Goodpoetry

Read and more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, and listen on Audible, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Anchor.Fm, iHeart, and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photograph Info: Portrait of American writer and activist Langston Hughes in 1943 (US Library of Congress Archives) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Poem: Kids Who Die This is for the kids who die,  Black and white,  For kids will die certainly.  The old and rich will live on awhile,  As  Always,  Eating blood and gold,  Letting kids die. Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi  Organizing sharecroppers  Kids will die in the streets of Chicago  Organizing workers  Kids will die in the orange groves of California  Telling others to get together  Whites and F