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GWENDOLYN BROOKS

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Poems found: 255

A PENITENT CONSIDERS ANOTHER COMING OF MARY

ANDRE

APPENDIX TO THE ANNIAD: 1 (THOUSANDS - KILLED IN ACTION)

APPENDIX TO THE ANNIAD: 2

BEVERLY HILLS, CHICAGO

BRONZEVILLE WOMAN IN A RED HAT

BUILDING

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR

GOD WORKS IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY'

FIRSTLY INCLINED TO TAKE WHAT IT IS TOLD

LOOKING

LOVE NOTE: 1. SURELY

LOVE NOTE: 2. FLAGS

MENTORS

THE PROGRESS

IN HONOR OF DAVID ANDERSON BROOKS, MY FATHER

JANE ADDAMS

MEXIE AND BRIDIE

MICHAEL IS AFRAID OF THE STORM

MRS. SMALL

NARCISSA

OF ROBERT FROST

OLD PEOPLE WORKING (GARDEN, CAR)

PETE AT THE ZOO

QUEEN OF THE BLUES

SPEECH TO THE YOUNG. SPEECH TO THE PROGRESS-TOWARD

THE ANNIAD

THE ARTISTS' AND MODELS' BALL

THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR

THE CRAZY WOMAN

THE EGG BOILER

THE EMPTY WOMAN

THE LIFE OF LINCOLN WEST

THE THIRD SERMON ON THE WARPLAND

TO AN OLD BLACK WOMAN, HOMELESS AND INDISTINCT

TO BE IN LOVE

TO THE DIASPORA: MUSIC FOR MARTYRS

TO THE DIASPORA: YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE AFRIKA

VERN

WHITNEY YOUNG

WINNIE

STILL DO I KEEP MY LOOK, MY IDENTITY €¦

A LIGHT AND DIPLOMATIC BIRD

A SUNSET OF THE CITY

BOY BREAKING GLASS

HENRY RAGO

JESSIE MITCHELL€™S MOTHER

MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON

OLD MARY

PRIMER FOR BLACKS

RIOT

STRONG MEN, RIDING HORSES

THE BALLAD OF RUDOLPH REED

THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 1. AS SEEN BY DISCIPLINES

THE VACANT LOT

TRUTH

YOUNG AFRIKANS

THE SONNET-BALLAD

THE MAMA

THE WALL

YOUNG HEROES - I

THE COORA FLOWER

A BRONZEVILLE MOTHER LOITERS IN MISSISSIPPI

A SONG IN THE FRONT YARD

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: PIANO AFTER WAR

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: THE WHITE TROOPS HAD THEIR ORDERS ...

HUNCHBACK GIRL: SHE THINKS OF HEAVEN

KITCHENETTE BUILDING

MALCOLM X

MEDGAR EVERS

MY DREAMS, MY WORKS, MUST WAIT TILL AFTER HELL

OF DE WITT WILLIAMS ON HIS WAY TO LINCOLN CEMETERY

SADIE AND MAUD

THE BEAN EATERS

THE BIRTH IN A NARROW ROOM

THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 2. THE LEADERS

THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 3. GANG GIRLS; A RANGERETTE

THE BOY DIED IN MY ALLEY

THE CHICAGO DEFENDER SENDS A MAN TO LITTLE ROCK, FALL, 1957

THE CHICAGO PICASSO, AUGUST 15, 1967

THE LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL

THE LOVERS OF THE POOR

THE MOTHER

THE NEAR-JOHANNESBURG BOY

THE PREACHER: RUMINATES BEHIND THE SERMON

THE RITES FOR COUSIN VIT

THE SECOND SERMON ON THE WARPLAND

THE SERMON ON THE WARPLAND

THE SUNDAYS OF SATIN-LEGS SMITH

TO THOSE OF MY SISTERS WHO KEPT THEIR NATURALS

WE REAL COOL; THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL

LIGHT AND DIPLOMATIC BIRD

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF NO

EXHAUST THE LITTLE MOMENT. SOON IT DIES

MAXIE ALLEN ALWAYS TAUGHT HER

MEN OF CAREFUL TURNS, HATERS OF FORKS IN THE ROAD

MY LITTLE 'BOUT-TOWN GAL HAS GONE

ONE WANTS A TELLER IN A TIME LIKE THIS

PEOPLE PROTEST IN SPRAWLING LIGHTLESS WAYS

WHAT SHALL I GIVE MY CHILDREN?

WHEN MRS. MARTIN'S BOOKER T

PYGMIES ARE PYGMIES STILL, THOUGH PERCHT ON ALPS'

BRONZEVILLE MOTHER LOITERS IN MISSISSIPPI

LOVELY LOVE

MAN OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

PENITENT CONSIDERS ANOTHER COMING OF MARY

SUNSET OF THE CITY

AFTER MECCA

ASPECT OF LOVE, ALICE IN THE ICE AND FIRE

ANDRE

ANNIE ALLEN

ANNIE ALLEN: MEMORIAL TO ED BLAND

APPENDIX TO THE ANNIAD: 1 ( THOUSANDS - KILLED IN ACTION )

APPENDIX TO THE ANNIAD: 2

APPENDIX TO THE ANNIAD: 3. THE SONNET-BALLAD

ART

BALLAD OF PEARL MAY LEE

BEAUTY SHOPPE

BESSIE OF BRONZEVILLE VISITS MARY AND NORMAN

BEVERLY HILLS, CHICAGO

BOY BREAKING GLASS

BRONZEVILLE MAN WITH A BELT IN THE BACK

BRONZEVILLE WOMAN IN A RED HAT

BUILDING

CALLIE FORD

CHILDREN COMING HOME, SELS.

CYNTHIA IN THE SNOW

DAVID ANDERSON

DE KOVEN

DOWNTOWN VAUDEVILLE

ESTIMABLE MABLE

FIRST FIGHT. THEN FIDDLE

FOR CLARICE IT IS TERRIBLE

FROM THE BLACKSTONE RANGERS

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: 'GOD WORKS IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY'

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: FIRSTLY INCLINED TO TAKE WHAT IT IS TOLD

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: LOOKING

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: LOVE NOTE: 1. SURELY

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: LOVE NOTE: 2. FLAGS

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: MENTORS

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: PIANO AFTER WAR

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: STILL DO I KEEP MY LOOK, MY IDENTITY

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: THE PROGRESS

GAY CHAPS AT THE BAR: THE WHITE TROOPS HAD THEIR ORDERS ...

HATTIE SCOTT: AT THE HAIRDRESSER'S

HATTIE SCOTT: THE BATTLE

HATTIE SCOTT: THE DATE

HATTIE SCOTT: THE END OF THE DAY

HATTIE SCOTT: WHEN I DIE

I LOVE THOSE LITTLE BOOTHS AT BENVENUTI'S

IN EMANUEL'S NIGHTMARE: ANOTHER COMING OF CHRIST

IN HONOR OF DAVID ANDERSON BROOKS, MY FATHER

IN THE MECCA

INTERMISSION

JACK

JANE ADDAMS

JANE ADDAMS: SEPTEMBER 6, 1860-MAY 21, 1935

JESSIE MITCHELL'S MOTHER

KID BRUIN ARRANGES ANOTHER TITLE DEFENSE

KOJO- I AM A BLACK

LEFTIST ORATOR IN WASHINGTON PARK

MALCOLM X

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

MATTHEW COLE

MAURICE

MEDGAR EVERS

MERLE- UNCLE SEAGRAM

MEXIE AND BRIDIE

MICHAEL IS AFRAID OF THE STORM

MRS. SMALL

MY DREAMS, MY WORKS, MUST WAIT TILL AFTER HELL

MY OWN SWEET GOOD

NAOMI

NARCISSA

NEGRO HERO (TO SUGGEST DORIE MILLER)

NOTES FROM THE CHILDHOOD AND THE GIRLHOOD

OBITUARY FOR A LIVING LADY

OF ROBERT FROST

OLD LAUGHTER

OLD MARY

OLD PEOPLE WORKING (GARDEN, CAR)

OLD RELATIVE

ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPEN-AIR FORMATION ... NATURE CLUB

OTTO

PATENT LEATHER

PAUL ROBESON

PETE AT THE ZOO

PRIMER FOR BLACKS

PRISCILLA ASSAILS THE SEPULCHRE OF LOVE

QUEEN OF THE BLUES

RESURGAM

RIOT

SPEECH TO THE YOUNG. SPEECH TO THE PROGRESS-TOWARD

STRONG MEN, RIDING HORSES

SUNDAY CHICKEN

ANNIAD

ARTISTS' AND MODELS' BALL

ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

BALLAD OF LATE ANNIE

BALLAD OF RUDOLPH REED

BALLAD OF THE LIGHT-EYED GIRL

BIRTH IN A NARROW ROOM

BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 1. AS SEEN BY DISCIPLINES

BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 2. THE LEADERS

BLACKSTONE RANGERS: 3. GANG GIRLS; A RANGERETTE

BOY DIED IN MY ALLEY

CHICAGO DEFENDER SENDS A MAN TO LITTLE ROCK, FALL, 1957

CHICAGO PICASSO, AUGUST 15, 1967

CHILDREN OF THE POOR

CHILDREN OF THE POOR, SELS.

CONTEMPLATION OF SUICIDE: THE TEMPTATION OF TIMOTHY

COORA FLOWER

CRAZY WOMAN

EGG BOILER

EMPTY WOMAN

EXPLORER

FUNERAL

GHOST AT THE QUINCY CLUB

LAST QUATRAIN OF THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL

LIFE OF LINCOLN WEST

LOVERS OF THE POOR

MURDER

NEAR-JOHANNESBURG BOY

OLD-MARRIEDS

PARENTS: PEOPLE LIKE OUR MARRIAGE, MAXIE AND ANDREW

RITES FOR COUSIN VIT

SOFT MAN

SUNDAYS OF SATIN-LEGS SMITH

THIRD SERMON ON THE WARPLAND

WALL

WOMANHOOD

THROWING OUT THE FLOWERS

TO A WINTER SQUIRREL

TO AN OLD BLACK WOMAN, HOMELESS AND INDISTINCT

TO BE IN LOVE

TO BLACK WOMEN

TO THE DIASPORA: A WELCOME SONG FOR LAINI NZINGA

TO THE DIASPORA: MUSIC FOR MARTYRS

TO THE DIASPORA: TO PRISONERS

TO THE DIASPORA: YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE AFRIKA

TO THOSE OF MY SISTERS WHO KEPT THEIR NATURALS

TRUTH

ULYSSES- RELIGION

VERN

WE REAL COOL; THE POOL PLAYERS (GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION)

WHITNEY YOUNG

WINNIE

YOUNG AFRIKANS

YOUNG HEROES: 1. KEORAPETSE KGOSITSILE (WILLIE)

YOUNG HEROES: 2. TO DON AT SALAAM

YOUNG HEROES: 3. WALTER BRADFORD



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