Re: REF: Poetry Request

[Giulia Greenberg <greenber@ASCENT.NET>]

It is Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes, but the line is "Life for me ain't
been no crystal stair.

Giulia Greenberg, Librarian
Unadilla Valley Middle School (6-8)
S. New Berlin, NY
greenber@ascent.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Carole Ashbridge <ashbridg@ALDUS.NORTHNET.ORG>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: REF: Poetry Request


>This is the reference, I believe.
>
>                                                                  MOTHER
>TO SON
>
>                                                                 Well,
>son, I'll tell you:
>                                                        Life for me
>ain't been no golden stair.
>                                                                    It's
>had tacks in it,
>
>And splinters,
>                                                                   And
>boards torn up,
>                                                       And places with
>no carpet on the floor--
>
>Bare.
>                                                                     But
>all the time
>                                                                I'se
>been a-climbing on,
>                                                                  And
>reachin' landin's,
>                                                                   And
>turnin' corners,
>                                                           And sometimes
>goin' in the dark
>                                                            Where there
>ain't been no light.
>                                                             So boy,
>don't you turn back.
>                                                           Don't you set
>down on the steps
>                                                           'Cause you
>find it's kinder hard.
>                                                                  Don't
>you fall now--
>                                                                For I'se
>still goin' honey,
>                                                                    I'se
>still climbin',
>                                                      And life for me
>ain't been no golden stair.
>
>
>Langston Hughes
>
>--
>Carole L. Ashbridge
>Library Media Specialist          Model Schools Site Administrator
>Sackets Harbor Central School          Phone 315-646-3575
>P.O. Box 290            Fax 315-646-1038
>Sackets Harbor, NY  13685-0290
>ashbridg@northnet.org        http://www.nc3r.org/shcslmc
>
>"It is our choices that show what we truly are far more than our
>abilities."   Professor Dumbledore to Harry Potter     J.K. Rowling
>
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