"Walkers with the Dawn"

Being walkers with the dawn and morning,

Walkers with the sun and morning,

We are not afraid of night,

Nor days of gloom,

Nor darkness –

Being walkers with the sun and morning.

Langston Hughes

"Sea Charm"

Sea charm

The sea’s own children

Do not understand.

They know

But that the sea is strong

Like God’s hand.

They know

But that sea wind is sweet

Like god’s breath,

And that the sea holds

A wide, deep death.

Langston Hughes

"After Many Springs"

Now,

In June,

When the night is a vast softness

Filled with blue stars,

And broken shafts of moon-glimmer

Fall upon the earth,

Am I too old to see the fairies dance?

I cannot find them any more.

Langston Hughes