LANGSTON HUGHES TRIBUTE ISSUE Gowri Koneswaran   REVERIE REVEALED after "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes What happens to a reverie revealed? Does it bloom From first sprout Or give way To others’ doubts? Does it tap dance metronomic beats Or lie prostrate In defeat? Maybe it writes the blues I hear you sing. Or does it sail the sky On a wing?   Gowri Koneswaran has performed at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Her poetry has appeared in Bourgeon and she released her first chapbook, Still Beating, in 2010. She hosts “Poetry in the Morning” and "Poet-Tree in Bloom" at BloomBars community arts space in Columbia Heights and was a member of the 2010 DC Southern Fried Slam team.   Published in Volume 12, Number 1, Winter 2011. To read more by this author: Gowri Koneswaran