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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAGABONDS, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are the desperate Last Line: The tearless / who cannot / weep Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Labor & Laborers; Negroes; American Blacks; Work; Workers | |||
We are the desperate Who do not care, The hungry Who have nowhere To eat, No place to sleep, The tearless Who cannot Weep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV 50-50 by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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