A Change In Langston Hughes's Life

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I was reading some of Langston Hughes’ poems. Do you know who Langston Hughes is? Well, he is one of the most influential poets I have ever encountered. His life and work are shown through his writing, the daily life of a black man. Hughes knows how to use beautiful and gruesome words to describe his life, he once said “Life for me ain 't been no crystal stair It 's had tacks in it...”(Mother to son) That is the gruesome part of his writings, he voices the truth of our past. Hughes is very popular in the Harlem Renaissance His poems were not always gruesome, some where quite whimsical! I have to admit, I am feeling the creativity throughout his poems, I can not help but try to write my own. I wanted my words to come to life and for others