Weekend self-care open thread: Langston Hughes

America, being a country birthed by England, has a rich literary tradition, which is our Anglo-Saxon inheritance. English is uniquely suited for literature.

And, in America, we have, I think, two great poets.

One was Walt Whitman, who created the American idiom.

And the other was Langston Hughes, who recreated the American idiom for a modern America.

Yesterday was the anniversary of his passing. So, as blog tyrant, I can think of no other fitting subject for this weekend's self-care than his mastery of the first art.

Indeed. What happens to a dream deferred?

As always, be excellent and loving to yourselves, and each other.