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Langston Hughes

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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
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Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
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So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.
From Selected Poems
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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Ah, we should have a land of joy,
Of love and joy and wine and song,
And not this land where joy is wrong.
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Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.
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I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
From The Collected Poems
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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
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Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
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So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.
From Selected Poems
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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Ah, we should have a land of joy,
Of love and joy and wine and song,
And not this land where joy is wrong.
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Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.
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I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
From The Collected Poems
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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-
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Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.
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So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born.
From Selected Poems
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
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Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
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Ah, we should have a land of joy,
Of love and joy and wine and song,
And not this land where joy is wrong.
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Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.
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I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.
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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
From The Collected Poems
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