WednesdayJul 01, 2026
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000) was an African American poet.
I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.
Reading is important read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.
Poetry is life distilled.
It is brave to be involved To be not fearful to be unresolved.
Be careful what you swallow. Chew!
A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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