Sunday, April 19, 2015

National Poetry Month: Poem #13



“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

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-brooks

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