The narrator of one of this man's poems declares that "[she's] still climbin'" although life "ain't been no crystal stair."
The narrator of one of this man's poems declares that "[she's] still climbin'" although life "ain't been no crystal stair." In another poem, this poet writes that "[he] is the darker brother" but will "eat well, and grow strong." This poet of "Mother to Son" and "I, Too, Sing America" describes hearing a man sing "'Ain't got nobody in this world'" before he "stopped playing and went to bed" in a work that titles his collection The Weary Blues. In another poem, this man states that he "bathed in the Euphrates" and that "[his] soul has grown deep like" the title bodies of water. For 10 points, name this poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
The narrator of one of this man's poems declares that "[she's] still climbin'" although life "ain't been no crystal stair."
James Mercer Langston Hughes