"We Real Cool" By Gwendolyn Brooks

We real cool. We

Left school. We

Lurk late. We

Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We  

Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We  

Die soon.

 

Roberts, Edgar V., and Robert Zweig. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Boston: Longman, 2012. Print. Gwendolyn Brooks. We Real Cool. Page 887.

 

Gwendolyn Brooks. Poetictouch2012. We Real Cool. Online Video Clip. YouTube. 22 Jan 2012