we jazz june..

It's June again, which reminds me of Gwendolyn Brooks poem that always made me think about youth, future, life and brevity.

If you'd like to find out more about interesting facts behind this poem, please click this link:
"Online NewsHour: Favorite Poem, December 5, 2005.
An interview with Gwendolyn Brooks (now deceased).



"We Real Cool"*

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, "We Real Cool," from Blacks (Chicago, Ill.: Third World Press, 1991). Copyright © 1991 by Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely.

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This passage is taken from: "The Favorite Poem Project", available online at , retrieved June 7, 2006.

Gwendolyn Brook's photo is taken from:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/
Gwendolyn_brooks.jpg/195px-Gwendolyn_brooks.jpg