by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)

Birth
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Language: English 
Oh the fields of wonder,
Out of which
Stars are born,
And moon and sun
And me as well,
Like stroke
Of lightning.
In the night
Some mark
To make
Some word
To tell.

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