'Hold Fast to Dreams'

1. The name of the poem, “Hold Fast to Dreams,” was taken from a poem by Langston Hughes. What doe the title mean to you?

2. Listen(find a podcast) and read the poem. Now your read and  record the poem:

DREAMS 

by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams 

For if dreams die
 Life is a broken-winged bird

 That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

 For when dreams go

 Life is a barren field

 Frozen with snow.

With what two things does Hughes compare a life without dreams? In what ways are the comparisons appropriate?

3. Are dreams important? Discuss some of your dreams for the future.

4. Many African-American poets write about dreams. Why do you think this is so?

5. Find and listen to a podcast of Martin Luther King. What was it about?


6.  Find and watch a video of MLK.