African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Langston Hughes, "Poem: For the portrait of an African boy after the manner of Gauguin"

Poem

For the portrait of an African boy after the manner of Gauguin

All the tom-toms of the jungles beat in my blood,
And all the wild hot moons of the jungles shine in my soul.
I am afraid of this civilization--
      So hard,
            So strong,
                   So cold.


Published in The Weary Blues, 1926

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