Good morning, beacon poets, and welcome to Acorn Bay. By now you have found us, and we are embarking on the most incredible poetic adventure, one that is not only filled with passion, but also with economic possibilities. The poet of the month is Sir Langston Hughes. It Langston Hughes first poem, dreams deferred, written at the age of 14. Dreams deferred. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?