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“Mother to Son” is a poem by Langston Hughes. It was first published in 1922 in The Crisis, a magazine dedicated to promoting civil rights in the United States, and was later collected in Hughes’s first book The Weary Blues (1926).
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal 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’climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark, Where there ain’t been no light.
Summary & Analysis. Langston Hughes first published his poem “Mother to Son” in a 1922 issue of The Crisis, which was—and remains—a publication dedicated to promoting Civil Rights.
“Mother to Son” is a dramatic monologue written by Langston Hughes and first published in 1922. The poem features a working-class Black woman who addresses her son. She reflects on the difficult circumstances of Black life in racist America, but she is resolute in her commitment to persevere.
Mother to Son Lyrics. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the...
Poem Mother To Son by Langston Hughes : Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splint.
Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes | poems, essays, and short stories in Poeticous. Langston Hughes. Mother to Son. Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal 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—climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s,
