# Lawd — Poetry character guide

> Lawd in Poetry by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0037-prayer-meeting

## Who they are

A colloquial address to God in spiritual or blues poems.

## In the story

### [Homesick Blues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/homesick-blues)

Invoked in the exclamation 'Lawd' as the speaker laments the homesick blues.

### [Bound No'th Blues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/bound-no-th-blues)

Addressed repeatedly as a silent witness to the speaker's journey and loneliness.

### [Red Roses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/red-roses)

Addressed in the speaker's lament about dying in winter.

### [Gal's Cry for a Dying Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/gal-s-cry-for-a-dying-lover)

Addressed in a plea for mercy on the speaker.

### [Ballad of Gin Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/ballad-of-gin-mary)

Invoked in Mary's cries of despair during her sentencing.

### [Moan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/moan)

Invoked in cries of desperation.

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