# Gypsy Man — Poetry character guide

> Gypsy Man in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gypsy, ma

**First appearance:** 0012-mexican-market-woman

## Who they are

A wandering, romantic figure appearing in poems about love and travel.

## In the story

### [Gypsy Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/gypsy-man)

The unreliable lover who never comes home, prompting the speaker's decision to wander.

### [Fortune Teller Blues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/fortune-teller-blues)

The fortune teller who reads the speaker's palm and predicts she will lose her man.

### [Bad Luck Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/bad-luck-card)

The fortune teller who shows the speaker the bad luck card and predicts a bleak future.

### [A Farewell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/a-farewell)

One of the wandering companions the speaker will join.

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