08 February 2012

We Real Cool--Gwendolyn Brooks


We Real Cool


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



2 comments:

Felicia Monique said...

This will be today's Black History post for my Facebook page. Thank you!

Daij said...

Welcome, Felicia!