dreams by Langston hughes

Langston Hughes 

DREAMS

 James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an 

American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin Missouri 

he wrote much about political conditions and American-African conditions 

during that time period, he was very much politically active and 

usually represented it in his poetries  

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

Explanation -

Here Hughes write about necessity of dreaming about future here he shows

  his optimistic side and also suggest that without dreaming about good 

things in future one cannot achieve it.