![]() ![]() I first discovered Langston Hughes in high school. When I hear a really good performance, it makes me want to write songs.Īnd after reading The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, I want to write poetry so badly that all of my thoughts have been forming in blank verse for days. When I read a really good book, it makes me want to write fiction. When I’ve seen someone do something really well, it often inspires me to try it for myself – especially as it pertains to writing. ![]() Went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. ![]() I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the Awesome and passionate and stirring and lovely, all in ways a 21st century Midwestern white girl probably isn't fully qualified to appreciate. ![]()
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