Episode 48: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes

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English - November 08, 2021 00:00 - 31 seconds - 693 KB - ★★★★ - 1 rating
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Photograph Info:
Portrait of American writer and activist Langston Hughes in 1943 (US Library of Congress Archives)
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The Poem:

"Dreams"

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.