Day 5: Dreams

Todays poem is a short one because of time constraints. Also it shows how poetry doesn't have to be very long to get it's meaning across.

Dreams

By Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

I think Hughes knows what he is talking about from experience. He did quite a bit in his life for he was a poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. Dreams are needed for people to do their best, to be inspired to become something more than what they are now. This poem is very good at showing that. 

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