I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
One poem by this author begins "The instructor said 'Go home and write a page tonight.'" This author wrote the lyrics for the opera Street Scene, which was a collaboration with Kurt Weill. In another poem, this author states "I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep." This poet of "Theme for English B" also penned "The Weary Blues." For 10 points, name this poet who wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
One poem by this author begins "The instructor said 'Go home and write a page tonight.'
Langston [Mercer] Hughes