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The Weary Blues

The Weary Blues

by Langston Hughes

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Author
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Title
The weary blues
Original Publication
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
African Americans -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 74745
Release Date
November 16, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE WEARY BLUES
  2. 2.THE WEARY BLUES
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.INTRODUCING LANGSTON HUGHES TO THE READER — I — II
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.PROEM
  7. 7.THE WEARY BLUES
  8. 8.THE WEARY BLUES
  9. 9.JAZZONIA
  10. 10.NEGRO DANCERS
  11. 11.THE CAT AND THE SAXOPHONE (2 A.M.)
  12. 12.YOUNG SINGER
  13. 13.CABARET
  14. 14.TO MIDNIGHT NAN AT LEROY’S
  15. 15.TO A LITTLE LOVER-LASS, DEAD
  16. 16.HARLEM NIGHT CLUB
  17. 17.NUDE YOUNG DANCER
  18. 18.YOUNG PROSTITUTE
  19. 19.TO A BLACK DANCER IN “THE LITTLE SAVOY”
  20. 20.SONG FOR A BANJO DANCE
  21. 21.BLUES FANTASY
  22. 22.LENOX AVENUE: MIDNIGHT
  23. 23.DREAM VARIATIONS
  24. 24.DREAM VARIATIONS
  25. 25.WINTER MOON
  26. 26.POÈME D’AUTOMNE
  27. 27.FANTASY IN PURPLE
  28. 28.MARCH MOON
  29. 29.JOY
  30. 30.THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
  31. 31.THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS
  32. 32.CROSS
  33. 33.THE JESTER
  34. 34.THE SOUTH
  35. 35.AS I GREW OLDER
  36. 36.AUNT SUE’S STORIES
  37. 37.POEM
  38. 38.BLACK PIERROT
  39. 39.A BLACK PIERROT
  40. 40.HARLEM NIGHT SONG
  41. 41.SONGS TO THE DARK VIRGIN
  42. 42.ARDELLA
  43. 43.POEM
  44. 44.WHEN SUE WEARS RED
  45. 45.PIERROT
  46. 46.WATER FRONT STREETS
  47. 47.WATER FRONT STREETS
  48. 48.A FAREWELL
  49. 49.LONG TRIP
  50. 50.PORT TOWN
  51. 51.SEA CALM
  52. 52.CARIBBEAN SUNSET
  53. 53.YOUNG SAILOR
  54. 54.SEASCAPE
  55. 55.NATCHA
  56. 56.SEA CHARM
  57. 57.DEATH OF AN OLD SEAMAN
  58. 58.SHADOWS IN THE SUN
  59. 59.BEGGAR BOY
  60. 60.TROUBLED WOMAN
  61. 61.SUICIDE’S NOTE
  62. 62.SICK ROOM
  63. 63.SOLEDAD
  64. 64.TO THE DARK MERCEDES OF “EL PALACIO DE AMOR”
  65. 65.MEXICAN MARKET WOMAN
  66. 66.AFTER MANY SPRINGS
  67. 67.YOUNG BRIDE
  68. 68.THE DREAM KEEPER
  69. 69.POEM
  70. 70.OUR LAND
  71. 71.OUR LAND
  72. 72.LAMENT FOR DARK PEOPLES
  73. 73.AFRAID
  74. 74.POEM
  75. 75.SUMMER NIGHT
  76. 76.DISILLUSION
  77. 77.DANSE AFRICAINE
  78. 78.THE WHITE ONES
  79. 79.MOTHER TO SON
  80. 80.POEM
  81. 81.EPILOGUE
  82. 82.Transcriber’s Notes — Corrections

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