"My People" by Langston HughesRead and more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, and listen on Audible, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Anchor.Fm, iHeart and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Photograph Info:Langston Hughes in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Poem:

My People

The night is beautiful,

So the faces of my people.The stars are beautiful,So the eyes of my people.

Beautiful, also, is the sun.Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.