In another poem by this author of "Mother to Son," the speaker asserts "my soul has grown deep like the (*) rivers."
In one of this man's poems, the narrator claims "I'se been a-climbin' on, and reachin' ladders, and turning corners" after telling her child "life for me ain't been no crystal stair." In another poem by this author of "Mother to Son," the speaker asserts "my soul has grown deep like the (*) rivers." In another work, this poet asks if something "dr[ies] up, like a raisin in the sun?" For 10 points, name this poet of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" who asked "What happens to a dream deferred?" in his poem "Harlem."
In one of this man's poems, the narrator claims "I'se been a-climbin' on, and reachin' ladders, and turning corners" after telling her child "life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
James Mercer Langston {Hughes}