This poem is about the dreams of the lovers, men of action, patriots, social reformers, workers and just about anyone given to imagining a better tomoeeow for themseklves and for others.

Langston Hughes(1902-1967) was an American poet, novelist and playwright. Hughes was also a leader of the Harlem Remnaissance which attempted to bring changes in the lives of the people in the 1920's.

Dreams

by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
Thart cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
for when dreams go
Life is barren field
Frozen with snow.