African American Poetry (1870-1928): A Digital Anthology

Langston Hughes, "The Poppy Flower" (1925)

A wild poppy-flower
Withered and died.

The day-people laughed—
But the night-people cried.

A wild poppy-flower
Withered and died.

Published in The Crisis, February 1925

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