We Real Cool

[dragonyphoenix]

We Real Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917 - 2000

                   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 reads We Real Cool" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[maramcreates]

I get the distinct impression that she wants these damn kids off her lawn already. I can't say I blame her ;)

[dragonyphoenix]

;-)

I added a vid of her reading the poem.

[maramcreates]

I love it :D !
I can't decide which I like more: her or her insistence that June is a non-controversial month ;)

[maramcreates]

I'm also a fan of her read :)) -- the rhythm is perfect.