Mother to Son by Langston Hughes - Narration by Viola Davis

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  • @andyye1515
    @andyye1515 4 роки тому +762

    Who’s watching this for school when it’s COVID 19?

  • @coryphaenidae
    @coryphaenidae 4 роки тому +286

    There are 2 types of people:
    "So emotional and inspirational😥😥I'm crying rn❤️😫😫"
    "Covid 19 school lmFAO😂"

  • @katiewashington8716
    @katiewashington8716 7 років тому +361

    I got this from school

  • @onecatrocky8411
    @onecatrocky8411 4 роки тому +90

    Who else is watching during covid 19
    Halifax? Anyone?

  • @hiryuu5285
    @hiryuu5285 6 років тому +312

    The words are so simple..yet so powerful.

  • @writeleft08
    @writeleft08 4 роки тому +32

    Literally has me in tears.😢😢😢 Viola Davis really put heart and soul in the reciting of Langston's famous poem. 😢😢😢😢

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      It's a horrible poem stfu with ur emotional bullshit

  • @keepinupwcomfy
    @keepinupwcomfy 6 років тому +97

    I had learned this tday in school
    9-27-18
    This made me not what want to give up and I learnt I have to push harder to achieve what I want to achieve.

  • @meredithbrown1603
    @meredithbrown1603 Рік тому +3

    Absolutely, as I kept climbing for myself while raising my children. Thank you, God. Amen 🙏

  • @karenm6552
    @karenm6552 7 років тому +42

    This poem is very emotional

  • @tdb4763
    @tdb4763 4 роки тому +22

    I'm not here from school. I schooled myself, I came here for the love of a man who's been dead 50 years! We as a community need to school our people. Don't rely on the government! Rely on one another!

  • @tyasihaminor2654
    @tyasihaminor2654 7 років тому +127

    I'm so glad about learning about my history this really inspires me to chase my dreams

  • @dreemurr64
    @dreemurr64 4 роки тому +38

    *"𝐵𝒜𝑅𝐸
    "*
    Ahh yes so deep.

  • @JaniceCarter-ws7lu
    @JaniceCarter-ws7lu 6 місяців тому

    It's a blessing to have a son😊
    God bless all men around the world
    🙏🏾❤🙏❤🙏🏽❤🙏🏿❤🙏🏻
    The son of God will show you crystal clear visions of who, what, where, how, and when.. Keep him first, but don't worry everything shown will be worked out..💙💚

  • @xxgacha._.potatoxx3377
    @xxgacha._.potatoxx3377 4 роки тому +526

    everyone is here bc of school- you cant tell me im wrong :>

  • @enthusedaubbo2451
    @enthusedaubbo2451 7 років тому +80

    This poem is extremely emotional it makes me cry every time ❤️ very inspirational

    • @haavit599
      @haavit599 4 роки тому

      cringe

    • @nadunarayanan3431
      @nadunarayanan3431 4 роки тому

      Love

    • @nadunarayanan3431
      @nadunarayanan3431 4 роки тому

      Love you

    • @urfavmarocain
      @urfavmarocain 2 роки тому

      Stop commenting on every video saying cringe and go study this so you can present this speech at your school 💀

    • @lilixy27
      @lilixy27 2 роки тому

      @@urfavmarocain slayy💅🏻💅🏻

  • @cafepoem189
    @cafepoem189 3 роки тому +65

    In the poem, she encourages her son to follow her, stay optimistic, and keep moving forward.
    Life may present us so many obstacles and challenges. The only way to deal with those is to keep grinding with patience, determination, courage, and hope.

  • @marvissmith4588
    @marvissmith4588 7 місяців тому

    I'm watching this because it's one of my most favorite Langston Hughes poems.

  • @sakitrain7766
    @sakitrain7766 5 років тому +20

    Dammit Viola! Even in audio you're amazing!

  • @emmamorgan6991
    @emmamorgan6991 4 роки тому +2

    Just watched this with my son today as he was going it for literacy... such a powerful poem it bought a tear to my eye

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      it's so ridiculous because it's stupid because it's trying so hard to be emotional and yet isn't because it thinks that you can just not give up when that's not how life works.

  • @adrianpayne2504
    @adrianpayne2504 4 роки тому

    This is one of the most powerful poems written by Langston Hughes. And the great Viola Davis reciting it makes it just as more powerful.

  • @مستريحييانجلش
    @مستريحييانجلش 7 років тому +66

    This is amazing... It's very beneficial to me being a teacher. Thanks

    • @sconeboom392
      @sconeboom392 4 роки тому +2

      HAHA CRINGE

    • @sconeboom392
      @sconeboom392 4 роки тому +1

      Indigo ok

    • @Nchllp329
      @Nchllp329 4 роки тому +2

      @@sconeboom392grow up

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      it's so ridiculous because it's stupid because it's trying so hard to be emotional and yet isn't because it thinks that you can just not give up when that's not how life works.

    • @haavit599
      @haavit599 4 роки тому

      @@Nchllp329 cringe

  • @salvadortorres6680
    @salvadortorres6680 2 роки тому +3

    I remember in 2000 Langston Hughes is 1 of many of my favorites. It's a shame this generation prolly won't ever hear this one. I love this. 🙏 Thank You for my fond memories of my being a kid. I'm turning 34 n man Im glad I took the chance to be part of Poetry. 1 Love baby.

  • @dexterbernard2701
    @dexterbernard2701 5 років тому +2

    This is something I feel that my late mother taught me, expressed to me before and with her death at forty-three, while me at sixteen. This wells me up with tears.

    • @avanishetty-9371
      @avanishetty-9371 3 роки тому

      Sorry for your loss.And the same thing happens to me

  • @timothyvanderheever7462
    @timothyvanderheever7462 4 роки тому +2

    This is an extremely beautiful and it is super encouraging.
    this is one of the best poems ever.

  • @שירה-ו8ר
    @שירה-ו8ר 3 роки тому +5

    i’m watching this for a school assignment but this is really powerful, i almost started crying. happy black history month.💗

  • @sidsolovelyyy
    @sidsolovelyyy 4 роки тому +1

    Believe it or not , my dream brought me here.....wow just beautiful

  • @yessumify
    @yessumify 7 місяців тому +1

    Yes, for my ancestors and my descendants, I'll keep climbing ❤

  • @perkperkalater5852
    @perkperkalater5852 6 років тому +7

    mind expanding with emotional thoughts-Endeavour like never more clever no faults-haulting for no man my two feet I stand rendering my enemies useless to the point of persecution-resurrecting the inner me over abundant and bountifully my seed shall sprout voice heard even if its til the death of me

  • @kathrynmanheimer3909
    @kathrynmanheimer3909 3 роки тому

    Beautiful video, Biola Davis brings these words to life. My students agree.

  • @boakyeantwi611
    @boakyeantwi611 10 місяців тому +1

    the amination alone heightened my curiosity

  • @ntyhorizon6810
    @ntyhorizon6810 7 років тому +18

    Wow it is narrated by Viola Davis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jasonmarcus8814
    @jasonmarcus8814 6 місяців тому

    My mother raised us as a single parent. I almost cried watching. I unconciously hurted her especially in my adolescence. Many times I've been down. I think as a man I should stay strong and that's what I'm trying to do...

    • @laquisab
      @laquisab 4 місяці тому

      Bless you ⚘️

  • @mamzyjavier21
    @mamzyjavier21 4 роки тому +11

    I'm here for onlien classes but this had me in tears 😓 words are so powerful.

  • @blvckunxcvrn.5696
    @blvckunxcvrn.5696 3 роки тому +3

    When I was 16, my mom and I were in the car and she said each generation should build on and learn from the experience of the previous generation

  • @arthurl.rozieriv8496
    @arthurl.rozieriv8496 4 роки тому +2

    I watch this because it's real. These words can be spoken every day

  • @cherryquinones7296
    @cherryquinones7296 7 років тому +64

    Dis hit me in the feelings 😞

    • @emcallis57
      @emcallis57 5 років тому +1

      Me too

    • @sconeboom392
      @sconeboom392 4 роки тому +2

      Writing "dis" instead of "this" definitely gives you 10000% coolness increase

    • @cherryquinones7296
      @cherryquinones7296 4 роки тому +1

      @@sconeboom392 ok? That's just the way i write 😐

    • @mylanlondon12
      @mylanlondon12 4 роки тому

      @@cherryquinones7296 right like ok Karen

    • @mylanlondon12
      @mylanlondon12 4 роки тому

      @@sconeboom392 ok Karen, we heard your opinion

  • @winterlove1887
    @winterlove1887 4 роки тому +6

    I got a different video from online school but then I see this. I’m like this one is way more easier to understand with the images. And this is really heart-touching video. I love it.

  • @azia20
    @azia20 4 роки тому +4

    I too am one of the many people who gotta watch this for school :D

  • @Febuxostat-f6k
    @Febuxostat-f6k 2 роки тому

    Learned the meaning of this last week at school, very nice one of my favorites.

  • @abneryalung5000
    @abneryalung5000 4 роки тому +1

    A beautiful poem so touching a love of mother to his son

  • @richabhatia3414
    @richabhatia3414 4 роки тому +3

    This is a very motivational and a heart touching poem.

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      it's so ridiculous because it's stupid because it's trying so hard to be emotional and yet isn't because it thinks that you can just not give up when that's not how life works.

    • @ArAbBoY6ThSt
      @ArAbBoY6ThSt 4 роки тому

      @@kiktik2413 so you want us to give up? it's telling us to strive so we can get to our goal and not stop there and before I get a comment that says "cringe" i really don't care cause I ain't tryna do that emotional shit i'm just summarizing what she is saying so please grow up and deal with life.

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      @@ArAbBoY6ThSt lol im just saying not everything is about just striving you dont know peoples situations where doing that could be not good for you not everything is about striving. I dont care if you reply im not wasting time argueing with people on the internet. It's just kind of stupid to think you can achieve anything if you work hard enough because that just isn't true you will have to make hard decisions and choosing the right one is a gamble which you might lose so that you wouldn't suceed.

  • @kenadiemoore4875
    @kenadiemoore4875 5 років тому +3

    I got this from school and it has helped me so much... I watched it in class and Everybody started to tear up🥺💞

    • @sconeboom392
      @sconeboom392 4 роки тому +1

      what sob school do u go to

    • @kiktik2413
      @kiktik2413 4 роки тому

      it's so ridiculous because it's stupid because it's trying so hard to be emotional and yet isn't because it thinks that you can just not give up when that's not how life works.

  • @m.layfette6249
    @m.layfette6249 3 роки тому +3

    This has been and always will be my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Poem. This will be recited at my funeral. 💜

    • @lije6858
      @lije6858 3 роки тому +1

      🥺

    • @m.layfette6249
      @m.layfette6249 3 роки тому +1

      @@lije6858 My prayer is to live till I'm 95+years young. Long enough to continue watching my daughter grow up, playing with my grandkids (That's if I ever let my daughter date.) and going around the world at least 1x. 💜

  • @Nan.dahh.
    @Nan.dahh. 10 місяців тому +3

    Any 10th std students here!🤍
    The most inseparable poem♾️🤎

  • @jacobsebastian8665
    @jacobsebastian8665 5 років тому +5

    Keep making such videos this made me cry😭😭😭😭

    • @NazbyTheLocalIdiot
      @NazbyTheLocalIdiot 3 роки тому

      @Jack Wilson I'm emotional too, is there a problem with being emotional? Is crying banned from your world?

  • @sheebavadariyad5992
    @sheebavadariyad5992 4 роки тому

    Music and the voice are perfect . i just feel the word...

  • @infochan3103
    @infochan3103 7 років тому +5

    this was amazing i'm glad he made this is my favotite poem

  • @rachelreichert1966
    @rachelreichert1966 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, beautiful imagery! Really helped me understand the poem, thank you.

  • @bethd3455
    @bethd3455 4 роки тому +2

    I got this from school but its really powerful and bold.

  • @s1mplel1z
    @s1mplel1z 4 роки тому +6

    I came here to watch for school it left me crying

  • @RayeDidit
    @RayeDidit 2 роки тому +2

    2022, I now understand this as mother to a beautiful son

  • @nicteha13
    @nicteha13 Рік тому

    this poem genuinely makes me cry every single time i hear or read it

  • @reenougle
    @reenougle 6 років тому +3

    One of my favourite poems.

  • @malaflower1925
    @malaflower1925 6 років тому +6

    I love this it's so deep and I got this from school

  • @mr.blackwater9155
    @mr.blackwater9155 Рік тому +2

    I'm in my office, working the overnight 12 hr shift. It's 2:25 am and I'm studying for grad school. Looking for my why I found it here, in this poem. With tears in my eyes, I've been reminded why I do this.
    Thank you Langston.

  • @ArtwithSabrina
    @ArtwithSabrina 3 роки тому

    Very well done, thank you for you sharing your work.

  • @yeshuabaca7609
    @yeshuabaca7609 4 роки тому +5

    who watching this for school

  • @proscience25k66
    @proscience25k66 2 роки тому

    Its the most heart touching poem I've ever seen 💖

  • @lyvvia7139
    @lyvvia7139 2 роки тому +3

    This is one of the most amazing poem that explains life for some people and it is so deep and truthful and tells him to keep going no matter how hard life gets.

  • @shawnbeck1860
    @shawnbeck1860 6 років тому +1

    Great video and visualization.

  • @gaelcasting8612
    @gaelcasting8612 7 років тому +8

    very emotional .

  • @Sisi-lq6wk
    @Sisi-lq6wk 3 роки тому +4

    This is so emotional. It really makes you feel like time stopped and you’re just thinking

  • @susankuzner3714
    @susankuzner3714 6 років тому +2

    I studied this in school and I loved it ! :)

  • @davidvickers-hm2xm
    @davidvickers-hm2xm 10 місяців тому +1

    This poem resonates

  • @elizabethmariano6366
    @elizabethmariano6366 2 роки тому +1

    i burst into tears the moment i played it 😭💔💔

  • @ErikDliftsCircles
    @ErikDliftsCircles Рік тому +1

    "life fo me aint be'n noe crystal satieya"
    hit hard

  • @zafirahcoleman1604
    @zafirahcoleman1604 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful poem.

  • @kalashnikovakot3346
    @kalashnikovakot3346 3 роки тому +2

    I love how they say in the description that this is for a school project
    And then most of us get this assigned for school

  • @frogics6598
    @frogics6598 2 роки тому

    bro I like missed all my classes today so now I gotta make up a bunch of work, this is one of them

  • @doglover6953
    @doglover6953 3 роки тому +2

    We did an activity with this today and yesterday at school and I wanted to cry cause life for me has not been easy at all

  • @lcelis2298
    @lcelis2298 4 роки тому

    Ugh Viola recites this beautifully!

  • @seuny
    @seuny 4 роки тому +7

    Perfect video don't change a thing Viola brought this back to life and the imagery helped me to really imagine the mother's struggle 🥺😢♥️ beautiful hope you got a good grade on that school project.

  • @murt7607
    @murt7607 4 роки тому

    I have to do home learning and today I have to watch this poem it's so sweet and emotianal

  • @aleshathasni7151
    @aleshathasni7151 5 років тому +1

    Awfff.... what a feel in it.... awsm 😌

  • @waiwai1730
    @waiwai1730 4 роки тому +2

    I understand, I do because that's been my life, since 6 years old.
    Have you seen that commercial with the homeless girl blanket over her head, sitting on street, then suddenly she's now a baby sitting there crying. Not one day goes by without me feeling just like that.

  • @vortexzon60fps27
    @vortexzon60fps27 3 роки тому +10

    I heard this in school I’m watching it at home it low key hits hard it so motivating

  • @DeaddShot55
    @DeaddShot55 4 роки тому

    I believe that this represent the will to not give up at all. ANd to work harder to get/achieve my goals

  • @magdagalaj8811
    @magdagalaj8811 3 роки тому +1

    When your doing two weeks late worth of school and this is what u gotta watch- ~.~

  • @carlygotfanz
    @carlygotfanz 7 років тому +13

    This is so good it sounds like a trailer it should have been the trauler for fences

    • @sconeboom392
      @sconeboom392 4 роки тому +1

      C R I N G E

    • @Sisi-lq6wk
      @Sisi-lq6wk 3 роки тому

      @@sconeboom392 omg you’re saying cringe on everyone comment 😩. It’s not even cringe

  • @fechapm
    @fechapm 3 дні тому

    Oh how I love this!

  • @CrimsonHokage
    @CrimsonHokage 7 років тому +6

    This is just wow🤯

  • @Emma-lc7cx
    @Emma-lc7cx 4 роки тому

    I had to do thus for school a few months ago but know I actually wanna listen to it

  • @ashleycrocker1238
    @ashleycrocker1238 4 роки тому

    I cannot wait to show this to my class.

  • @dipakprasad1535
    @dipakprasad1535 3 роки тому

    Very Emotional poem And inspiration 😭🧐

  • @thighenthusiast43
    @thighenthusiast43 3 роки тому

    I believe School has brought most of us here..
    Great Poem though❤

  • @joenathan4414
    @joenathan4414 Рік тому

    90 of the most important seconds of my life were when an elderly Black woman recited Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son" to me, as we marched together 60+ years ago in Wichita, as some people threw rocks at us.

  • @AsherMolina
    @AsherMolina Рік тому +2

    A teacher that changed my life gave me this poem to memorize after our life changing talk. Only now do I realize she was talking to me through it.

  • @hannahnolan9829
    @hannahnolan9829 7 років тому +4

    whats the name of the song in the background ?

  • @dianedavidson8536
    @dianedavidson8536 4 роки тому +2

    Lovely! Very powerful and expressive rendition of the poem.

  • @c.jalley6028
    @c.jalley6028 3 роки тому +2

    Yooo I’m here for school too.

  • @heaven.is.psycho8756
    @heaven.is.psycho8756 5 років тому +1

    I love it! im crying😭💙

  • @teery59
    @teery59 5 років тому +5

    To me, this poem says exactly why we should be strengthening our children so they can accept themselves as they were born instead of trying to sugar coat everything around them.

  • @shareenafaizal6791
    @shareenafaizal6791 4 роки тому

    Slowly........touched my heart....

  • @Neyobe
    @Neyobe 2 місяці тому

    I did a marxist reflection on this in grade 11. ❤ got a great mark thank you!

  • @blackbladerage3675
    @blackbladerage3675 4 роки тому +2

    I got this as my work from school

  • @deadwannabe
    @deadwannabe 4 роки тому +1

    So powerful...

  • @FlyingFriendlySky
    @FlyingFriendlySky 3 роки тому

    Brilliant!!👏🏽👏🏽

  • @porterkmusic
    @porterkmusic 3 роки тому +1

    Major hardships but choosing to push forward. Parents are so critical to a child's positive development or lack thereof. Powerful poem by the great Langston Hughes.

  • @hibahameed9035
    @hibahameed9035 5 років тому +1

    Yeah...it's so easy fo stdyy..well done💕🙏