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Poem of the Month: February 2003

The Negro Speaks of Rivers I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the      flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln      went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy      bosom turn golden in the sunset. I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. - Langston Hughes Journal prompts: Reflect on your ancestry. Where do your people come from? What do you know about the land they lived on? What have they taught you? Use this form to write a poem in the style of Langston Hughes, inserting memories or imagined people or places to create a poem which describes natural wonders that are part of your past: I've known __________________ My soul has _________________ I bathed in _________________ I built _____________________ I looked upon _______________ I heard _____________________ I've known __________________ My soul has grown ___________

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