Tuesday Poem: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

                   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.

 by Gwendolyn Brooks

For more about poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, see:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-brooks