Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STILL HERE, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES


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First Line: I've been scarred and battered
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks


I've been scarred and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me, sun has baked me.
Looks like between 'em
They done tried to make me
Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'--
But I don't care!
I'm still here!





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