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My People

Langston Hughes

The night is beautiful,
So the faces of my people.
The stars are beautiful,
So the eyes of my people.
Beautiful, also, is the sun.
Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.




Quotes of the Day

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.
• Claude Pepper


Poems of the Day
  • Shel Silverstein
    Scum Of The Earth
    by Shel Silverstein
    There was a group called called Scum of the Earth And they say they got their birth In a basement bar on Greek Street down in Soho The bass man he smoked grass and the drummer he kicked ass