About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes best poems. Hughes was a great african-american poet and novelist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that the negro was in vogue, which was later paraphrased as when Harlem was in vogue. His poetry and fiction portrayed the lives of the working-class blacks in America, lives he portrayed as full of struggle, joy, laughter, and music. Permeating his work is pride in the African-American identity and its diverse culture. Here are some of his most popular poems. He said himself: My best poems were all written when I felt the worst.Browse all poems and texts published on Langston Hughes
