I started reading these online from FlipHTML...a collection of short and VERY SHORT poems showcasing life and thoughts of people living, working, playing in Harlem, Hughes hometown in NYC.
Montage was published in 1951, but I do not know the written dates of the poems included. One of the more popular poems was A Dream Deferred or Harlem, which prompts the reader to think about what happens to a dream that is postponed.
After a while, I lost interest in reading any more of these, and I quit. Again, I no longer have the patience to persevere through works that I have to drag myself through. It frustrates me to read more contemporary poetry. Hughes wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, so, to me it is contemporary enough.
Montage was published in 1951, but I do not know the written dates of the poems included. One of the more popular poems was A Dream Deferred or Harlem, which prompts the reader to think about what happens to a dream that is postponed.
After a while, I lost interest in reading any more of these, and I quit. Again, I no longer have the patience to persevere through works that I have to drag myself through. It frustrates me to read more contemporary poetry. Hughes wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, so, to me it is contemporary enough.