Hello!

[ykk.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm a new member of this community! My name's Yuri, going into high school (in an international school in Japan), who LOVES poetry. I eat it, too, and consider it yummy :)
Here's one of my favorite poems by Langston Hughes. It's called "Life is Fine."

Life is Fine
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was
Cold in that water!
It was cold!

I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was
High up there!
It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine!
Fine as wine!
Life is fine!

Comments

[penrhyn.livejournal.com]

Langston Hughes is so great! Thank you for this marvelous poem.

[ykk.livejournal.com]

hehe ur welcome, and ya, certainly agree he is.
:D