A Dream Deferred

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>What happens to a dream deferred?</p>

<p>Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?</p>

<p>Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.</p>

<p>Or does it explode?</p>

<p>...know who wrote this? Guess without searching on Google.</p>

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<p>I remember reading that in my 9th grade english class. Can't remember who wrote it though. </p>

<p>-Oren</p>

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<p>Langston Hughes?</p>

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<p>google's book search oughta do the trick..</p>

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<p>It's Hughes.</p>

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google's book search oughta do the trick..

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<p>Hehe... clearly cheating ;-)</p>

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<p>Booya grandma!</p>

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<p>definitely langston hughes. I remember reading it.</p>

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<p>It's also the main focal point and poem to "A raisin in the sun" or something like that.</p>

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<p>okay - I think someone here needs to write a poem
"A Dream Accepted EA"</p>

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<p>hey good idea...maybe you should after you get accepted.</p>

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<p>ha. this seems to be a common poem for EA people.</p>

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<p>Have you ever read the Bradbury play? Very enticing plot...</p>

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<p>Definitely Langston Hughes! A Dream Deferred is one of the few poems I actually like (I'm not a real poetry person).</p>