Portrait of Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss

Harlem

What happens to a dream deferred?

      Does it dry up
      like a raisin in the sun?
      Or fester like a sore—
      And then run?
      Does it stink like rotten meat?
      Or crust and sugar over—
      like a syrupy sweet?

      Maybe it just sags
      like a heavy load.

      Or does it explode?

Sources!

• Academy of American Poets. “A Brief Guide to Jazz Poetry.” Academy of American Poets. Poets.org, 17 May 2004. Web. 26 Aug 2018.
• Academy of American Poets. “A Brief Guide to the Black Arts Movement.” Academy of America Poets. Poets.org, 19 Feb 2014. Web. 26 Aug 2018.
• The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Harlem.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 4 Aug. 2017. Web. 25 Aug. 2018.
• Hansen, Tom. “On “Harlem”.” Modern American Poetry. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2000. Web. 26 Aug. 2018.
• “Jazz Poetry.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia. 14 May 2018. Web. 26 Aug 2018.
• “Montage of a Dream Deferred.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia. 29 December 2017. Web. 26 Aug 2018.
• Shmoop Editorial Team. “Harlem (Dream Deferred).” Shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 24 Aug. 2018.
• Spacey, Andrew. “Analysis of Poem “Harlem What Happens to a Dream Deferred?” by Langston Hughes.” Owlcation. HubPages Network, 7 Jan. 2017. Web. 26 Aug. 2018.

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