The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

by HUGHES, LANGSTON

• ISBN13: 9780679883470
• ISBN10: 0679883479
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-03
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Summary

Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written afterThe Dream Keeperwas first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.

Author Biography

Langston Hughes, is the most widely recognized African-American poet of the twentieth century. Born in Mississippi in 1902, he spent most of his adult life in Harlem, where he died in 1967.

Brian Pinkney has received two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.


From the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. x
The Dream Keeper
The Dream Keeper	p. 2
Winter Moon	p. 3
Dreams	p. 4
Winter Sweetness	p. 4
April Rain Song	p. 6
Joy	p. 7
After Many Springs	p. 8
Quiet Girl	p. 9
Fairies	p. 10
Autumn Thought	p. 11
Poem	p. 12
Sea Charm
Sea Charm	p. 14
Water-Front Streets	p. 15
Long Trip	p. 16
Death of an Old Seaman	p. 17
Seascape	p. 18
Sailor	p. 18
Irish Wake	p. 20
Beggar Boy	p. 21
Parisian Beggar Woman	p. 22
Mexican Market Woman	p. 23
Sea Calm	p. 24
Dressed Up
A Note on Blues	p. 26
Dressed Up	p. 27
Bound No'th Blues	p. 28
Song	p. 29
The Weary Blues	p. 30
Negro Dancers	p. 32
Song for a Banjo Dance	p. 34
Reasons Why	p. 35
Minstrel Man	p. 36
Po' Boy Blues	p. 37
When Sue Wears Red	p. 38
A Black Pierrot	p. 39
Wide River	p. 41
Passing Love	p. 42
Homesick Blues	p. 43
Night and Morn	p. 44
Feet o'Jesus
Feet o'Jesus	p. 46
Baby	p. 47
Ma Lord	p. 48
Judgment Day	p. 49
Lullaby	p. 50
Prayer	p. 52
Sinner	p. 53
Prayer Meeting	p. 54
Walkers with the Dawn
Walkers with the Dawn	p. 56
Dream Variation	p. 57
The Negro	p. 59
My People	p. 60
Sun Song	p. 61
The Negro Speaks of Rivers	p. 62
I, Too	p. 63
Mother to Son	p. 64
Youth	p. 65
Alabama Earth	p. 66
Lincoln Monument: Washington	p. 67
Aunt Sue's Stories	p. 68
As I Grew Older	p. 70
African Dance	p. 72
Additional Poems
Snail	p. 74
Stars	p. 75
Dream Dust	p. 76
Color	p. 76
Daybreak in Alabama	p. 77
Merry-Go-Round	p. 79
In Time of Silver Rain	p. 80
A Personal Note	p. 82
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