"Juliet" Langston Hughes

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Wonder
And pain
And terror,
And sick silly songs
Of sorrow,
And the marrow
Of the bone
Of life
Are smeared across
Her mouth.

The road
From Verona
To Mantova
Is dusty
With the drought.

Comments

[jayitaintso.livejournal.com]

I <3 Langston Hughes, but I haven't read nearly enough of his work. Thanks for posting this. The almost sing-song rhythm is a great contrast to the subject.

[pyre006.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's great ^-^ It's from his collection titled "Distance Nowhere." I've just started reading his work.

[namelessslobcat.livejournal.com]

Lovely!