Here’s a challenge. In this age of quick reads, read this whole poem, Let America Be America Again, by Langston Hughes. Indeed try reading passages out loud. Written about 90 years ago, it could have been written today. And therein lies the sadness and yet the hope. Read on …
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907/let-america-be-america-again
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Wow, that’s powerful. Almost especially because it was written 90 years ago – and here we still are, still frustrated and yet still hoping because it’s the only we can ever find progress.
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Thanks for sharing this poem. Wow, that’s powerful. Almost especially because it was written 90 years ago – and here we still are, still frustrated and yet still hoping because it’s the only we can ever find progress.
Judy
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