Blogs about: Gwendolyn Brooks
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Speech to the Young : Speech to the Progress-Toward
Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You will be right. For that is… more →
bold poems
kitchenette building :: gwendolyn brooks
piapest wrote 1 month ago: We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan, Grayed in, and gray. “Dream” makes a giddy soun … more →
when you have forgotten sunday: the love story :: gwendolyn brooks
piapest wrote 1 month ago: –And when you have forgotten the bright bedclothes on a Wednesday and a Saturday, And most esp … more →
You are your body
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Nisha wrote 1 month ago: I may be biased as someone who dances, does martial arts and is an all-round sports lover, but I fin … more →
Five Reasons You Should Read Poetry (If You Just Don't Get It)
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Chantal wrote 1 month ago: by Chantal “I just don’t get poetry.” As the TA for an American literature survey … more →
Poem.
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QuakerDave wrote 2 months ago: To the Young Who Want to Die Sit down. Inhale. Exhale. The gun will wait. The lake will wait. The … more →
Poet #5: Sterling Brown
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czarnickolas wrote 2 months ago: Sterling Brown “[T]he sincere, sensitive artist, willing to go beneath the cliches of popular … more →
Call and Response: Day 4
dobbs wrote 2 months ago: A response to Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” “they real cool” CHUBBS & … more →
Tao Po! Poem 2
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Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 3 months ago: she dark as the dirt she dirty brown girl she run in the sun she rolling down hills she dig in the m … more →
And the winner is ...
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jeffkellylowenstein3 wrote 4 months ago: David Russell tames more than animals. He won the Black History Month Quiz, too. David Russell!!!! D … more →
Skip to the Beat
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wpbkids wrote 4 months ago: I was catching up on my blog reading this week and one of my favorites, Crazy for Kids Books, did a … more →
Mauh...and me...technology..
bsmith101 wrote 4 months ago: Well, it is snowing again. It is suppose to snow through the night…then turn to rain and slee … more →
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks (Literary Conversations Series)
raisand wrote 5 months ago: Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks features sparkling interviews from one of America’s most v … more →
Poetry Anthology Project Days 9-13
dobbs wrote 6 months ago: I pray to Buddha to Allah and Jim. I turned to Jesus and stayed there with him. I fell in deep but I … more →
Reading: Gwendolyn Brooks, "We Real Cool"
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abrandnewcolony wrote 6 months ago: “We Real Cool”. A ten-line poem that equals in pages of thought provoking analysis. The poem sounds … more →
Poetry of hope for hard times
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Jo Jordan wrote 6 months ago: Conduct your blooming in the noise and whip of the whirlwind. Gwendolyn Brooks One of the hardest co … more →
This Time of Year
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cocoyea wrote 7 months ago: Yup, it’s that time of year for list making and the best ofs… But during this time of wo … more →
re-canonizing american women writers
marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان wrote 7 months ago: I meant to blog about this earlier, but given everything going on in the world it slipped my mind. … more →
The Genius of America
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Claudia wrote 8 months ago: I can’t stop staring at this photo gallery of the US Presidents. There is something about see … more →
Lost & Found: Barack O' Lantern Edition
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Claudia wrote 8 months ago: A few links, videos, and other online ephemera from our favorite sites this past week: This Hallow … more →
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