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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIDWINTER BLUES, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the middle of the winter Last Line: Won't need no flowers from the store. Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks | |||
In the middle of the winter, Snow all over the ground. In the middle of the winter, Snow all over the ground -- 'Twas the night before Christmas My good man turned me down. Don't know's I'd mind his goin' But he left me when the coal was low. Don't know's I'd mind his goin' But he left when the coal was low. Now, if a man loves a woman That ain't no time to go. He tole me that he loved me But he must a been tellin' a lie. He tole me that he loved me But he must a been tellin' a lie. But he's the only man I'll Love till the day I die. I'm gonna buy me a rose bud And plant it at my back door. Gonna buy me a rose bud And plant it at my back door, So when I'm dead they Won't need no flowers from the store. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL BOUND NO'TH BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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