an uncompelling manner... with a touch of sarcasm ... or an attempt to laugh at his situation...
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