How thin and sharp is the moon tonight!
How thin and sharp and ghostly white
Is the slim curved crook of the moon tonight!
Étiquette : langston hughes
The city goes to bed
In the evening the city
Goes to bed
Hanging lights
Above its head.
I will take your soul, Langston Hughes
I will not be satisfied
With the little words you say to me.
I will not be satisfied
With the touch of your hand
Nor the sweet of your lips alone.
I will take your heart for mine.
I will take your soul.
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967), excerpt from To Artina in Selected Poems
Let us roam the night together, Langston Hughes
I love you.
Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing.
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967), excerpt from Harlem Night Song in Selected Poems
Kissing the moon, Langston Hughes
Tonight the waves march
In long ranks
Cutting the darkness
With their silver shanks,
Cutting the darkness
And kissing the moon.
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967), excerpt from Moonlight Night : Carmel in Selected Poems
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