2 x Langston Hughes
foto: Langston Hughes před svým domem v Harlemu (NYC), červen 1958 The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Freedom's Plow When a man starts out with nothing, When a man starts out with his hands Empty, but clean , When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself And the faith that is in his heart— The strength there, The will there to build. First in the heart is the dream. Then the mind starts seeking a way. His eyes look out on the world (...) Warning Late Last Night Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day They change their mind! Wind In the cotton fields, Gentle breeze: Beware the hour It uproots trees! source: "The Collected Poems of LANGSTON HUGHES" ARNOLD RAMPERSAD, DAVID ROESSEL (Ed.) (1994)