To get you started, we’re focusing on 10 of the most powerful Langston Hughes poems. Consider this your introduction to the incredible potency of the celebrated poet’s words and their rhythms.

Here's a selection of 21 powerful poems from the "Six-Word War" memoir. "What's the forecast today? Steel Rain." Source: @JohnRegan12 "General, sir, we shouldn't go outside." Source: sixwordwar ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black poetry has always been a powerful medium through which African Americans have expressed their pain, joy, struggle, and triumph. From the times of slavery to the present day ...

The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host ...

Each poem has been selected by an incredible woman including Olivia Colman, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave. Below, Stylist picks five of the most powerful poems in the book, introduced by the ...

It is an extraordinarily powerful poem — just the sort of thing adults of an earlier era would have wanted to protect a child from. I would not call the poem inappropriate for an advanced high ...

Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time. “These powerful poems show the enormous impact coronavirus has had on children’s lives, as well as their strength, resilience, ...

One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...