"Boogie: 1 a.m."
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
“Dream within a dream,
Our dream deferred.
Good morning, daddy!
Ain’t you heard?”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Island"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Variant: What happens
to a dream deferred?
Daddy, ain’t you heard?
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Same in Blues"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
“A dream deferred is a dream denied.”
Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“There’s a certain
amount of traveling
in a dream deferred.”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Same in Blues"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Variant: A certain amount
of nothing
in a dream deferred.
Common (rapper) (1972) American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
"The 6th Sense" (Track 9)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
Al Sharpton (1954) American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host
Eulogy for Michael Jackson at his memorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MAKLq865bk (7 July 2009).
“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Harlem"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
Context: What happens to a dream deferred? 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? Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
