Explore "Formula" by Langston Hughes on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Poetry should treat / Of lofty things / Soaring thoughts / And birds with wings.
The Muse of Poetry / Should not know / That roses / In manure grow.
The Muse of Poetry / Should not care / That earthly pain / Is everywhere.
Poetry!
Treats of lofty things:
Soaring thoughts / And birds with wings.