Lyta
Moderator
Someone just emailed me about the Langston Hughes poem that was featured in "Out of the Ashes" episode and I ended up finding the entire poem online. I thought it was an interesting choice for a poem for Edgar to have memorized and wondered if Egan selected it or perhaps Malcolm had some influence in it.
Do you think it had a particular significance in the episode or was it just handy to use? I suspect it is more of the former since the poem does talk about having to postpone one’s desires which can be detrimental and that does seem to echo Edgar's predicament.
Anyway, since it is posted online I figured it would be okay to repost it here for other people to reference and comment on.
<font color="orange">A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes
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? </font color>
Do you think it had a particular significance in the episode or was it just handy to use? I suspect it is more of the former since the poem does talk about having to postpone one’s desires which can be detrimental and that does seem to echo Edgar's predicament.
Anyway, since it is posted online I figured it would be okay to repost it here for other people to reference and comment on.
<font color="orange">A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes
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? </font color>