June 4, 2008
We real cool
I haven't read or thought about this poem by Gwendolyn Brooks since high school but for reasons unexplained it has been running through my head all day:
THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.We real cool. We
Left school. WeLurk late. We
Strike straight. WeSing sin. We
Thin gin. WeJazz June. We
Die soon.
06/04/08 05:06 PM
Kay said...
That poem always reminds me of a Curtis Mayfield song - or the song reminds me of the poem - Here but I'm Gone - very deep lyrics to that song.
06/05/08 11:10 AM
Milena said...
Had never heard of it but it's great. Now the rhythm will stay in my head too.
06/08/08 09:19 PM
Mansour said...
This was one of the first modern poems I read in college, which both made me want to be a writer and made me realize how ridiculous the idea was ever to think it feasible to be a professional poet (I was 18).