Langston Hughes (1901–1967)
Traditionally given as 1902. Eric McHenry's 2018 newspaper-archive research (e.g. Topeka Plaindealer, 20 December 1901, reporting on the infant Langston) established February 1, 1901; NPS and Wikipedia now use 1901. Older references still say 1902.
The Weary Blues 1926
- The Weary Blues 1925
- Jazzonia 1923
- The Cat and the Saxophone 1926
- Young Singer 1923
- Cabaret 1923
- To Midnight Nan at Leroy’s 1926
- To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead 1926
- Harlem Night Club 1926
- Nude Young Dancer 1925?
- Young Prostitute 1923
- To a Black Dancer in “The Little Savoy” 1926
- Song for a Banjo Dance 1922
- Blues Fantasy 1926
- Lenox Avenue: Midnight 1926
- Winter Moon 1923
- Poème d’Automne 1926
- Fantasy in Purple 1926
- March Moon 1926
- Joy 1926
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers 1921
- Cross 1925
- The Jester 1926
- The South 1922
- As I Grew Older 1926
- Aunt Sue’s Stories 1926
- A Black Pierrot 1926
- Harlem Night Song 1926
- Songs to the Dark Virgin 1926
- Ardella 1926
- When Sue Wears Red 1926
- Pierrot 1926
- Water-Front Streets 1926
- A Farewell 1926
- Long Trip 1926
- Port Town 1926
- Sea Calm 1926
- Caribbean Sunset 1926
- Young Sailor 1926
- Natcha 1926
- Sea Charm 1926
- Death of an Old Seaman 1926
- Beggar Boy 1922
- Troubled Woman 1926
- Suicide’s Note 1926
- Sick Room 1926
- Soledad 1926
- To the Dark Mercedes of “El Palacio de Amor” 1926
- Mexican Market Woman 1922
- After Many Springs 1922
- The Dream Keeper 1926
- Our Land 1926
- Lament for Dark Peoples 1926
- Afraid 1926
- Summer Night 1926
- Disillusion 1926
- Danse Africaine 1922
- The White Ones 1926
- Mother to Son 1922
- Dream Variation 1924
- I Too 1925
- Negro Dancer 1926
- Poem 1923
- Poem 1925?
- Poem 1926
- Poem 1926
- Poem 1926
- The Negro 1922
- Young Bridge 1926
In printed order where it is known (58 of 68); the rest alphabetical. About this book.
Poems
- A House in Taos 1926
- A Letter to Anne 1927
- Aesthete in Harlem 1930
- Afro-American Fragment 1930
- America 1925
- An April Rain Song 1921
- An Earth Song 1925?
- Anne Spencer’s Table 1930
- Argument 1926
- Autumn Thought 1921
- Bad Luck Card 1926
- Beale Street Love 1926
- Being Old 1927
- Black Seed 1930
- Bound No’th Blues 1926
- Brass Spitoons 1926
- Bulwark 1927
- Day 1927
- Dear Lovely Death 1930
- Down an’ Out 1926
- Drama for Winter Night 1925
- Dreamer 1927?
- Dressed Up 1926
- Fairies 1921
- Flight 1930
- Fog 1926
- For an Indian Screen 1927
- Fortune Teller Blues 1926
- God to Hungry Child 1925
- Hard Luck 1926
- Hurt 1928
- I Thought It Was Tangiers I Wanted 1927
- In the Mist of the Moon 1927
- Justice 1923
- Lady in Cabaret 1928
- Laughers 1922
- Liars 1925
- Lincoln Monument 1927
- Lonesome Place 1926
- Love Song for Lucinda 1926
- Lover’s Return 1928
- Ma Lord 1927
- Mazie Dies Alone in the City Hospital 1928
- Merry Christmas 1930
- Minstrel Man 1925?
- Misery 1926
- Mister Sandman 1921
- Mona 1927
- Monotony 1923
- Montmartre Beggar Woman 1927
- My Loves 1922
- Negro Servant 1930
- Nonette 1928
- Park Benching 1925
- Passing Love 1927
- Pictures to the Wall 1926
- Po’ Boy Blues 1926
- Poem 1925?
- Poem to a Dead Soldier 1925
- Prayer 1926
- Prayer Meeting 1923
- Pride 1930
- Question 1922
- Red Roses 1926
- Rising Waters 1925
- Salome 1926
- Saturday Night 1926
- Shadows 1923
- Signs of Spring 1921
- Song 1925?
- Spring for Lovers 1930
- Star Seeker 1926
- Stars 1926
- Strange Hurt She Knew 1926
- Suicide 1926
- Sunset—Coney Island 1928
- Tapestry 1927
- Teacher 1926
- Thanksgiving Time 1921
- The English 1930
- The Lament of a Vanquished Beau 1921
- The Last Feast of Belshazzar 1923
- The Little Frightened Child 1923
- The New Cabaret Girl 1926
- The New Moon 1922
- To a Dead Friend 1922
- To Beauty 1926
- To Certain “Brothers” 1925
- Tower 1930
- Walls 1926
- Winter Sweetness 1921
Alphabetical. These come from a modern collection rather than a book Langston Hughes published.