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The Weary Blues

Langston Hughes · 1926

Original text in English.

Harlem is then giving itself a literature and debating the image of itself that it wants to show. This collection brings the clubs, the blues and the language spoken there into poetry.

Poetry · 70 parts · about 4 000 words · about 18 min of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. PROEM1 min

THE WEARY BLUES

  1. THE WEARY BLUES1 min
  2. JAZZONIA1 min
  3. NEGRO DANCERS1 min
  4. THE CAT AND THE SAXOPHONE (2 A.M.)1 min
  5. YOUNG SINGER1 min
  6. CABARET1 min
  7. TO MIDNIGHT NAN AT LEROY’S1 min
  8. TO A LITTLE LOVER-LASS, DEAD1 min
  9. HARLEM NIGHT CLUB1 min
  10. NUDE YOUNG DANCER1 min
  11. YOUNG PROSTITUTE1 min
  12. TO A BLACK DANCER IN “THE LITTLE SAVOY”1 min
  13. SONG FOR A BANJO DANCE1 min
  14. BLUES FANTASY1 min
  15. LENOX AVENUE: MIDNIGHT1 min

DREAM VARIATIONS

  1. DREAM VARIATIONS1 min
  2. WINTER MOON1 min
  3. POÈME D’AUTOMNE1 min
  4. FANTASY IN PURPLE1 min
  5. MARCH MOON1 min
  6. JOY1 min

THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

  1. THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS1 min
  2. CROSS1 min
  3. THE JESTER1 min
  4. THE SOUTH1 min
  5. AS I GREW OLDER1 min
  6. AUNT SUE’S STORIES1 min
  7. POEM1 min

BLACK PIERROT

  1. A BLACK PIERROT1 min
  2. HARLEM NIGHT SONG1 min
  3. SONGS TO THE DARK VIRGIN1 min
  4. ARDELLA1 min
  5. POEM1 min
  6. WHEN SUE WEARS RED1 min
  7. PIERROT1 min

WATER FRONT STREETS

  1. WATER FRONT STREETS1 min
  2. A FAREWELL1 min
  3. LONG TRIP1 min
  4. PORT TOWN1 min
  5. SEA CALM1 min
  6. CARIBBEAN SUNSET1 min
  7. YOUNG SAILOR1 min
  8. SEASCAPE1 min
  9. NATCHA1 min
  10. SEA CHARM1 min
  11. DEATH OF AN OLD SEAMAN1 min

SHADOWS IN THE SUN

  1. BEGGAR BOY1 min
  2. TROUBLED WOMAN1 min
  3. SUICIDE’S NOTE1 min
  4. SICK ROOM1 min
  5. SOLEDAD1 min
  6. TO THE DARK MERCEDES OF “EL PALACIO DE AMOR”1 min
  7. MEXICAN MARKET WOMAN1 min
  8. AFTER MANY SPRINGS1 min
  9. YOUNG BRIDE1 min
  10. THE DREAM KEEPER1 min
  11. POEM1 min

OUR LAND

  1. OUR LAND1 min
  2. LAMENT FOR DARK PEOPLES1 min
  3. AFRAID1 min
  4. POEM1 min
  5. SUMMER NIGHT1 min
  6. DISILLUSION1 min
  7. DANSE AFRICAINE1 min
  8. THE WHITE ONES1 min
  9. MOTHER TO SON1 min
  10. POEM1 min
  11. EPILOGUE1 min

About this text

Langston Hughes († 1967): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 74745). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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