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sameenshakya's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
jachinheckman's review against another edition
5.0
An alter of shimmering jewels,
Would pale in the light
Of they darkness,
Pale in the light
Of thy nightness
This is Langston Hughes first published collection, and it is his first collection I have ever read. You can tell this was written by a young man in his twenties in both the best and worst ways possible. Almost every mention of women in this book (especially the first half) feels exactly how you would expect a young man from the past to imagine women. However the farther I got into the collection the more enamored I became with his writing. This barely feels like poetry. It just feels like the thoughts of a fun loving, but deeply worn and worried black man processing what it means for him to be alive, and vomiting his feelings on the page in a beautifully visceral way.
Would pale in the light
Of they darkness,
Pale in the light
Of thy nightness
This is Langston Hughes first published collection, and it is his first collection I have ever read. You can tell this was written by a young man in his twenties in both the best and worst ways possible. Almost every mention of women in this book (especially the first half) feels exactly how you would expect a young man from the past to imagine women. However the farther I got into the collection the more enamored I became with his writing. This barely feels like poetry. It just feels like the thoughts of a fun loving, but deeply worn and worried black man processing what it means for him to be alive, and vomiting his feelings on the page in a beautifully visceral way.
raethereviewer's review against another edition
5.0
I started reading the poetry of Langston Hughes in middle school and it’s what inspired me to start writing my own poetry. It was nice to pick up this collection and read some familiar pieces while also finding some new favorites. I love the rhythm Hughes imbeds into his writing.
randisworld's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Lots of Langston’s classics here. I enjoyed listening. He had so many amazing adventures.
emilybolivia's review against another edition
5.0
Great collection! I would have liked a little longer introduction but chapters were impeccably organized and the poetry itself was beautiful and moving.
lashawnb's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
alexisclare's review against another edition
5.0
Langston Hughes poems good and moving and beautiful, water wet, fork found in kitchen, etc
supervocalic's review against another edition
I chose this for my library’s summer reading category of “Book Published in the 1920’s.” The whole first section of poems made me feel like I was in a cool jazz club down a stony path of a deeply rooted city. After that, my favorite individual poems were Dream Variation, As I Grew Older, Sea Charm, Suicide’s Note, and Afraid.