Thursday, August 24, 2006

The Best Poem ever

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.


This poem is by Gwendolyn Brooks and I have always loved it. I pulled her book of the shelf recently and was reminded of how much I love her poems. Having recently moved to Chicago and actually knowing some of the locations of her poems has also given me a new perspective on her work. I think that this poem is still relevant today.

2 comments:

Alex S said...

That is a GREAT poem! She has another about exhausting the little moment too that I love.

Anonymous said...

That is by far the best poem I have ever read! Heather, dear u r wonderful and we all miss u back in Bulgaria!