06/02/13 A Poem A Day writing prompt (Langston Hughes Week)

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Sun Song by Langston Hughes

Sun and softness,
Sun and the beaten hardness of the earth,
Sun and the song of all the sun-stars
Gathered together-
Dark ones of Africa,
I bring you my songs
To sing on the Georgia roads.

(source: Selected Poems by Langston Hughes)