Episode 48: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 10:41 a.m.

b'EPISODE DESCRIPTION\\nRead and more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, and listen on Audible, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Anchor.Fm, iHeart, and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter.\\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nPhotograph Info:\\nPortrait of American writer and activist Langston Hughes\\xa0in 1943 (US Library of Congress Archives)\\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nThe Poem:\\n\\n"Dreams"\\n\\nHold fast to dreams\\n\\xa0For if dreams die\\n\\xa0Life is a broken-winged bird\\n\\xa0That cannot fly.\\n\\nHold fast to dreams\\n\\xa0For when dreams go\\n\\xa0Life is a barren field\\n\\xa0Frozen with snow.'