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)
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Gwendolyn Brooks
[Image: inspirational Black woman meme. Top text: “published first poem at 13” bottom text: “became the poet laureate for the US library of congress.”]
I think she was also the first Black person to win a Pulitzer for Annie Allen in 1949.
Fuck yeah.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlqn0N6Gi1qguug1o1_400.jpg)
[Image: inspirational Black woman meme. Top text: “published first poem at 13” bottom text: “became the poet laureate for the US library of congress.”]
I think she was also the first Black person to win a Pulitzer for Annie Allen in 1949.
Fuck yeah.
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I am the 99%
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