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    Langston Hughes was an African American poet known for his work during the 1920s jazz age. This poem describes a scene in a Harlem night club where black jazz musicians are playing for a racially mixed crowd that is dancing and enjoying the evening. However, the poem notes that tomorrow is unknown and suggests people should enjoy the present moment of joy and music.

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    Langston Hughes was an African American poet known for his work during the 1920s jazz age. This poem describes a scene in a Harlem night club where black jazz musicians are playing for a racially mixed crowd that is dancing and enjoying the evening. However, the poem notes that tomorrow is unknown and suggests people should enjoy the present moment of joy and music.

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    Langston Hughes (poet, 1920s = jazz age)

    Harlem Night Club

    Sleek black boys in a cabaret.


    Jazz-band, jazz-band,–
    Play, plAY, PLAY!
    Tomorrow….who knows?
    Dance today!

    White girls’ eyes


    Call gay black boys.
    Black boys’ lips
    Grin jungle joys.

    Dark brown girls


    In blond men’s arms.
    Jazz-band, jazz-band,–
    Sing Eve’s charms!

    White ones, brown ones,


    What do you know
    About tomorrow
    Where all paths go?

    Jazz-boys, jazz-boys,–
    Play, plAY, PLAY!
    Tomorrow….is darkness.
    Joy today!

    Morning After
    BY LANGST ON HUGHE S

    I was so sick last night I


    Didn’t hardly know my mind.
    So sick last night I
    Didn’t know my mind.
    I drunk some bad licker that
    Almost made me blind.

    Had a dream last night I


    Thought I was in hell.
    I drempt last night I
    Thought I was in hell.
    Woke up and looked around me—
    Babe, your mouth was open like a well.

    I said, Baby! Baby!


    Please don’t snore so loud.
    Baby! Please!
    Please don’t snore so loud.
    You jest a little bit o’ woman but you
    Sound like a great big crowd.

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