We Real Cool BY GWENDOLYN BROOKS The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.— Gwendolyn Brooks, “We Real Cool” from Selected Poems. : : Source: Poetry (1959) :. : Narrative MusicContinue reading “We Real Cool : Gwendolyn Brooks : ( 1 ) : : Narrative Music Video / poetry foundation ( 2 ) : Drew Dir : Ayanna Wood & Jamila Wood Video : : School Poems : :”
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The Mother : Gwendolyn Brooks : : Mother Poems : :
the motherGwendolyn Brooks – 1917-2000 Abortions will not let you forget.You remember the children you got that you did not get,The damp small pulps with a little or with no hair,The singers and workers that never handled the air.You will never neglect or beatThem, or silence or buy with a sweet.You will never wind upContinue reading “The Mother : Gwendolyn Brooks : : Mother Poems : :”
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