Hi all, I am sure that you all do not know that Robert Langston Hughes is my fravourite poet. Not only is he an American poet, he is also a novelist, a short story writer and a columnist. Here is a quote from him. "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." This is a quote form the poem which I had blogged on just now. I especially like this quote as it tells us the importance of dreams, how greatly dreams can affect our lives.

Here is an extract of his biography from famouspoetsandpoems.com.

"We younger Negro artists now intend to express our individual dark-
skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are
glad. If they aren't, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And
ugly too... If colored people are pleased we are glad. If they are not,
their displeasure doesn't matter either. We build our temples for
tomorrow, as strong as we know how and we stand on the top of the
mountain, free within ourselves."

What I like about him is his positiveness to life. Although he was a black, he was not afraid of his skin color and instead, was proud of it. He felt that was equality in people with different skin color and people should be proud of their own color. His thinking was very profound and that is what intrigues me.