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ARABESQUE - POETRY AND PROSE

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MINSTREL MAN

Langston Hughes 1902-67

Because my mouth

Is wide with laughter

And my throat

Is deep with song,

You do not think

I suffer after

I have held my pain

So long?

Because my mouth

Is wide with laughter,

You do not hear

My inner cry?

Because my feet

Are gay with dancing,

You do not know

I die?

This American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist was one of the earliest poets to experiment with jazz poetry.

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