Langston Hughes 
Weary Blues 

The Weary Blues is Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems, immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release. Over ninety years after its publication, it remains a critically acclaimed literary work and still evokes a fresh, contemporary feeling and offers a powerful reflection of the Black experience. From the title poem "The Weary Blues, " echoing the sounds of the blues, to "Dream Variation, " ringing with joyfulness, to the "Epilogue" that mimics Walt Whitman in its opening line,  "I, too, sing America, " Hughes writes clearly and colorfully, and his words remain prophetic and relevant today.