Showing posts with label Langston Hughes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Langston Hughes. Show all posts
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Waiting for good and kind . . .

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Only a bit of math ... but an important concern ... needing a solution: This link leads to more mathy poems in this blog  by Langston Hughe...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Micro Poetry

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What is Micro Poetry? Micropoetry (a term sometimes offered as two terms)   is an ultra-short form of poetry, typically under 25 words or 14...
Friday, July 26, 2024

A Nickel, a Dime, a Dollar . . .

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    In childhood -- and later also -- rhymes help us to remember.  I recall reciting, in early years. "Pme, two, buckle my shoe; three,...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Celebrate Black History with Poetry

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     In February now, Black History Month, I look back to one of my favorite poets, Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and bring to you, again, one...
Monday, February 5, 2018

Math-poetry for Black History Month

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     Recently I have revisited my post (from October 2, 2012) that offers a puzzle poem by math-science guy Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

A poem for your pocket

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Years ago, when "Poem in Your Pocket Day" (April 30) was first celebrated, we did not have cellphones to carry poems with us easil...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Langston Hughes could do anything!

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In the 1970s when I was a new professor (at Pennsylvania's Bloomsburg University), a particular colleague and I would chat occasionally ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Black History Month -- celebrate Haynes and Hughes

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Living on the border of Washington DC I am exposed to items of local history for our nation's capital.  One such item involves the ...